Adventure with leisure

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Posted by Your Guide on May 19, 2006 5:27 PM

I thought "adventure travel" generally entitled the trip to be without the usual middle-class amenities. Maybe not.

Lois Gruendl, from Virginia, and Karen Schmidt, from Alaska, decided to splurge on a two-week adventure trip to New Zealand to celebrate their 50th birthdays this year.

Gruendl, a U.S. Navy retiree, and Schmidt, a civil engineer for the U.S. government, went sea kayaking and rafting, swimming with dolphins, hiking, walking on glaciers and horseback riding. But they also stayed in five-star hotels and fancy resorts, ate three- and four-course meals suitable for a gourmand and swam in indoor pools.

This combination of adventure during the day and soft beds, fancy food and relaxation at night is what more adventure travelers are seeking today--not surprising, given that today's typical adventure traveler is a 47-year-old woman, according to the Web site of Marybeth Bond, a travel consultant and editor of TravelGirl Magazine.

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