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 luxurious 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 go to inhospitable places or climb rocky mountains.
Is it always dangerous? No! Seeking adventures 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 the one who guides us.
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1. The trip is made by people
Imagine going to a place where you have no contact with new people, where during the whole trip you don't meet anyone who lives in that place, it would be the same as being left alone with a picture of a landscape that you dream of knowing, losing all the magic.
Adventurers add experiences in each trip, and even if you visit the same place twice, you will never live 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 won't get to know a place in depth by checking into a hotel with a full day of scheduled excursions.
That's 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 territories little explored in South America that, receiving few foreign tourists, will show you their friendliest and most authentic side.
2. Getting out of your comfort zone is exciting
When you embark on an adventure trip, everything is unknown. That feeling of discovery 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 will not see your life in the same way after living a real adventure.
The more you let yourself get 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 by yourself everything new around you.
3. Don't avoid getting dirty
This idea may sound unremarkable at first, but the mud and contact with the elements of nature reminds us that life is also exciting with simple details that in our fast-paced lives don't get noticed.
More than getting dirty is to let yourself be carried away by the context, not avoid the inevitable, and recharge your energy with new anecdotes to remember.
4. Commune with nature
We are from the earth and we are made of it, so why not return to it from time to time? Nature provides us with many bounties, which we are still unaware of today. However, when you find a connection other than wifi, you can attract well-being and quality of life.
Nature is wise, but that does not mean that there are no risks. That is why in certain contexts, it is necessary to venture through natural beauties with someone who knows what dangers to be cautious of. There are risks, yes, but many of them are measurable, and those who have experience will be able to avoid any misfortune. Those are the ones that every adventure entails, and that are worth living.
5. The journey must be transformative
If you ask an adventurer who knows all the continents which was the best destination he has ever visited, he 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 competition.
Each trip changes the adventurer, giving him a broader vision of the world. Traveling not only changes your environment, it changes you 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 have already seen 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 to contact a travel agency that understands the adventurous spirit, is flexible and offers certain liberties to its clients when organizing the trip. The journey begins from the moment it is planned and a first approach through a personalized video conference with Tolhuin Expeditions can be the beginning of a new story.
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