Zambia is rapidly becoming an adventure hot spot for adrenaline junkies and holiday makers alike. With stunning wildlife and vistas there really is no shortage of things to do or see.
Check out this extract from the excellent Expert Africa web site.
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Doing something truly original in your life, something that none of your friends have even considered can be a tremendously liberating experience. Forget Florida, forget Paris and start thinking about Great White Shark cage diving in South Africa.
Coming face to face with one of the worlds most fearsome predators can almost be a life changing experience - I can testify to that having almost been gobbled up by a grizzly bear! Now that there is the opportunity to pay a Great White a visit in it’s own habitat - I have to admit that it’s a tempting proposition. There seems to be a derth of operators offering an experience of this nature so I was quite pleased to drop onto a web site - appropriately called Big Animals.
They summarise some intriguing encounters as follows:
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Amanpulo is quite simply an idyllic and secluded private resort.
Situated on the island of Pamalican, 200 km east of Palawan in the Philippines, the 220 acre isle is surrounded by white sand, crystal clear sea and well preserved coral reefs (50-300 m. offshore). Guests arrive from Manila by chartered plane which lands directly on Pamalican.
Expect to see whales, dolphins and a whole range of beautiful sea creatures.
With perfect beaches and deep blue ocean Amanpulo is the perfect place to enjoy watersports, guided eco-walks, cycling, tennis and picnicing.
The island’s weather conditions are tropical, with a dry season from sound November to May and some rain from June to October. The average annual temperature is 27.2oC (81oF). January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 25.5oC (78oF) and May the hottest at 29oC (84oF).
The island comprises a number of luxury cottages or “Casitas” situated either on the beach front or in the slightly cooler hills. All of which are simply stunning.
I genuinely can’t recommend this place highly enough.
Situated 350 miles north of Cairns - Haggerstone Island is some 100 miles away from civilisation. Great for trips to Great Barrier Reef, snorkelling, diving, fishing and just plain getting away from it.
Haggerstone.com say:
“Even amid the magnificent island resorts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Haggerstone is an extraordinary island experience offering the ultimate in intimacy and privacy. Accessible only by air to a neighbouring island, it is an incredibly remote and unspoilt Robinson Crusoe retreat approximately 600 kilometres north from Cairns, and a few miles from a wild stretch of the northern Great Barrier Reef mainland coast.
Haggerstone is a truly unique and wonderful place - a small complex of tropical timber buildings, gardens, orchard and dams; set amidst true wilderness country, teeming with fish and bird life and surrounded by some of the most magnificent pristine coral gardens in the world. Catering for a small numbers of guests (6-8) you will live well, eat well and as one guest put it “survive in style”, Haggerstone provides a unique base from which to ramble or explore, or… just to be.
Haggerstone Island GuestHouseThe marine life on Haggerstone is simply unbelievable…. shipwrecks, beach combing for WW2 artefacts, snorkelling, and the fishing… and complemented by a superb yet simple mouth watering cuisine featuring all fresh natural foods. The incredible remoteness of Haggerstone ensures an experience very rare on this planet. If you value absolute simplicity above all else - no maids, TV, mobile phones, computers, mirrors or egos, this is it.
Anna and Roy Turner came to Haggerstone in April 1985 with a 70ton barge loaded with poles, timber, fruit trees, chickens and an old tractor. The island was jungle covered, uninhabited and hundreds of miles from what we know as civilisation. They were not to know they were to spend nearly six years alone on the island, as they set out to create a Robinson Crusoe style abode in the wild. Haggerstone Island is their home and an Island Guesthouse, and they welcome you to their home and hope you enjoy your stay.”
From personal experience you’ll find no better place to get away from it!
Queenstown is the annointed capital of New Zealand adventure activities. Everything an adrenaline junkie could wish for including white knuckle white water rafting.
According to NewZealand.com:
“Queenstown Rafting, New Zealand’s largest rafting operator, runs trips on two local rivers, the Shotover and the Kawarau. Ideal for first time rafters, the Kawarau is a large volume, lake fed river with four exciting rapids, including the 400m Dog Leg.
The Shotover River is renowned for its exciting rapids and the spectacular journey into Skippers Canyon. Two hours on the river culminates in the 170m Oxenbridge Tunnel. Combinations available include jet boats, helicopter, rafting and bungy jumping.”
This is a must do trip for just about anybody visiting this part of the world.
