Why now?
It's optimal trekking season.
Northern Pakistan is heaven for mountain lovers; you can walk for days on the most popular routes without seeing another trekker. Discover Baltistan, the centre of the Karakoram's glaciers, peaks and rock towers, where villages are oases in a vertical wilderness of rock and ice.
GO: CANADA
North America
July is the warmest month for paddling Canada's untamed South Nahanni River. Tumbling 500km through the jagged Mackenzie Mountains, the river is an epic white-water expedition.
GO: KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
Russia
Closer to Los Angeles than Moscow, and dubbed the 'land of fire and ice', Kamchatka is one of Russia's least-explored but most spectacular regions.
GO: FRENCH ALPS
France
Watch the Tour de France whizz through the icy spikes, needles and snowy peaks of the highest and most spectacular mountains in Western Europe.
ADVENTURE: Run With The Bulls
Pamplona, Spain
Fitness/Expertise Level
Bull-dodging skills handy
Why Now?
The bulls are released in this famous stampede: now's your chance to run with (or from) them in three hair-raising minutes. A frenzy of drinking and mayhem follows.
Trip Details ›NUDE ICE RUNNING: Join the 300 Club
Antarctica
Fitness/Expertise Level
Willingness to be very cold required
Why Now?
When else will it hit -100°F? Steam in a 200°F (93°C) sauna, then run naked onto the snow for the ultimate extreme temperature experience. Don't ask us why.
Trip Details ›ADVENTURE: Stay in a Mongolian Ger
Mongolia
Fitness/Expertise Level
Not required
Why Now?
Most ger camps are only open from June to mid-September, so book in and experience some Western-oriented 'traditional Mongolian nomadic lifestyle'.
Trip Details ›VOLCANO BOARDING: Mt Yasur
Vanuatu
Fitness/Expertise Level
Good snowboarding skills required
Why Now?
It's the dry season so now is the perfect time to grab your snowboard and ride the super-smooth, marble-like pumice slopes of an active volcano. Wicked, huh?
Trip Details ›CANOEING/KAYAKING: Poland
Poland
Fitness/Expertise Level
Basic paddling skills required
Why Now?
Rivers relieve the summer heat as you paddle a popular route to Lake Serwy. Kayaks are then transported overland and paddlers follow the river downstream.
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