Fancy seatrekking, swimrunning or bodypainting? These and more familiar outdoor pursuits are on offer at destinations from northern Norway to the Greek islands
The Scotland-based company Slow Adventure advocates a more mindful approach to activity holidays. Options include climbing and yoga in the Italian Alps, mountain biking in Sweden and horse riding and rambling in Iceland. On the Finnish Happiness trip, guests stay in log cabins by a lake in Lapland and activities include canoeing under the midnight sun, hiking, swimming, swamp foraging and daily saunas.
Another up-and-coming adventure sport, packrafting involves hiking with a portable inflatable one-person boat for crossing lakes or navigating rivers. Secret River Expeditions runs two-day trips around the Verdon Gorge, south-east France, either exploring lakes just north of the gorge or entering the canyon itself for a more advanced journey with rapids and abseiling.
In between, guests can hike the forest trails, perhaps to the summit of Barania Gora . Participants follow a 16/8 intermittent fasting diet, with brunch at 11am and dinner at 7pm, followed by a 16-hour fast. The new-build retreat centre has shared and private rooms.Standup paddleboarding is booming, and SUP-focused holidays now range from mindfulness to fitness. SUP & Soul’s Norwegian retreat combines paddleboarding with nature connection in a forest near Ekne, north of Trondheim.
On the Ancient Mountain Trails trip in Albania, riders explore hills, valleys and forests, medieval villages, ruined castles and Byzantine monasteries. The trip starts and finishes in the Unesco-listed city of Gjirokastër and nights are spent at homestays, cooking and eating with local families.
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