In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, has an exceptional hiking day as he experiences Grindelwald - First Gondola to the Cliff Walk. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Switzerland.

In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of Switzerland led by veteran tour leader Victor Romagnoli our group transitioned from Zermatt to Wengen by way of the very interesting small city of Interlaken. As I noted in that post, the itinerary initially had us staying in Grindelwald for three nights, but instead, we went to the much smaller village of Wengen and I think that was a wise decision. While Grindelwald is definitely the hub for all types of excursions into the Bernese Alps, it is also pretty crowded and noisy. Wengen is the opposite, with no motorized vehicles and a small pedestrian main street that is lined with interesting shops and restaurants. This is some of our group walking toward our hotel after arriving, but I'll backtrack a bit.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, finds some wonderful and awe-inspiring places in Quito - Walking the Historic District. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

This is my first in-depth post from a recent trip to Ecuador with Adventures Abroad. In a previous post, I gave my top eight reasons why Ecuador should be high on every traveller's list of places to visit in 2023. In this post, we'll accompany our AA guide Alfredo Meneses on a walking tour of the historic centre of Quito. In a subsequent post, I'll suggest a few other places in Quito you might want to consider visiting on your own as well as a few safety tips to make sure your trip to Ecuador gets off to a great start. So put on your walking shoes, sunblock and Panama hat and let's get going.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, continues on his tour of Switzerland and stops in at Interlaken - Bollywood in Switzerland. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Switzerland.

This is my latest post from last summer's visit to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad. It will feature our transition from Zermatt to Wengen with an extensive stop in the lovely little city of Interlaken. In the last post, I wrote about the absolutely once-in-a-lifetime day we had hiking down from the Matterhorn to Zermatt. Reflecting back, it was probably the highlight of a trip that had many, but there is much more to see and do on this trip led by our good friend and tour leader Victor Romagnoli so let's find out why I call Interlaken the Bollywood of Switzerland.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, shares plenty of reasons of why you should travel to Ecuador with Adventures Abroad. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

Alison and I recently returned from yet another fabulous destination with Adventures Abroad's Experiential Ecuador, the country of Ecuador which despite its relatively small size, has an incredible variety of ecosystems. From the Galapagos Islands to the towering volcanoes of the Andes to the UNESCO World Heritage cities of Quito and Cuenca to the truly staggering diversity of life in Amazonia, Ecuador has more than enough to keep the visitor enthralled for a month or more. Here are my top reasons why Ecuador should be the next place on your must-visit list.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, ends the last day of his French Polynesian tour by experiencing Bora Bora by Boat and all the thrills it entails. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to French Polynesia.

Alas, this is my final post from our 2022 trip to French Polynesia with Adventures Abroad. Fittingly, it might well have been the most interesting day of the entire tour as we explored Bora Bora by boat and got the chance to swim with sharks and rays. Please join us in this Pacific paradise and find out why this was the perfect ending to a perfect trip.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, shares one of his best experiences in the great outdoors, hiking The Matterhorn - A Perfect Day in the Alps. Moritz. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Switzerland.

This is a post I have been eager to write since experiencing one of the best days of hiking in my life last June in the Swiss Alps with the Matterhorn looming in the background on every step. Alison and I are well into our Swiss hiking tour with Adventures Abroad led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli. This is one of the company's Top 10 most popular tours and so far it has lived up to that billing. Our first major hike was in the Engadin Valley looking down at the resort town of St. Moritz. Not only was it beautiful, but we were very pleasantly surprised at the great number and variety of wildflowers that we came across. Seeing an ibex in the wild was an added bonus. After that we took one of the most legendary train trips on the planet, the Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt where we got our first look at the Matterhorn, a sight one never forgets. This morning the sky is deep blue with no signs of the mist we had on the Engadin hike and the temperature is expected to soar well into the 70s °F (21+ °C). We simply could not ask for better conditions to hike the Matterhorn area.

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