Holidays

Looking for Adventure of a different kind? Los Angeles has it all.

January 16, 2012 By admin

LA is an extremely popular holiday destination for travellers from all corners of the globe. This is mainly due to the amount of adventurous activities and attractions in and within close proximity to Los Angeles.

If you’re looking for Theme parks there is the internationally acclaimed Universal Studios Hollywood with its new Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction, Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure Park, Sea World, Knott’s Berry Farm and the Six Flags Magic Mountain Theme Park with its rollercoasters and rides for thrill seekers.

If adventurous sightseeing is more your thing there is a multitude of companies touting plane, helicopter and balloon tours over some of the most interesting a dramatic landscapes available. If you’re looking to make a tour like this the focus of your visit to LA then there some good options to take in not only LA but the rest of the west-coasts must see destinations including the legendary Grand Canyon, San Francisco, Monterey, Yosemite National Park and of course the glitz, glamour and gambling of Las Vegas. There are also shorter 1 day sightseeing tours available where you can view LA’s more local attractions such as Long Beach Skyscrapers, The Queen Mary, World Cruise Centre, Cabrillo, Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo Beach and Pier, The South Bay (LA’s Underrated Peninsula), L. A. Harbour and Coastline, The cliffs off Palos Verdes Peninsula and the Rolling Hills Estates (USA’s “Top 5 Highest Income Per Capita” i.e the wealthiest people around and their homes!)

Talking of homes you can also take a sightseeing tour of some of Los Angeles’ most famous residents. Today Sunset Strip and the Hollywood Hills is home to some of the most famous celebrities in the world and as such showcases some of the most extravagant, most coveted and exclusive homes in the world with prices ranging from around $3.5 –17 million. For your money you get unrivalled privacy and fabulous views across LA. The moving in and out of these homes is a regular occurrence keeping moving company Los Angeles busy as celebs look to upgrade their stature as well as their residence. Celebrities living in the Hollywood Hills include Halle Berry, Michael Bublé, Christina Aguilera, Paris Hilton, Cameron Diaz, Keanu Reeves, Robbie Williams, Dido, Al Pacino, Pamela Anderson, Jeff Goldblum, Morrissey, and Leonardo DiCaprio to name a few.

So if you’re looking for a trip to remember that’s full of adventure, breath taking sights with a bit of celebrity thrown in for good measure – Los Angeles should be on your list of considerations!

Filed Under: Adventure Holidays Tagged With: Disneyland, Grand Canyon, LA, Los Angeles, Universal Studios

Tribal Tourism

March 18, 2011 By admin

Tribal tourism divides opinion. This relatively new form of holiday, sometimes called ethno – tourism, is by its very nature controversial. It is hard to find any middle ground, you tend to be either for it or against it, and until fairly recently it was hard to find any general information about it at all. Tribal tourism is typically the holiday maker staying with the indigenous population of a destination, and the location is usually remote and exotic. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Tribal Tourism Tagged With: Culture, Ethno – tourism, indigenous population, Tribal Tourism

OUTDOORSMAN.

March 10, 2011 By admin

The word ‘outdoorsman’ often conjures up images of Davy Crockett or muscular American lumberjacks, and this may have been true in the 19^th century, but modern lifestyles mean that anyone can be an outdoorsman. The drive for personal fitness means a whole new generation of people have discovered the great outdoors – and made it a way of life. Perhaps a better word to describe this lifestyle choice would be ‘outdoor enthusiast’ – someone who has chosen an outdoor lifestyle and has a desire to be outdoors no matter what the weather. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Outdoor lifestyle, Outdoorsman, Personal fitness, Weather forecast

Outdoor Activities

March 7, 2011 By admin

If the thought of outdoor activities conjures up pictures of Boy Scout holidays and camping in cold tents in the rain, think again. In the 21^st century, the range of outdoor activities is enormous, with the opportunity to get involved in activities of all types in practically every continent on earth. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Athletes, Outdoor Activities, Wildlife

JUNGLE TOURISM

March 3, 2011 By admin

From Africa to Australasia, in India, Bangladesh and Madagascar, there remain patches of ancient primeval rainforest known as ‘jungles’. These areas are teeming with life; – plants and animals that can be seen nowhere else on earth and which are often endangered or threatened with extinction. Despite covering only a small fraction of the Earth’s surface, jungles are intensely important resources. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Jungle Tourism Tagged With: Deforestation, Jungle tourism, Jungles

Environmental Education.

February 28, 2011 By admin

Environmental education has changed dramatically in schools over the years and especially since the advent of the creative curriculum in the early part of the 2000s. If you went to school between 1950 and the late 1980’s, chances are environmental education would have consisted mainly of ‘nature study’ in the primary years, followed by 5 years of skills based education at secondary school. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Environmental education, Government, Secondary schools

ECOTOURISM

February 25, 2011 By admin

Our planet is a unique place. The desire to visit more remote destinations has never been stronger, and with visits come problems – human impact can devastate rare and delicate eco systems permanently, as well as having negative consequences for indigenous communities and wildlife. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Ecotourism, Safari, Tourism industry

BACKPACKING.

February 23, 2011 By admin

The idea of taking time out from a busy life to see the world is not a new one. As early as the 18^th Century (or perhaps even before) young men would take a ‘grand tour’ around the cities of Europe before they settled down, to complete their education and visit ‘wonders’ such as Rome or Venice. In the 1700’s, such trips were exclusively for the wealthy. Travellers would have taken servants, a whole train of luggage, and acquired numerous mementoes from the places they visited on their journeys. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Backpacking, Tourist attractions, Travellers

Adventure holidays

February 16, 2011 By admin

It would be true to say that many adventure holidays are not for the faint hearted! An adventure break is exactly what it sounds like – the chance to experience amazing locations, heart-stopping experiences and sights and sounds that will never be forgotten. This doesn’t mean that only thrill seekers should take the opportunity to go; adventure breaks can also be a chance to do something truly unique; to experience a different culture and consider a different perspective on life. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Adventure holidays, Himalayas, Lake District, Sight-seeing, the Rockies

Activity holidays

February 14, 2011 By admin

Sixty years ago, activity holidays were mainly undertaken by boy scouts, who swapped the comforts of home for tents, a camp fire and stories by firelight. Intrepid explorers might take off and visit the Amazon, and some brave (and wealthy) parents sent their children off to Camp America in the summer holidays, but mass tourism, such as it was, did not cater for activity – you went on holiday, it was then up to you to organise what you did when you got there. Now there are as many activity holidays as there are budgets; whether you want a top of the range cookery school in a French chateau or a camping holiday, there is a company who will provide it for you. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activity Holidays, Holidays Tagged With: Activity holidays, Camp America, Family holiday