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Welcome to National Geographic Adventure ... your resource for adventure travel destinations and outfitters, gear recommendations, weekend getaways, and articles on amazing explorers and expedition, all featuring the stunning photography and impeccable maps National Geographic is known for.

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Insider's Guide to the Great Parks
Two nations. Thirty parks. Fifty experiences you'll never forget. Between the U.S. and Canada, it's time for a summer like no other.

National Parks

The Stuff of Summer
Three things will help you tackle the dog days in style: a solid watch; a new pair of sunglasses; and a camera to help remember every second.

Watches, sunglasses, and digital cameras

Plan an Adventure Travel Trip Now
Browse our Travel Directory for info from more than 50 outfitters, sorted by region. Or find great savings with our exclusive travel deals.

Travel Directory
Photo Galleries
Action Photo Contest Winners
From kayaking with whales to climbing Mount Rainier to paddling over the Feather River's waterfalls, we present our winning reader photos.

Photo Contest Winners

This Month in National Geographic ADVENTURE
Adventure Trips

Photo: Paddling Baja Mexico's Galápagos 
Writer Kira Salak shares a video dispatch from the hull of a kayak »
Photo: Brazil Where Next: Brazil
Try this ten-day South American safari: tour the world's largest rain forest and track big cats while basking in
Brazil »


Adventure Town
Outdoorsy intellectuals find higher learning  where the asphalt ends in Missoula, Montana »

Robert Young Pelton
The summer's best
travel books »


11 Weekend Getaways
Escape to the Oregon outback; take a climbing class in New York's Adirondacks; bike Wisconsin's famous Cheq 40; and eight more instant getaways.

Weekend getaways




Photo: Bethany HamiltonAsk Dr. Extreme

Why was shark attack victim Bethany Hamilton able to keep her cool after loosing a limb?



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