Rochester Hotels Weblog / Category / Adventure TourismYou are in the category Adventure Tourism, where to find the best post Adventure TourismArgentina Glaciers + AdventurePost December 24, 2009 - Classified Adventure Tourism, Entertainments, Hotels in Calafate Unparalleled experience, through which you will be able to know every corner of the Patagonian Glaciers and the Perito Moreno Glacier. RH Calafate offers an unforgettable trip, perfect for those who love adventures and adrenaline, “BIG ICE”. A fascinating tour, walks on the glacier, ice and scree. You will also enjoy a unique picnic over this white ice. The adventure begins with the navigation to the Perito Moreno Glacier, once there the professional mountain guides who will go with you, will give a cautionary and informative talk and equipped you with crampons to walk on ice. Once on the glacier, the journey begins and ice, freezing blue lagoons, caves, crevices, solitude and an indescribable majesty will surround you. You will be flooded by a sudden inner peace and a unique feeling which is inexplicable in words, a feeling that you must live by yourselves. You will know and be part of a place where nature unfolds at its best, offering landscapes that are almost impossible to believe they exist. Wonderful, impressive, mysterious.
Important: Must bring sunscreen, sunglasses, warm and comfortable clothing (gloves, hat for sun, waterproof jacket, hiking boots), approximately 40lts backpack, lunch box and flask. Excursion for people aged 18 to 45 years. Pregnant women, children under 12, heart patients, hypertensive or those with any degree of motor impairment are not allowed. The photograph belongs to Elton Melo under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Adventure ToursPost May 28, 2009 - Classified Adventure Tourism, Knowing Buenos Aires One of the most popular sites in Buenos Aires is Tigre and its Delta, a place visited by thousands of people every day and especially by all tourists who come to visit the city. We can say that it is one of the most beautiful areas, in which you will find restaurants, cafes, grills, clubs, hotels, cabins, beaches and where many water sports are carried out as well as adventure tourism. One of the most chosen sports and fun in the Delta are the kayak tours. Suitable for both children and adults, athletes tour the different islands and rivers, making stops in the middle of the forest to rest and are provided with food and drinks. In addition, night trips, tournaments and championships are organized.
Moreover, Tiger has a lush vegetation and various species of animals, making it the ideal place for journeys and adventures in forests and islands. The excursions are generally through the San Antonio river, the Lujan river, the la Plata river and the different streams. You will also visit the islands, beaches and sandbars that are formed. The tours and hikings can be made on the day or can last two or more days. For long trips, cabins and hostels are ready to offer adventurers a warm place to rest, providing them with dinner and breakfast. Adventures that take you to enjoy and have fun outdoors, to connect with nature, meet new people and live unforgettable experiences of survival and full of adrenaline. The photograph belogns to elbragon under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Sky DivingPost May 5, 2009 - Classified Adventure Tourism, Knowing Buenos Aires An experience that cannot be missing in your life, an experience that will make you feel as if you could fly, you will feel gravity and adrenaline. Although you spend a few moments in the air, you will feel completely free, and those seconds will last a lifetime. This adventure consists on flying on a light aircraft until you get to the 3000 meters height, then you prepare to jump, always with an instructor, and once in the air you have 35 seconds of freefall and then between 6 and 9 minutes flying with the parachute opened. It is performed outdoors in large green areas, which usually offer places to eat, games for children and other activities, in order to enjoy an excellent day outdoors. The requirements to fly are, being over 17 years old and no more than 90 kilos.There are several places to go skydiving and one of them is the Parachute Argentine Club, the largest in Argentina, where we find the Fly Ranch company. It is recommended to bring light and comfortable clothes, which allow good mobility. At this time of the year take into account taking a coat because you will spend an entire day ourdoors and at this vast green spaces temperatures tend to fall.
Rochester Hotel offers its services to provide detailed information about this activity, transfers and reserves. Contact Paula Benedetti at (5411) 4623-6076. It is really an activity that you should do. The photograph belongs to PascalMadrid under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Knowing the City from the airPost April 27, 2009 - Classified Adventure Tourism, Knowing Buenos Aires A trip in helicopter through the most important neighborhoods in the City. It is another of the many ways of knowing Buenos Aires, but it is different from all the rest, as you will be knowing the city from the air, which makes this activity a unique and special one that you would not want to miss.
You will see from the sky the Rose Garden, the Zoo, the Japanese Garden, the Racecoruse of Palermo. The Recoleta neighborhood with its attractive Cemetery and its wide parks, getting to 9 de julio Avenue, the widest in the country and one of the most busy ones, in the center the Obleisk. You will also fly over the Pink House and Plaza de Mayo. The trip goes on through Retiro neighborhood, then through Puerto Madero where you will be able to see the luxurious buildings and hotels, the Woman Bridge, Sarmiento Ship, La Plata River and the South Roverside with its Ecological Reserve. At last, the neighborhood of La Boca could not be missing, “La Bombonera” stadium, Caminito and the Riachuelo. Besides, trips in helicopter to farms are offered, to enjoy a wonderful day in the countryside and obtain the best views of the surroundings of Buenos Aires City. Rochester Hotel provides its services to offer you more information and help you with what you need to make this great activity. Ask for Paula Benedetti at (5411) 4326-6076. The photograph of the Woman´s bridge belongs to Bluth’s Banana Stand under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.
Kayaking in TigrePost April 3, 2009 - Classified Adventure Tourism, Knowing Buenos Aires For a day full of adventure, adrenaline and fun, choose to make a kayak trip in the delta in Tigre. A day surrounded by nature, where you will find places to eat and rest in the middle of the woods. Delta Kayaks is the company responsible for organizing this activity. They also suggest other kayak trips which are more relaxed for those who are not prepared to go on a journey facing the tricky river. They also offer courses and trips at night, every day of full moon! Finally, this company organizes hikes, accompanied by guides along the paths of the delta, where you can appreciate the beautiful and abundant vegetation. Conducted every Saturday and Sunday at 14:00 pm.
Delta Kayak: 4554-0338 / 15-4164-6921 / deltaenkayak@hotmail.com The photograph belongs to drurydrama under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.
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