Adventure Herald
  • Extreme Sports
    Best Cities for Longboarding

    Longboarding is pretty similar to skateboarding, although the boards are much longer at about 24 to 80 inches. The sprot of longboarding was borne out of surfers wanting to do something similar on dry land when the surf conditions weren’t great. Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best cities for longboarding – although of […]

  • Water Sport Adventures
    The Great Lakes for Water Sports

    One of the perfect short vacation holiday ideas for this summer is a stay by a lake, and plenty of lakes offer an array of water sports for adventure travellers. Here are our favourite great lakes for water sports. Photo By: currystrumpet Lake Tahoe, United States Lake Tahoe is an alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain […]

  • Adventure Travel in North America
    North America’s Best Camping Spots

    Campers are lucky in North America as there is an abundance of camp grounds for both free camping and in professionally run campgrounds in both the United States and Canada. The best bit is you have such a variety of scenery to choose from. Of course there are plenty of national parks where camping is […]

  • Extreme Sports
    The Most Dangerous Surf Spots (That Are Still Worth It)

    There’s probably not much scarier that facing a big wall of water as it comes racing toward you at break-neck speed. For surfers who are on top of their game and who want a challenge they’re likely to want to grab their board and jump right in and conquer their fears. So what makes for dangerous […]

  • Adventure Travel in North America
    Pre-Lenten Festivals: New Orleans Mardi Gras

    Before the fasting period of Lent (that leads up to the Christian celebration of Easter), many Christian countries and cultures find a way to celebrate Carnival. The Carnival period is usually in February and March – sometimes starting as early as January 6 – when there are special parties and parades, but usually there is one specific […]

  • Adventure Travel in North America
    Adventure Holidays in Alaska

    Alaska is one of the world’s most popular destinations for wilderness and wildlife lovers. Consider, for example, that at this outpost of the US located north-west of Canada there’s everything for nature-lovers from snow capped peaks to icy creeks, plus dozens of glaciers and historic dog sledding trails, as well as North America’s highest mountain […]

  • Adventure Travel in Central America
    The World’s Best Wreck Dives

    The pleasures of the world’s best wreck dives are many and varied. It could be to challenge yourself in terms of depth, buoyancy and navigation; or to discover what sea-life has made the sunken object home. For other divers, wreck dives are about seeing a snapshot of history, or to discover what objects might be hidden deep on the seabed. Those […]

  • Adventure Travel in North America
    8 Spots to See the Northern Lights This Winter

    Many have seeing the Northern Lights on their so-called bucket lists. Those incredible green, red, yellow, purple or blue ribbons of light that appear above the world’s northernmost regions. The dancing lights are a phenomenon also known as the Aurora Borealis, and from a handful of lucky northern countries you too can see this stunning natural light-show. The Northern Lights […]