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
Video Postcard
Mexico's Galápagos In Baja's Gulf of California, dolphins, sea lions, and only-here species abound. Writer Kira Salak shares a video dispatch from the hull of a kayak. Video Postcard
Travel Directory
Essential Travel Guide Plan a trip to Africa, Patagonia, New Zealand, or wherever your wanderlust takes you with helpful info from more than 50 outfitters, sorted by region. Travel Directory
Action Photo Contest Winners From catching air in Tahoe to trekking the Thar Desert, our photo winners scream action. Photo Contest Winners
This Month in National Geographic ADVENTURE
Pelton's World: Top Travel Books Enough with the light summer reading. Robert Young Pelton picks his top adventure-travel books »
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 »
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
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