Discovery Adventures From The Discovery Channel
I don't know about you, but I can pretty much watch the Discovery Channel all day. I was pretty intrigued to hear that the Channel has just launched a new website called Discovery Adventures. You can start booking trips as of today, July 31st, 2009, and there are currently 31 itineraries to 18 different destinations to choose from with departures slated for December 2009.
You can check out the site HERE.
I haven't looked through them yet, but I'll probably post some favorites in the coming days. Here's the press release:
Discovery Communications, the world’s leading nonfiction media company and parent to Discovery Channel, unveils trip itineraries for Discovery Adventures, their new adventure travel brand, at www.discoveryadventures.com. Thirty one exclusive trips to 16 worldwide destinations are available to book beginning July 31st with departures beginning this December. Discovery Adventures brings the experience of Discovery to life by invoking the adventure and exploration found in popular Discovery Channel programming.
Developed in partnership with the preeminent adventure travel provider G.A.P Adventures, Discovery Adventure tours offers truly affordable, comfortable and authentic experiences that go beyond the surface with in-depth, real-life encounters — encouraging participants to become part of the local cultures that they have come to know through top-rated Discovery Channel series. Each tour is developed to include off-the-beaten-path experiences and deeper exploration into the history and traditions of each destination, delivering a non-traditional tourist vacation.
Experts from the Discovery Channel were tapped for their insight and, along with the unsurpassed destination experience of the G.A.P Adventures’ team, Discovery Adventures itineraries are the ultimate in adventure travel. Itineraries will enable travelers to explore regions featured on Discovery Channel programs such as Man Vs. Wild(Costa Rica, Mexico, Alaska), Out of Egypt (Egypt) and Discovery Atlas (China). Exhilarating expeditions include educational tourism, cultural immersion, wildlife encounters, participation in sustainable world practices, epicurean adventures as well as geographic and environmental exploration. Discovery Adventures branded trips are hosted in destinations including, North America (Alaska, Southwest), Latin America (Peru, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica), Africa (Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Egypt, Morocco) and Asia (India, China, Thailand).
In addition to featuring the trip specifics, itineraries and awe-inspiring imagery from the featured destinations, the www.discoveryadventures.com web site will feature stories from Discovery network personalities who share both their love of adventure and stories from their different travel experiences. Dave Salmoni of Animal Planet’s Into The Pride, Kara Cooney, Egyptologist and host of the Discovery Channel series Out of Egypt and Andy Dehart, Discovery Channel’s resident shark expert featured on Shark Week are among the initial personalities featured on the site. Additionally, Discovery Channel’s behind the scenes writers and cinematographers will be looked to for contribution and often participation in providing expertise and first-hand knowledge along the journey.
“Discovery Adventures brings Discovery to life, providing travel enthusiasts and brand loyalists with an exciting new way to actively participate in channel’s offerings," says Elizabeth Bakacs, Vice President, Licensing, Discovery Commerce. “As the leader in adventure tourism, G.A.P. Adventures is the perfect partner to launch Discovery Adventures and immerse viewers in the wonders and diversity of cultures around the world as seen every day on Discovery Channel."
Some of the deeper cultural access travelers will experience on Discovery Adventures include: in Mexico, visiting families in the Yucatan for customary tortilla making and enjoying a trip down the Sian Ka'an Biosphere canal as the Mexican natives do; in South Africa, preparing a traditional barbeque with native tribes; in Southwest U.S., a guided tour of Monument Valley with Navajo Indian guide; in Brazil, trekking over the Ibera reserve to observe the Pantanal wildlife — a hidden gem not often explored; in Egypt, touring the Pyramids Sakkara and Dahshur that pre-date Giza; in India, encounter a spiritual awakening with a visit to Sarnath, the birthplace of Buddhism; in Costa Rica, study at La Selva biological station the premiere, private ecology research reserve.
Trips include arrival transfer, continental breakfast, air-conditioned rooms, complete with en suite bathrooms, cafe/bar and internet. Prices start at $2,000 per person, excluding airfare and each tour consists of group sizes ranging from six to 15 people with trip lengths from three to 24 days.
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