Appendix

Adventure Travel Companies
Companies are listed in alphabetical order, followed by phone number, E-mail address, and Internet Web Site URL, (if known).  Note, all web addresses are preceded by http://www.  The list below is not meant to be exhaustive, and is not a recommendation.  We simply list those we could readily find, or know about.  We apologize if we have not listed your favorite.   This list will be updated more or less continuously as we learn of more options, especially for Seniors.

Adventures in Good Company,(for Women), 877-439-4042, marian@goodadventure.com, adventuresingoodcompany.com/

Abercrombie & Kent, 800-323-7308, -, abercrombiekent.com

American Wilderness Experience, 800-444-0099,-, awetrips.com

Appalachian Mountain Club, 603-466-2727, lodging@amcinfo.org, outdoors.org

Backroads, 800-462-2848, -, backroads.com

Butterfield & Robinson, 800-678-1147, - , butterfield.com

Country Inns Along the Trail, 802-247-3300, office@inntoinn.com, inntoinn.com

Country Walkers, 800-638-0291, ctrywalk@aol.com, countrywalkers.com

Elderhostel, 800-426-8056, catalogs@elderhostel.org, Elderhostel.org

ElderTreks, 800-741-7956, info@eldertreks.com, Eldertreks.com

Escalante Canyon Outfitters, -, ecohike@scinternet.net, http://www.ecohike.com/

Escape San Francisco Tours, 866-ESCAPE5, Info@EscapeSFTours.com, escapesftours.com

Explore Britain, UK-01740 650900, philip@xplorebritain.com, XploreBritain.com

50plusExpeditions, 866-318-5050, info@50plusexpeditions.com, 50plusexpeditions.com

Footnotes, Footnotestour.com

Geographic Expeditions,415-922-0448, info@geoex.com, geoex.com

Good Earth Tours, 877-265-9003, info@kilimanjaroexpedition.com, kilimanjaroexpedition.com

Hiking Holidays, 800-537-3850,-, travelon.com

Ibex Expeditions, 800-842-8139, info@trekibex.com, trekibex.com

International Expeditions, 800-633-4734, intlexp@aol.com, ietravel.com

Mountain Travel Sobek, 888-687-6235, info@mtsobek.com, mtsobek.com

Nature Expeditions International, 800-869-0639,-, naturexp.com

New England Hiking Holidays, 800-869-0949, -, nehikingholidays.com

O.A.R.S., 303-544-9836, brianmullis@oars.com, oars.com

Overseas Adventure Travel, 800-221-0814, - , oattravel.com

REI Adventures, 800-622-2236,-, rei.com/travel/

Rogue Wilderness, Inc., 800-336-1647, rwi@wildrogue.com, wildrogue.com

Sierra Club, 415-977-5630, national.outings@sierraclub.org, sierraclub.org

Spanish Steps and Roman Roads, 877-787-WALK, spanishsteps@aspeninfo.com, spanishsteps.com/

Tauck Tours, 800-468-2825, info@tauck.com, tauck.com

The Wayfarers, 800 249-4620, -, thewayfarers.com

The World Outdoors, 800-488-8483, brianm@theworldoutdoors.com, theworldoutdoors.com/

Walking Adventures International, 800-779-0353, -, walkingadventures.com

Walking the World, 800-340-9255, -, walkingtheworld.com

Wanderweg Holidays, 800-270-2577, -, wanderwegholidays.com

White Water Warehouse, (Rogue River rafting, Oregon),-, fun@whitewaterwarehouse.com, http://www.whitewaterwarehouse.com/

Wilderness Travel, 800-368-2794, info@wildernesstravel.com, wildernesstravel.com

Wonder Walks, 802-453-2076, tours@wonderwalks.com, wonderwalks.com

Overseas Trek Operators

African Safaris & Adventures,-,sales@africansafaris.co.ke, http://www.africansafaris.co.ke/

Aventuras Panama, (River rafting), -,-, http://www.aventuraspanama.com/

Black Ibex Expeditions, Mongolia, 976-11-318848, marketing@discovermongolia.mn, http://www.discovermongolia.mn/

Brazil Adventures, -, mahruki@brazil-adventures.com, brazil-adventures.com

Celtic Trails, UK, 800-970-7585, info@celtrails,com, http://www.celtrail.com/

Curlew Guided Walking,UK, 011-44(0)1524-35601, curlewgw@globalnet.co.uk users.globalnet.co.uk/~curlewgw

Eastern & Southern Safaris, Kenya, -, info@essafari.co.ke, essafari.co.ke

Experience Bhutan Travel, -, info@experiencebhutan.com, experiencebhutan.com/

Footscape Walking Holidays,UK, -, tim@footscape,co,uk, http://www.footscape.co.uk/

Fresco Tours, Spain, 1-866-698-7563, marketing@frescotours.com,frescotours.com

Gold Sunshine Company, Mongolia, -, info@sunshine.mn, Sunshine.mn/

and also: Travel5Mongolia/

Gobi Expeditions Mongolia, -, gobiexp@mongol.net, traveltomongolia.mn/

Himalayan Respo Trek, 977-1-4358362, ardhimal@wlink.com.np, ,himalayanrespotrek.com

Navo-Tour, China, 86-28-86112277, info@navo-tour.com, navo-tour.com/

Ontdek Kenya, +50 Walkers Kenya, 254-20-3524405, walk@ontdekkenya.com, ontdekkenya.com

Pristine Druk-Yul Tours and Treks, Bhutan, -, Kheths69@yahoo.com, bhutanpristine.com.bt

Purbeck Pathfinders, UK, 0044(0)1929660665, andy@purbeckpathfinders.co.uk, PurbeckPathfinders.co.uk

 

Hike Information Sites

Adventure Buddies(everything you wanted to know about using hiking poles), -, jayah@adventurebuddies.net, adventurebuddies.net

Croatian Travel Directory, (Active/Outdoor Information),-,findcroatia@yahoo.com, http://www.findcroatia.com/

(Site below is independent of site above, just very similar names)

Croatia Travel Guide, (art,culture,hotels,transport,travel),-,-,http://www.find-croatia.com/

Discount Outdoor Supplies, (Boots, Hiking Sticks, etc) -,-,boots-stick.com/

Discovery Campervans Australia, -,-,http://www.discovery-campervans.com.au/

Gear and Gizmos: rstarken@gearandgizmos.com, gearandgizmos.com/

Grand Canyon Information (everything you could ask for),-,-,http://www.mgrandcanyon.com/

LinkSelect Outdoor Resource Directory, Linkselect

Only Tourist Travel Directory, , , Onlytourist

Oregon (USA) - Articles and resources about hiking, http://www.oregon.com/hiking.cfm

Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links, , , peaktopeak.net

The Trail Master, - , john@thetrailmaster.com, thetrailmaster.com

Travel Directory, (UK), -,-, TravelDirectory-uk/

Walking Britain,-, -, walkingbritain.co.uk

Other Outing Sites of Interest to Seniors

Alaska Salmon Fishing, -,-,alaska-salmon-fishing.net

Airport Car Parking Direct, (UK), -,-, acp-direct.com/

Camping Tents Food and Gear, -, pamjh@cox.net, camping-tents-food-and-gear.com/

Cheap flights to Cape Town from UK, -,-,get-packing.com/flights/cape-town.html/

Cloud Nine Travel, UK,-,-Cloud Nine Travel

Discovery Car Hire New Zealand, -,-, http://Discovery-carhire.co.nz/

Italy Vacation Rentals, , info@italyvacationrentals.it, ItalyVacationRentals

Duoshoes Directory,-,-, Duoshoes.com/

SeniorMatch dating site for elder singles,-,-Seniormatch.com

Shangri-La at Mountain Gate Lodge, 845-254-6000, mountaingatelodgeny@yahoo.com, mountaingatelodge.com

TurismoLab (Italy Tourism Services),-,-,TurismoLab.com/

Movies/Videos of Hikes

Film About a Journey on the Appalachian Trail: Southbounders.com

Publications (Listed in the Elderhiker Handbook)

Packers (In addition to those listed in the Elderhiker Handbook)

Aspen Meadow Pack Station, aspenmeadowpackstation.com/

Llama Packers (Listed in the Elderhiker Handbook)

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