{"id":16450,"date":"2006-07-28T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/in-pursuit-of-adventure-4\/"},"modified":"2006-07-28T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T06:28:00","slug":"in-pursuit-of-adventure-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2006\/07\/in-pursuit-of-adventure-4\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pursuit of Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureassociates.com\/images\/antarctica\/QRK_KK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adventureassociates.com\/images\/antarctica\/QRK_KK.jpg\" alt=\"Kapitan Khlebnikov\" border=\"1\"><\/a><b><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><\/span><\/b>    <\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Adventure cruising, and its almost seamlessly interchangeable appellation, \u201cexpedition cruising\u201d, has its roots deep in the human psyche. It stems from our innate desire to inquire, explore and expand the boundaries of our environment whilst deriving intellectual rewards from the experience. Expanding on this, one could name great navigators like Magellan, Cook, La Perouse and Pytheas as some of the best known \u201cadventure cruisers\u201d. Often travelling under the veil of commerce, military expansionism, geography or science, these iconic sailors were driven by a desire to expand their own personal knowledge quite apart from obligations to their respective bankrolling empires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\">The 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century adventure cruiser is transported in vastly different vessels. Complete with state-of-the-art satellite navigation, first rate medical facilities, gourmet cuisine and comfy bunks, gone are the days of deprivation, scurvy and mythical sea monsters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Just as cruise travel is enjoying a very healthy resurgence despite the woes of the planet, adventure cruising, as a significant sub-set of the segment, is booming. This assertion is backed up by figures and concurs with findings from studies such as the Cendant Corporation&#8217;s &#8216;The World of Travel in 2020&#8217; where their findings indicate travellers are more and more in search of &#8220;experience-driven travel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\">But how do you tell an adventure or expedition cruise from the regular fun-afloat type?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\">That which separates adventure cruising from the regular, big ship, variety is a number of factors, namely;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Flexible and adjustable itineraries to take account of changing      conditions and opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Products driven by destination and experience rather than the      allure or cachet of a particular vessel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Destinations often have little or no tourism infrastructure and      focus on natural, cultural and ecological attractions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Smaller, more manoeuvrable vessels able to navigate narrow and      shallow waterways inaccessible to regular cruise ships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Fewer passengers, enabling operators to better deliver a more      personal and fulfilling experience. Typically less than 500, but often as      few as just a dozen or so.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Extensive shore excursion programme, often with several      disembarkations per day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Cruise staff includes lecturers drawn from academia and science      able to impart enriching interpretation during a voyage or shore time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Premium pricing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><\/p>\n<p>See: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureassociates.com\/\">Adventure Associates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventure cruising, and its almost seamlessly interchangeable appellation, \u201cexpedition cruising\u201d, has its roots deep in the human psyche. It stems from our innate desire to inquire, explore and expand the boundaries of our environment whilst deriving intellectual rewards from the experience. Expanding on this, one could name great navigators like Magellan, Cook, La Perouse and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}