Adrenaline-pumping activities and stars who love 'em

12 FEBRUARY 2004
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Desert Adrenaline
The 11-day itinerary includes stunning Skeleton Coast and Damaraland and costs £2,500pp for flights, car hire, hotel and tented accommodation, plus most meals and “adrenaline activities ”. Available from Sunvil Africa. For details, tel: (00 44) 020 8232 9777; www.sunvil.co.uk/africa.

Active In The Andes
Seventeen-day Andes Adventures cost from £2,497pp, which includes return flights, internal transport, activities, guides, meals and accommodation in first-class lodges (with a few simple refuges) for groups of six to ten. You need to be reasonably fit. From Pura Aventura, tel: (00 44) 01273 676712; www.pura-aventura.com.

Vietnam Adventure
Fifteen-day holiday with flights, internal transport, private guide, activities and bed and breakfast accommodation in luxury colonial-style hotels starts at £1,595pp. Book with Audley Travel, tel: (00 44) 01869 276222; www.audleytravel.com.

Explore The Picos
Eight days in the Picos de Europa between May and September costs from £949pp, price includes flights to Bilbao, activities, guides (groups are usually six to ten people), most meals and accommodation in small hotels and inns, all with en suite bathrooms. Available from Pura Aventura, as before.

Action in Iceland
Super Jeep safaris (with instructors), including riding, rafting, snow-mobiling and hiking, can be arranged by Arctic Experience. A 15-day four-wheel-drive tour that takes in most of Iceland 's highlights, with other activities (some optional) and a choice of farmhouse or country hotel accommodation, costs from £977pp including flights. Available from Arctic Experience, tel: (00 44) 01737 214214; visit www.arctic-experience.co.uk.