When planning the adventure trip of a lifetime, the most important decision isn't where to go, but who to go with. To help you pick the right outfitter, we have conducted the world's first authoritative rating of adventure travel tour operators. Each of the 158 companies presented here qualifies as "best," it's up to you to select which one is best for you. Full Introduction and Methodology
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Top Adventure Travel Companies
This small Tanzania-only outfitter caps its clientele at 100 per year and delivers unparalleled intimacy on its bush treks across the Serengeti--all o... More
When the snow starts to fall up north, Canada-based Esprit Whitewater Worldwide's whitewater specialists winter down in Mexico, leading 20 weeklong de... More
A&K pioneered modern luxury adventure back in colonial Kenya with walk-in tents big enough for beds and the first bush fridge (to make ice for evening... More
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Featured Outfitters
Vermont-based Country Walkers treads much of the globe, most notably Italy, Ireland, and Peru. By the time you reach your final destination for the da... More
The travel branch of the outdoor-clothing retailer, REI Adventures dispatches 1,000 trips worldwide each year--but small group-size and creative lodgi... More
When adventure-travel power-couple Rick Thomson and Judi Wineland established the first U.S. company licensed to run safaris in Tanzania 26 years ago,... More