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12/19/07 06:17 AM
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Might be useful. Anyone have any experience with these companies? National Geographic "best of" adventure tour companies Ker & Downey shows up on the second "overall" page. They have sure done a great job for us, especially on our Egypt sojourn. Cheers, Anne
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Re: Adventure Tours - Natl Geo's "Best Of" List
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12/19/07 07:12 AM
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Great resource - thanks for posting. I hope they keep it on the site.
I am familiar with a lot of these companies from my TA days since our agency did a lot of adventure travel.
Brad & I have taken trips with:
Wilderness Travel - hiking Tasmania ('04)
Ker & Downey - South Africa/Namibia ('06)
Country Walkers - hiking Canadian Rockies ('98), Puglia (booked for '08)
Butterfield & Robinson - Patagonia ('01), Peru ('05), China & Tibet ('07)
Costa Rica Expeditions - custom Costa Rica trip('03)
I know people who have taken trips with:
Geographic Expeditions
Asia Transpacific
A&K
Mountain Travel Sobek
Linblad
National Habitat Adventures
Austin Lehman Adventures
Cross Country International
Zegrahm
Canadian Mountain Holidays
Backroads
Wilderness Safaris
Micato
Absolute Travel
National Geographic Expeditions
CC Africa
In addition I get catalogs/email from some of the above and some additional ones.
Leslie
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Re: Adventure Tours - Natl Geo's "Best Of" List
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12/19/07 07:19 AM
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jackie
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Through the years we have used the following outfitters & had great experiences with each:
Aberkrombie & Kent: Kenya & Tanzania safari, 1986
Wilderness Travel: Hiking in Tasmania, 2004
Off the Beaten Path: Help planning unusual activities with our children in the western US 1988, 1990
Active New Zealand: Hiking Able Tasmin inn to inn & hiking Routebourn Trek hut to hut, 2001
VBT: Biking inn to inn in Vermont 1995.
We have also had good experiences with:
Western Rivers: Grand Canyon River trip, 1996; Snake River Trip 1990
INCA: Galpagoes, Machu Pichu, Peru 2005
Lost Continent: Patagonia, 2006
Jackie
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Re: Adventure Tours - Natl Geo's "Best Of" List
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12/19/07 07:24 AM
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Leslie B
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Jackie - we must have just missed each other in Tasmania - we were also on a WT trip in '04 (February). I assume your guide was James Fuss? Lots of fun!
Leslie
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Re: Adventure Tours - Natl Geo's "Best Of" List
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12/19/07 09:02 AM
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jackie
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Leslie, yes, yes, it was James & his brother. They are both excellent cooks. They made great beach cookouts & we ate at marvelous restaurants. We were with them In Oct or Nov. after the Singappore - Sydeny crauise.
Jackie
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