WASHINGTON
-- The 25 "greatest adventures in the world" have been
compiled by National Geographic Adventure magazine -- trips
and treks for the athletic, interested and enthusiastic.
Seeking to provide a variety of exploits for
people interested in different areas or different types of
outings, the trips aren't ranked.
Here's the
list compiled by the magazine's editors:
--Australia, a 250-mile trek across the desert
on camelback.
--China, rafting down the Yangtse
River.
--Bhutan, visit the ancient villages of
this mountain kingdom by bus, minivan and foot.
--Botswana, saddle up on an elephant and visit
the Okavango Delta and the edge of the Kalahari desert.
--British Columbia, helicopters will ferry the
strong skier to as many as 15 summits in a week of adventure
in the snow.
--Chile, a 53-mile hike along the
rugged Futaleufu River running from the Andes to the sea.
--Egypt, trekking the Sinai peninsula including
a predawn climb up Mount Sinai.
--French
Polynesia, 12 days of travel from romantic island to romantic
island.
--Galapagos Islands, follow in the
footsteps of Charles Darwin exploring the islands called the
laboratory of evolution.
--India, Kashmir on
wheels, a mountain biking trip into the Himalayas.
--Iran, a 13-day trek through ancient castles
and the Elburz Mountains and down to the Caspian Sea.
 The
Galapagos tortoise is one of the creatures that draws
tourists to the Islands.
Photo
courtesy WWF: The Galapagos
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--Irian
Jaya, searching for lost tribes in the jungles of the
Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea.
--Italy, climb the craggy Dolomite Mountains in
the northeast.
--Mexico, scuba diving into
Nohoch Nah Chich, the world's largest underwater cave system.
--Mongolia, go hunting with the nomadic Kazaks
of western Mongolia, who use eagles to catch prey.
--Morocco, tour the Atlas Mountains and
backroads villages by camel and bike.
--New
Zealand, some of the world's best fly fishing on the South
Island, access to 20 back-country streams including helicopter
drops.
--Nunavut, a submersible vessel takes
visitors to the world's northernmost shipwreck in the Canadian
arctic.
--Panama, kayaking among the San Blas
Islands on the Caribbean coast, sleeping in tents and eating
lobster and local fruits.
--Peru, explore the
Amazon basin aboard a 28-passenger passenger ship.
--Russia, a week of gut-wrenching training in
cosmonaut boot camp at Star City outside Moscow.
--South Georgia, cruise to this remote island in
the far South Atlantic.
--Tanzania, a 150-mile
walk with the Masai, trekking among elephants, wildebeest,
giraffe and their predators.
--Yukon, rafting or
kayaking down the Tatshenshimi, one of the most remote and
least traveled wilderness rivers remaining.
--Vietnam, kayaking along the honeycomb coast.
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Visit
the mountain kingdom of Bhutan.