Traveler Stories

With only one week to experience Costa Rica, we booked our trip with Adventure Life to see, taste and enjoy the beauty of the eco-friendly country in Central America. Adventure Life secured us a terrific guide, Edgar.

Our amazing family trip to Machu Picchu - Everything we expected and more. There is a reason it is on every top ten list of places to see in the world before you die.

A journey back to an incredible country...this time featuring condors, flamingos, and pink dolphins!

Adventure Life provided a grant for $2000 to Mantay shelter for cleaning and hygiene products. The funds allowed the facility to maintain sanitation conditions, as well as carry out personal hygiene workshops where mothers and children could learn hygiene habits.
We are very grateful for all the help of Adventure Life!

Every year at Adventure Life, we bring out the ugly Christmas sweaters for a friendly competition in the office. There is a lot of creativity from staff that makes this such a fun office tradition! This year, Haley won with an amazing ensemble she put together. Happy Holidays to all!

The pictures tell the story of my amazing adventure in Antarctica. We visited the far flung islands of the South Sandwich, communed with hundreds of thousands of penguins on South Georgia Island, learned history of recent conflict on the Falkland Islands while meeting some colorful characters, and of course, witnessed the majesty of the Antarctic …

Beth shares insight about where her wanderlust really came from...

Betty from our Adventure Life Ecuador office has finally made it to visit us in Montana! We were so excited to host Betty and her family for the past week as they explored the beautiful Northwest including Yellowstone National Park. We celebrated Marcelo's birthday together will all of our staff members and families at Silver Park in Missoula. …

Adventure Life partnered with our amazing travelers, Karol & Richard Popkin, to fund a elementary school teacher at Selva Negra School in Nicaragua. See photos from the school of Mirthel teaching.

An amazing two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. We ate amazing food and refreshing coconut water, explored ruins that were very well preserved and marveled at the amazing heights of the trees that towered over us.

When I was given the opportunity to plan a trip of my choice I knew I wanted to go back to Africa. As one of my co-travelers said, once you go to Africa you get the "African Virus" - you just can't stop going back. So, I began planning. Boating is one of my passions, so I knew I wanted a large portion of my trip to focus on the river nestled in …

What is better than helping a community drink for a cause? And not just any beer, but delicious local beer!

Volunteering as an English instructor at the University of Montana could not be more rewarding, or comical.

We celebrated our intern, Yibo, on Friday morning with a pancake and waffle breakfast! Yibo has spent the semester as our Chinese Language Business Development Intern helping us with market research and other tasks. He brought a unique perspective on student travel to our team as well. We will miss his presence around the office! Happy travels, …

Our Nicaragua trip: From the Rio San Juan wildlife preserves to the beaches of San Juan del Sur

''Antarctica? Why?'' ''Antarctica? Wow!'' Those were the two most common responses from family, friends and colleagues when they learned I was off to the frozen continent for the 2012 holidays. I stepped on the Antarctic continent twice: my journey through ice, wind and stormy weather a glorious one. John Steinbeck said it best: ''. . .we do not …

Right before baby #2, this couple decided to reward themselves with a cruise of the Mediterranean. They took plenty of pictures and leave us with some of their best advice.

Our Galapagos and Ecuador Adventure in 2012 was one of the most amazing destinations we have been to with the wildlife, culture, and diverse terrain. We did the 9-day multisport tour to San Cristobal, Isabela, and Santa Cruz. Afterwards we did an extension to Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge on mainland Ecuador. There was never a dull moment of …

The Falkland Islands offer a truly 'off the grid' experience. Many of the islands are home to only a handful of people. Travelers can walk amongst several different species of penguins, elephant seals, and other wildlife. Connected to the outside world primarily by once a week flights, this is one of the few last remaining truly remote areas of …

Adventure Lifers got together one evening to try out the newest climbing gym in town. When we're not off on adventures in Antarctica or cruising the Galapagos, we enjoy exploring in our own backyard. Freestone climbing was kind enough to host us for the evening as our friends and families enjoyed stretching our muscles before the long winter …

Swimming with pink dolphins, climbing trees, and cruising the Rio Negro in Amazonia.

Falkland Islands tour come true. It was a truly amazing tour! Actually it was a spiritual adventure in some ways and this was made possible by the warmth and friendship of all the people we met in the Falklands. I can't say enough about this tour to adequately say how much it meant to us. We didn't realize how moving the whole experience was until …

I was fortunate enough to experience the Galapagos Islands, but even better my parents were able to join me! We took the 10 day Galapagos cruise on the Mary Anne sailboat that gave us the true seafaring experience.