Active Adventure

Every day should be an adventure. How will you challenge yourself next? Journey into the wild with small groups of like-minded adventures where every detail is coordinated by Resort to Laura Madrid.

POLAR BEARS:CANADIAN ARCTIC

Dates: October 30 - November 6, 2024

Status: SOLD OUT

This is an exclusive polar bear photography tour and a rare opportunity in the polar bear capital of the world during the annual polar bear migration back to Hudson Bay. This cabin-based polar bear safari is specially designed to get you close to one of the world’s most magnificent predators in their natural habitat and will give you some ideal polar bear watching opportunities. You will travel with the Arctic experts where every detail has been carefully planned for maximum comfort and safety in the awe-inspiring Canadian wilderness.

POLAR BEAR ITINERARY

GorillaS & CHIMPANZEES: UGANDA AND RWANDA

Dates: September 10 - 21, 2025

Status: Available

Venture deep into the heart of Africa to come face to face with some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas. Their sheer size, beauty and human-like interactions are certain to leave us spellbound. We will meet mankind's closest relatives in the mountains of Rwanda and Uganda. Embark on guided forest treks, trace back Rwanda’s sobering history in Kigali, and stay at a hand-picked selection of premium accommodations throughout the two countries. Come for the wildlife but leave enchanted by the people and the beauty of the land!

GORILLAS + CHIMPS ITINERARY

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: LINdBLAD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDEAVOUR II

Date: April 4 - 13, 2025

Status: Available

The Galápagos Archipelago, Darwin's living laboratory, is home to an abundance of wildlife. Isolated from the mainland for millions of years, it is a rare wilderness where animals have no instinctive fear of humans. Traveling aboard the National Geographic Endeavour II, experience up-close encounters with unique species such as flightless cormorants, marine iguanas,and giant tortoises.

GALAPAGOS ITINERARY

CHECK OUT some of OUR PAST Active adventure TRIPs

Journey to Antarctica: Exploring The White Continent

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A Lindblad National Geographic expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula, where endless white mountains roll to the horizon and massive glaciers churn icebergs into the sea. As one of the first to navigate on the purpose-built Ice Class Polar 5 National Geographic Resolution, encounter this otherworldly place close-up, gliding around enormous tabular icebergs by Zodiac or kayak, and walking along beaches peppered with penguins and seabirds.

ANTARCTICA: THE WHITE CONTINENT

Uganda & Rwanda: Gorillas & Chimps

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Uganda & Rwanda: Gorillas & Chimps

backroads : crater lake, oregon

OREGON: CYCLING, WINE & NATIONAL PARKS

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Nothing prepared me for the WOW factor I experienced at every level! “Oregrown” says it all, as just about everything is grown and sourced locally – from incredible wines, to local beers with brewery tours and tastings galore, to spectacular coffee and coffee shops on every corner. Foodies will be delighted by all the state has to offer! I pulled together a group of dear friends for a week of cycling in the stunning Cascade mountains. We made our way from Bend to Crater Lake to Sisters all the while taking in the stunning mountains, lakes, and deserts in between.

World's Highest & Driest Desert: Atacama, Chile

ATACAMA: ADVENTURE TO THE HIGHEST & DRIEST DESERT IN THE WORLD

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The San Pedro de Atacama oasis, in the middle of the driest desert in the world, has an altitudinal peculiarity: it is situated at 8,200 feet above sea level, making the Atacama not only the driest, but also the highest desert on earth. For this reason, the year-round climate is pleasant and the transparency of light is unique. The outlandish geography of volcanoes, salt flats and high-altitude wetlands, has an unparalleled appeal. But the oasis of San Pedro is simply an introduction. It is the last area where human life is possible; where a visitor can still be harbored.

Laura is no stranger to adventure travel, having had her first taste of it at the age of seven when she and her young siblings accompanied her then 32-year-old mother who piloted a single-engine plane through the towering mountain ranges of Central America to their new life in the Costa Rican countryside. Since then Laura has been most at home when her days are filled with adventures of her own: