10 Best Destinations for Outdoor Adventure Travel
Australia
Top adventure destinations: The 12 Apostles in Victoria, Blue Mountains, Fraser Island, Horizontal Falls, Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park, Ningaloo Reef, the Oodnadatta track, and Whitsundays in Queensland
British Columbia, Canada
Top adventure destinations: Alaska Highway, the Canadian Rockies, Great Bear Rainforest, Haida Gwaii, Kootenay Ski Towns, Okanagan Valley, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver, and Whistler
Costa Rica
Top adventure destinations: Corcovado National Park, Corobic river, Guanacaste Province, La Fortuna, Lake Arenal, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Mount Chirripó, Poas, Sarapiqui river, Selvatura Park, and Upper Reventazón River
Iceland
Top adventure destinations: Askja caldera, flying over Bárðarbunga, Blue Lagoon, Borgarfjörður Eystri, Golden Circle, Grímsey, Heimaey, Húsavík, Látrabjarg, Mývatn, Northern Lights, Reykjadalur Valley, Seljalandsfoss, Seyðisfjörður, Snæfellsjökull, Thorsmörk, and Vatnajökull
Nepal
Top adventure destinations: Annapurna base camp, Bote Kosi river, Chitwan, Mt. Everest, Everest Base Camp, High Pass, Kathmandu Valley, Langtang Valley, and Manaslu
New Zealand
Top adventure destinations: Abel Tasman, Aoraki, Auckland Sky Tower, Curio Bay, Fox Glacier, Hobbiton, Hot Water Beach, Kaikoura, Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, Milford Sound, Mount Taranaki, Ninety Mile Beach, Poor Knights Islands, Queenstown, Rotorua, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Treble Cone, and Waitomo
Norway
Top adventure destinations: The Norwegian fjords, Ålesund, Geirangerfjord, Molde, Tromsø
Mongolia
Top adventure destinations: Altai Tavan Bogd, Bayanzag (The Flaming Cliffs), Gobi desert, Karakorum-Erdenezuu, Khorgo Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park, Khustai National Park, Lake Hovsgol, Orkhon Valley, Terelj National Park, Trans-Siberian Railway, Tsagaan Suvarga, Uvur Hoshoot (Uushgiin Deer Stone Complex), and Zavkhan Province
Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
Top adventure destinations: Bariloche (Argentina), El Chaltén (Argentina), Futaleufú (Chile), Perito Moreno Glacier (Argentina) Puerto Rio Tranquilo (Chile), Torres del Paine (Chile),
Switzerland
Top adventure destinations: Swiss Alps, Chamonix, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Jungfraujoch and Bernese Oberland, Matterhorn Glacier, Mt Titlis, Rhine Falls, and Seilpark Interlaken