Activity Level - Explained
Whether you choose an Active 1 or an Active 5 trip, you can rest assured knowing that we will go above and beyond to deliver an experience of a lifetime. If you'd like detailed activity distances and elevations, please get in touch! Also, check out our detailed fitness guide.
ACTIVE 1
Activity Level 1
What's The Rush?
I’m not a triathlete, but I’m in decent shape and I’m not looking to experience a place just through a bus window. I’m happy to slow down on the trail, soak it in and breathe in the fresh air.
Walking: 2-3 hours per day on gentle-gradient trails.
Other activities: On these trips, you’ll be taking part in a range of other activities that focus less on building up a sweat and more on enjoying the finer things in life.
ACTIVE 2
Activity Level 2
Leg Stretcher
Sure, I own some hiking boots, they’re even worn in, but they don’t go on long trips. I like my creature comforts and I like to give a range of activities a go.
Walking: 2-4 hours per day on gentle to moderate gradient trails. No multi-day hikes.
Biking: 1-3 hours, cruisy rides achievable by anyone, even first-timers
Kayaking: 1-3 hours, entry-level sea kayaking with specialist guides and stable boats
Other activities (e.g. snorkelling): Always optional and very little exertion required. A highlight for many!
ACTIVE 3
Activity Level 3
Earn Your Lunch
I stay active on vacation so that I can eat and drink what I like without feeling guilty. I season my trips with a little fresh exercise.
Hiking: Typically 3-6 hours per day on well-formed back country trails. Expect some significant gradient inclines and declines.
Altitude: Your trip may include some moderate altitude areas, though these don’t form the focus of the trip and are generally manageable.
Biking: 1-3 hours, cruisy rides achievable by anyone, even first-timers
Kayaking: 1-3 hours, entry-level sea kayaking with specialist guides and stable boats
Other activities (ie caving): Always optional and very little exertion required. A highlight for many!
ACTIVE 4
Activity Level 4
Challenge Accepted
I’ll let my trusty guides sweat the small things, so I can focus on my goal. Getting to the top, reaching the end, achieving my dreams! Sure, it’ll be tough, but the views will be worth it.
Hiking / Trekking: This is an Active trip with a capital ‘A’. Most of our signature adventures are a level 4. Typically 4-6 hour hikes with options for more, sometimes with limited or no vehicle support and nearly always with ascents and descents.
Altitude: Some trips at this level will reach a significant altitude. We are here to help you manage that and make your experience one to cherish for a lifetime.
Biking & Kayaking: If one, or both, of these activities are ‘your thing’ There are trip options in this range to specialise, allowing you to be on two wheels or with a paddle in your hand for most of the day.
ACTIVE 5
Activity Level 5
The Ultimate
I’ve put in the hard yards and now I get to reap the rewards. I’m a seasoned adventurer, not afraid to get my boots wet.
Trekking & Altitude: This is classic trekking, at altitude. Some might even call it ‘expedition-style’. We’ve had folks from all walks of life achieve their dreams on our grade 5 trips, so if you’re in for a challenge get in touch to find out if this is for you.
Outdoor Land Activities
This vast list of outdoor land activities provides inspiration for fitness, downhill fun, relaxing creative hobbies, personal challenges, new skills to learn and activities that will leave you with a huge smile
Archery
Assault and Obstacle course races
Athletics
Backyard Sleepovers
Beach Activities
Bird watching holidays
Bootcamps for fitness
Bushcraft skills and survival courses
Bush walking
Camping
Canyoning and Canyoneering
Caving / spelunking / potholing
Climbing courses and climbing holidays
Cooking
Dance, Street Dance
Den Building and Bivouacs
Zorbing / Sphering
Equestrian (horse Riding, eventing, racing, dressage, cross country)
Exploring holidays
Football and Soccer
Free Running and Parkour
Gap Year Travelling
Geocaching
Grass sledging / Karting
Gymnastics
Hiking holidays
High wire adventures ropes courses
Jogging and running
Kite Boarding
Kite Buggying
Landboarding
Land Sailing and Land Yachting
Landscape painting holidays and art holidays
Marathon Running
Mountain Boarding
Mud Racing
Multi Sport and Adventure Racing
Orienteering
Outdoor Photography
Roller Skating and Roller Blading
Rope Swings
Sandboarding
Scavenger Hunts
Shooting (crossbow, longbow, compound bow)
Sightseeing
Slacklining
Street Improvisation and Drama
Trail Running
Trampolining
Tree Climbing
Tug of War
Tyrolean Traverse
Unicycling
Via Ferrata
Walking Holidays
Wildlife Conservation
Yoga
Outdoor Water Activities
These outdoor water activities provide wet and wild inspiration in, on or under water
Blackwater rafting
Body / Boogie Boarding
Bridge Jumping
Canoeing
Coasteering
Diving
Dragon Boat Racing
Exploring Rock Pools
Fishing Trips
Free Diving
Hydrospeeding / sledging / Riverboarding
Kayak Rolling
Kitesurfing
Model Boats
Multi Sport and Adventure Racing
Punting
Raft Building
Rowing
Sailing
Scuba Diving
Sea Kayaking
Skim Boarding
Snorkelling
Steep Creeking / Stream walking
Surfing
Surf kayaking
Swimming
WaterWalkers / water sphering
Whale Watching Holidays
Whitewater Rafting Trips
Wild Swimming
Windsurfing
Yacht Charters
Yachting
Outdoor Winter Activities
This list of outdoor winter activities is all about snow and ice
Airboarding
Biathlon
Bob Rafting
Bobsleigh
Dog Sledding Holidays
Ice Skating
Multi Sport and Adventure Racing
Sledges and toboggans
Snow caving
Snowboarding
Snow Kiting
Snow Rafting
Snow Shoeing
Snowsports
Snow Tubing and Doughnutting
Winter Olympics
Outdoor Air Activities
This list of outdoor air activities includes birds and some seriously exhilarating aerial experiences
Aerobatics experiences
Astronomy
Flying Fox / Zip Lining
Gliding lessons
Hang Gliding experience
Kites
Model Rockets
Paragliding
Suspended Catch Air Device (SCAD)