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The race to the poles has been won and the seven seas and five continents have been mapped and plundered but the human hunger for adventure isn’t sated. While some people still crave virgin exploration, there are a lot of people who’d prefer something more achievable – an Adventure Holiday. On an adventure holiday you will have to work to achieve your goal, but you don’t have to risk death or frostbite to get there and you can be there in back in two weeks.

Explorers used to look upwards for adventure. Everest took some conquering, and Mont Blanc’s snows have made a worthy adversary in the past. But Kilimanjaro was recently conquered by a bunch of celebrities for Comic Relief, and the impressively titled highest mountains in the United Kingdom and Australia: Ben Nevis and Mount Kosciuszko, are ideal for a short holiday adventure. Ben you can summit in about nine hours, Kosciuszko you can do in about three – and during your Adventure Holiday you’ll have climbed one of the ‘Seven Summits’.  Read more...