Great Picks for Adventurous Travel for Seniors
June 13, 2008
If you are a senior citizen and are not doing anything much and looking for something very exciting and adventurous in your life, then here’s an opportunity to participate and if you are focused on walking. Let’s take a closer look at two different destinations that will provide you with excitement and adventure and considered senior friendly.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica provides a great opportunity to adventure for seniors. It’s a land of natural beauty, wildlife sanctuaries. This place is considered as a country with stability. This country provides the tourist with beautiful beaches, large rainforests and active volcanoes. The environment of Costa Rica is so beautiful, that one feels like home there. It also provides with natural green surroundings and interesting wildlife. This all adventure travel can be done at a very affordable price for seniors.
Costa Rica takes good care in preserving their natural, beautiful environment and also takes due care in protecting their wildlife. Their wildlife sanctuary is a must watch one in Costa Rica. One cannot return home without visiting their wildlife. The plant and animal species percentage in Costa Rica is about five percent on the earth. While visiting Costa Rica as a senior in your adventure travel, don’t forget visiting well known destinations like Poas Volcano and La Paz Waterfall, the Don Carlos’ farm, Tabacon hot springs as well as the Arenal Volcano.
Some of the most famous tourist places to be watched are Tenorio Nacional Park, the Penas Blancas River, the beautiful Arenal Lake and the Rincon De La Vieja National Park. You might want to include an adventure in the Las Pailas Gaulas National park and take some time and enjoy the Tamarindo beach. Make sure that you include these places in your itenery.
Utah arches and Capitol Reef Parks
If you are looking at some adventure, keeping in mind, seniors, then the must see places are the beautiful Utah Arches and the Capitol Reef National Parks. They are canyon systems located the southeastern portion of Utah. They contain some of the most interesting canyons, natural bridges as well as arches in the country. You can also go hiking along some of these numerous trails in Arches National park.
Take some item to have an adventure in the Canyon lands National Park and check out the rock art as well as the Anasazi ruins. This rock art is world famous and sculpted. It’s a very pictorial destination. You can take a number of pictures here. It is advisable to carry a digital camera or a handy camera for capturing pictures or taking a movie. While exploring the Capitol National Park, one can remove some time to watch the Grand Wash with its beautiful canyon walls and also check out the Hickman Bridge and the beautiful ancient petroglyphs. You could also take a walk Chimney Rock canyon which is considered to be one of the most scenic places in the park.
Chimney rock is made from Moenkopi as well as Shirarump sandstones. You must touch and get the feel good experience. This rock is made from the above mentioned sandstones. Once you go walking, this place will take you to the petrified wood area and offers wonderful views of the Navajo sandstone domes. This is the place from where you can watch the Navajo sandstone dome. This dome is completely made of sandstone. There are a number of trails that provides you with beautiful site seeing and scenery. If you are the one who’s an adventurous person, then you can consider walking down the Utah arches and Capitol Reef National Parks. There are many lovely and mind refreshing places to see in Costa Rica.
Summary:
Costa Rica is all about beautiful environment and natural scenery. If you are a senior person, looking for adventurous trip, then Costa Rica is the place to visit.
