Adventure Thrill
Bigger days with one headline thing in each, leaning outdoors.
What Archie aims for
- Full days
- Trails and water
- One big thing a day
- Room to change plans for weather
39 itineraries for this feeling
4 days · Otago
Queenstown
Mountain tracks, a gorge, the road to Glenorchy and a lake
4 days · Alberta
Banff
Gondola views, canyon boardwalks, turquoise lakes and a hot soak
3 days · Utah
Moab
Sandstone arches, canyon rims and a river road at golden hour
Sydney
The harbour, the beaches and a day in the Blue Mountains
Cape Town
A mountain, a peninsula and the vineyards, on the southern tip of Africa
Palermo
Norman mosaics, Greek temples, baroque towns and a volcano, from Palermo to Taormina
Cusco
Inca terraces and a lost citadel, with the high city saved for last
Honolulu
Beaches, Diamond Head and Pearl Harbor
Seattle
Ferries, locks and lakeside views, with the mountains in the distance
Yellowstone National Park
Geysers, a great canyon, wildlife valleys and the Teton range
Reykjavik
Waterfalls, glaciers and black sand on a self-drive loop around the island
Glacier National Park
Alpine lakes, a high mountain road and wild valleys
Torres del Paine
Granite towers, glaciers and wind on the long southern road through Chilean Patagonia
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Chamonix
High cable cars, glaciers and big days under Mont Blanc
Tenerife
A volcano, laurel forest trails and black sand coves
Read the 8-day plan
Hokkaido
Volcanoes, hot springs, flower hills and caldera lakes by car
Scottish Highlands
Glens, lochs, castles and mountain walks on a Highland road trip
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Crete
Gorges, mountain villages, ruins and the sea
Yucatan
Maya ruins, swimming sinkholes, flamingos and yellow colonial towns
Madeira
Levada walks, volcanic peaks and sea cliffs on a green island
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El Calafate
Glaciers, granite peaks and big skies in Argentine Patagonia
Innsbruck
Cable cars to the peaks, a glacier and an Alpine lake
Manaus
Black water, flooded forest and nights on the river
San Pedro de Atacama
Geysers at dawn, salt flats, high lagoons and a sky full of stars
Hrensko
Sandstone gorges, a rock arch and forest trails by the Elbe
Stykkisholmur
A volcano under a glacier, bird cliffs and a remote fjord coast
Hanoi
Limestone karsts by boat and kayak, caves, and street food in Hanoi
Kuching
Rainforest trails, a boat to Bako and a living-culture village
Grand Canyon Village
The South Rim, a river bend and a slot canyon on one desert road trip
Yosemite Valley
Granite cliffs, waterfalls and the biggest trees on Earth in the Sierra Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Clear blue water, granite shores and a different side of the lake each day
Olympic National Park
Rain forest, wild beaches, hot springs and a mountain ridge on one loop
Zion and Bryce Canyon
A red canyon on foot, a car-free valley day and an amphitheater of hoodoos
Kailua-Kona
Volcanoes, waterfalls, black sand and a sunny coast
Alamogordo
White gypsum dunes, a great underground room and the long desert road between
Ortisei
Pale peaks, high meadows and mountain passes in northern Italy
Bayfield
Sea caves, lighthouses and island ferries on Lake Superior
Ely
Granite shores, loons and a night camping on a lake
Anchorage
Glaciers, fjords and a train to Denali
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Plan your own tripQuestions about Adventure trips
What is a Adventure trip?
Bigger days with one headline thing in each, leaning outdoors. The feeling word for it is "Thrill". It describes how the trip is meant to feel, not a promise about how you will feel.
What does Archie aim for on a Adventure trip?
full days, trails and water, one big thing a day, room to change plans for weather. Some of this, like the pace, one big thing a day and open afternoons, changes which places are picked. The rest is guidance for the planner, not a guarantee.
Which places have a Adventure itinerary?
Queenstown, Banff, Moab, Sydney, Cape Town, Palermo, Cusco, Honolulu, Seattle, Yellowstone National Park, Reykjavik, Glacier National Park, Torres del Paine, Chamonix, Tenerife, Hokkaido, Scottish Highlands, Crete, Yucatan, Madeira, El Calafate, Innsbruck, Manaus, San Pedro de Atacama, Hrensko, Stykkisholmur, Hanoi, Kuching, Grand Canyon Village, Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Olympic National Park, Zion and Bryce Canyon, Kailua-Kona, Alamogordo, Ortisei, Bayfield, Ely and Anchorage. Each one has a day-by-day plan, a map with the route and the best months to go from real weather.
Can I plan my own Adventure trip somewhere else?
Yes. Tell Archie where you want to go and how you want it to feel. Archie leans the plan that way, and you can change any day.
How a trip idea works
Each trip idea is a short itinerary: a few places a day that sit close together, in the order that saves walking, with an estimate of the time between stops. Open one to see it on a map and to see the best months to go, worked out from average weather. Then plan your own dates in the Archie app.