Savings on Adventure Travel Worldwide

This photo of a Bhutanese schoolgirl comes courtesy of Geographic Expeditions, which is offering $1,000 per person off one of its Bhutan journeys.

I'm bushed. I'm beat. I'm bleary-eyed. And yet I'm blogging. At 11:45 at night. Why? So that you, Dear Reader, won't miss out on a deal that was just announced this evening:  The ten premier adventure travel companies that make up the Adventure Collection are offering special rates available for late 2009 and early 2010.  Some are nature expeditions, some cultural discoveries, but all are transformative experiences offered by top companies that rarely discount, so jump on 'em.  A complete list of offers, with much more descriptive detail, is available at the Adventure Collection's blog, a.k.a. Don's Place, but here's a taste:

* BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE SEA OF CORTEZ  Lindblad Expeditions is offering savings of $500 per person, plus free round-trip airfare (Los Angeles/La Paz/Los Angeles), on select Jan-March departures of its Among the Great Whales expeditions.

* COSTA RICA  Backroads is offering savings of $500 on the Dec 27 departure of its Costa Rica Family Multisport adventure, which includes biking, rafting and kayaking from Arenal Volcano to the Pacific Coast.

*FIJI  OARS is offering a $500/person discount for groups of four or more on its Highlands to Islands: The Ultimate Fiji Explorer trip from December 26-January 5.

* BHUTAN  Geographic Expeditions is offering savings of $1,000 per person on its Nov 9 departure of The Essence of Bhutan--a trip designed by Brent Olson, the Bhutan specialist on my list of top travel planners.