April 2025 – Armenia has been named Destination of the Year for Adventure Tourism at the PATWA International Travel Awards 2025, held at ITB Berlin on 5 March 2025, one of the world's leading travel trade shows. This prestigious award highlights Armenia's growing reputation as a top global destination for adventure seekers. From its rugged mountains and scenic hiking trails to exhilarating outdoor activities like rock climbing, paragliding, … [Read more...]
At 40, SATW Foundation Announces 2024 Recipients of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
November 2024 – Choosing among 1,371 entries, the 27 judges at the University of Missouri School of Journalism conferred 120 awards on editors, writers, photographers, podcasters, social media experts and videographers in the 2024 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The awards were announced today at the SATW annual convention in Istanbul, Turkey. Professor Jennifer Rowe and Carol J. Loomis, faculty fellow, along with Professor … [Read more...]
Apply to be Chief Flying Penguin Officer for Chance to Travel to Antarctica
SANTIAGO, Chile (March, 2023) – Can penguins fly? How many people can answer that question with confidence? There's scientific confirmation that, in fact, penguins do not fly – but Antarctica21 does fly to Antarctica. Antarctica21, the adventure travel specialist that pioneered fly-and-sail expeditions to the White Continent, turns 20 in 2023. To celebrate its birthday and promote knowledge and understanding of Antarctica and Antarctic … [Read more...]
Adventures with Lions in Tanzania
Africa has always been a special place to me. It's the salt of the earth, an untouched land and a place that is so rare from anywhere else in the world. Not many travellers have come to Africa and not been melted by the beauty and magnificence of this place. Mesmerising golden sunsets, incredible wild animals, the good will of people and monumental vast landscapes. There’s no denying that Africa is a huge continent and if you are thinking of … [Read more...]
THIS ISN’T WINTER. IT’S WAVE SEASON. UNCRUISE ADVENTURES CRUISES INTO 2022 WITH NEW SAVINGS.
The Small Ship Adventure Cruise Line Launches Savings for Adventure Travelers JUNEAU, AK– As winter takes hold, the leader in adventure cruising, UnCruise Adventures, announces premium 2022 cruise savings. The cruise line's newest WAVE season offers launch on Jan 1st and provides travelers with incentives to book early and save. From Jan 4th, 2022, through April 15th, 2022, guests who book WAVE season savings will also be entered into an … [Read more...]
Mike Corey, Adventure Travel YouTuber & BBC Television Host
Q. Introduce yourself to our readers. I'm Mike Corey, an Adventure Travel YouTuber and BBC Television Host, who helps people overcome their fears so they can travel the world. I have an online travel and lifestyle brand called Fearless & Far, not because I am fearless, but because I've built a life around doing the things that scare me most. Sound fun? Haha I'm a recovering scaredy-cat, and spent most of my life with a phobia of public … [Read more...]
Adventure on the River: West Virginia Whitewater
It was July 4th at the New River Gorge in West Virginia. It was dark, and I was on the roof of a truck clinging to the roof rack as we wound through the twisting back roads en route to the edge of the gorge. This had not been the plan. We had ended up loading the truck down with a couple of kegs and as many raft guides as we could fit after the trailer that was supposed to deliver us to the party developed a flat tire. We had unhitched it and … [Read more...]
Pow Wow of the Northern Cree
"Under the reflection of the northern lights, we see the head of Ciiwetinustikwaan, the man of the north." - saying of the Northern Cree After days of adventure travel in the Saguenay-Lac-St Jean area come to a close, I let my fingers meander across the map to find my next would-be destination. This is actually one my of favorite activities: simply pick a remote location on a map and make my way there, never really knowing what I’ll find. I … [Read more...]
Adventure Travel in Quebec – Part II
“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventure.” When I last left you on my week-long adventure trip to Quebec's Saguenay-Lac St. Jean region, I had just finished two days of aerial challenges: an exhausting a treetop obstacle course, followed by an even more obscene climb along the 250-meter high Via Ferrata. What was next on the agenda around Saguenay fjord, I wondered? Sea kayaking in the fjord Turns out, that next stop … [Read more...]
Adventure Travel in Quebec
“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventure.” I admit I only know a little about Quebec, that francophone region located right in the heart of North America. I am aware that it is Canada’s second largest (and second-most populous) province. And that 90% of its population lives within just a couple of hours of the border with the United States. But what about the other 10%? Where and how do they live? What’s there to do beyond … [Read more...]
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