There are many ways to be adventurous, however, there is only one way to achieve it: traveling. There are many trips, from hiking in natural parks to luxury cruises in the Caribbean, but have you thought about other alternatives?
Travel or adventure tourism will always get you out of your routine, leave your elegant shoes or designer handbag for a few days, and amaze you when you visit inhospitable places or climb rocky mountains.
Is it always dangerous? No! Seeking adventure does not mean taking unnecessary risks, we want you to awaken that adventurous spirit that we all carry inside. Therefore, from Tolhuin Expeditions we are going to tell you how an adventurer is built through his trips and the benefits of planning excursions where nature is who guides us.
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1. The journey is made by people
Imagine going to a place where you have no contact with new people, that during the whole tour you do not meet anyone who lives in that place, it would be the same as staying alone with a photo of a landscape that you dream of knowing, thus losing all the magic.
Adventurers add experiences on every trip, and even if you visit the same place twice, you will never have the same experience. Changes over time are always reflected in places, and only through conversations with local people or communities can you really know what they are all about. You will not get to know a site in depth by checking into a hotel with a full day of scheduled excursions.
That is where we believe the key lies. Surrendering to what the place gives us, planning and scheduling is fine, but it is key to leave time for improvisation. This is how Tolhuin Expeditions can offer more genuine experiences, with inhabitants of little explored territories in South America that, receiving few foreign tourists, will show you their friendliest and most authentic side.
Getting out of the comfort zone is exciting.
When you embark on an adventurous journey, everything is unknown. That feeling of discovering and not knowing what you are going to encounter will give your life great emotions, and will allow you to return transformed to your routine. You won’t see your life the same way after living a real adventure.
The more you let yourself be carried away by the situation you find yourself in, the more anecdotes you will take away from your travel experience. There are weather changes and plans that you simply can’t control, and honestly, it doesn’t matter that much, as it will make you more creative to find solutions for whatever and wherever.
Who you are going to eat with, where you are going to sleep, what typical dish you want to try, are all your decisions that, depending on the context, deserve to be planned or not, and simply leave some decisions to chance. When you are adventurous you have the freedom to enjoy your time as you wish and explore everything new around you on your own.
3. Don’t avoid getting dirty
This idea may not sound very appealing at first, but the mud and the contact with the elements of nature remind us that life is also exciting with simple details that in our fast-paced lives do not attract attention.
More than getting dirty is letting yourself be carried away by the context, not avoiding the inevitable, and recharging your energy with new anecdotes to remember.
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4. Commune with nature
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We are of the earth and of it we are made, why not return to it from time to time? Nature offers us many benefits that we are still unaware of today. However, when you find a connection other than wifi, you can attract wellness and quality of life.
Nature is wise, but that does not mean that there are no risks. Therefore, in certain contexts, it is necessary to venture into natural beauties with someone who knows the dangers to be cautious of. There are risks, yes, but many of them are measurable, and those with experience will be able to avoid any misfortune. Those are the ones that every adventure entails, and that are worth living.
5. The trip must be transformative
If you ask an adventurer who knows all the continents which was the best destination he or she has ever visited, he or she will hardly give you one in the number one position. This happens because behind every place explored there is a story that deserves to be told without entering into competition.
Each trip changes the adventurer, giving him a broader vision of the world. Traveling not only changes your environment, you change yourself and the way you see life, you learn so many things that what you know today can change forever, but for the better. At the end of the journey you also make it to yourself.
How can you plan an adventure trip?
You saw that adventure travel gives us the freedom to explore at our own pace. However, it is desirable that you have prior knowledge of the place and that you receive advice from experienced people, especially to avoid unnecessary risks in your expedition.
It may also help you to contact a travel agency that understands the adventurous spirit, is flexible and gives its clients certain liberties when organizing the trip. The journey starts from the moment it is planned and a first approach through a personalized videoconference from Tolhuin Expeditions can be the beginning of a new story.
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