5 Adventure Travel Destination For Senior Citizens

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Being a senior citizen no longer means being cooped up at home with a pair of glasses and a newspaper or grandmothers taking up knitting for their families. Senior citizens are now fitter, healthier and totally ready for challenges and adventures in their life as well as their vacation spots. Planning vacations for seniors is not difficult anymore, as there is so much on offer and the fact that seniors nowadays are open to fun and thrill like any average person.

Now, let’s see some exciting holiday adventure destinations for senior citizens from around the world.

1. Adriatic Adventure: Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Bosnia and Montenegro

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A popular destination package for trekkers, this not only offers breathtaking vistas of over 9 UNESCO World Heritage sites, it also offers a slice of history with each of the places.

2. Madagascar: Rainforest Tour

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It’s surely paradise on earth. Madagascar contains flora and fauna so rare, it’s rarely found anywhere else on this planet. Participants can look forward to long hikes in the beautiful dense forests, rich with over a 100 different types of animal and bird species.

3. Borneo: Rafting Tour

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Apart from some excellent rafting in the Kinabatangan River, one also gets to stare at the fantastic Borneo jungles, which have evolved over a hundred million years. With the Lemanak river safari, Mulu national park and caves and the rainforest canopy walk, Borneo remains one of the top adventure travel destinations.

4. Egypt: Archaeological Tour

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The Land of the Pharaohs has always been an enigmatic and mysterious place to visit. The Great Pyramids of Gaza, the River Nile cruise, King Tutankhamen’s tomb, Abu Simbel, Mountain of the Dead and the Valley of the Mummies are evergreen places to satiate one’s thirst for history and marvel at the architecture in the ancient times.

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5. Antarctic Circle Crossing: Sailing Tour

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It’s a thrill like nothing else. Exploring the icebound continent, with Chinstrap penguins for company, crossing the Drake Passage with its tricky bends is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The nearby South Shetland Islands, replete with peculiar wildlife only indigenous to the Antarctic, are also a delight to explore.

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Arjan comes from a family of professional cricketers. His grandfather, father and uncle have all represented India. Arjan himself captained the Indian Under 19 Team, and has played first class cricket for Tamil Nadu. He is a qualified coach, a BCCI match referee and even holds a world record in cricket! Arjan’s cricket career saw him travel extensively across the world. He has since discovered that he has an insatiable wander lust and a flair for planning itineraries for family and friends – a love and skill that has naturally progressed into setting up Get Up and Go. Arjan is a certified scuba diver and has bungee jumped, sky dived and paraglided several times. He has been to every continent and corner of the world, reveling in exotic foods and myriad photo ops; from walking the Inca Trail in Peru, to swimming with Whale sharks in Mexico… Arjan has even come face to face with a Great White Shark in South Africa! “I want to share all my varied journeys with fellow travellers so they can experience, first hand, something that has been so rewarding for me.”