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Hi All
I am interested in your thoughts on some of the better countries for active holidays - meaning mountaineering, rafting, watersports, cycling.


The first few places that come into mind are

Nepal, Costa Rica, Tanzania.

Any thoughts?

Donovan

Slovakia

Why?

It's my favourite country in Europe for hiking. The High Tatras are the best of course, but there's other areas as well, Slovensky Raj, Low Tatras, in fact most of the country. It's well-developed (marked trails, good maps, mountain huts, reliable mountain rescue services, etc.), but not too touristy (except for the Tatras in july-august, but even then you can get away from the crowds if you take the more challenging trails). And I guess it's good for mountain-biking and skiing as well, though I'm not really into either of those.

New Zealand - lots of activities to do. Plus, the Kiwis love to invent new adventure/adrenaline activities, like zorbing.

Peru - for great mountaineering opps. Plus other activities.

I haven't been there (aside from the airport), but I have to think that Switzerland is a good country for going outdoors, what with the alps and all.

Not to be some Scandinavian tout, but Norway is pretty incredible for the outdoors. The hiking trail network is very extensive, with public cabins all over the mountains, and there's plenty of skiing, climbing, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, etc.

The US probably has to be somewhere on that list. Maybe it doesn't have one area that stands above the others, but as big as it is, there's very little that can't be enjoyed somewhere in the country.

New Zealand....#1 for everything!!!

Ok all the countries I have listed have 4 + of the following sports that will stretch your skills, imagination, desires, and threshold for pain. I have listed the possible sports:

Windsurfing, sailing, skiing, snowboarding, bungee jumping, paragliding, rock climbing, sailing, kiteboarding (water/snow/land), whitewater rafting, canoeing, whitewater kayaking, skydiving, mountaineering, spelunking, biking, and hang gliding.


1) New Zealand
2) USA (Alaska, Hawaii, California, New England, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Montana) These are the BEST states that multiple adventure options
3) Japan
4) India
5) Chili
6) Nepal
7) Brazil
8) Iran
9) China
10) Turkey
11) Kenya

If you need any info about these sports and where to do them feel free to drop me a line. I am producing a travel series on extreme sports and adventure travels around the world right now. I have a web site up though there is only Korea. In any case Pre-Production takes a long time… (Half the fun) www.xsxtreme.com


Sincerely
Steve Reynolds
Owner/Producer
Xpedition Sports Xtreme
Steve@xsxtreme.com
www.xsxtreme.com

Don't forget BC, Canada. There's heaps of adventure activities to do around the Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island area (including skydiving, skiing, ocean kayaking, sailing, diving, mountaineering, etc).

Best skydiving location is the USA.

So sorry, BC is AWSOME!!!!!!! don't even get me started on the skiing......