Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel
guide publisher* Hankering to tackle a
long-distance trek, or an icy mountain peak?
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Ultimate Adventures brings together activities and
challenges to captivate and inspire gung-ho adventurers
and armchair travellers alike. From the epic to the
local, on land, sea or even in mid air, the offerings
here will encourage you to dream, plan and set off on
your own adventure. Explore the world!
- Enjoy panoramic views of Cape Town after
scrambling to the top of Table Mountain
- Pedal your way across Vietnam from the rice
paddies of the Mekong Delta to the highlands
- Swim between continents in the Bosphorus swim,
Istanbul
- Rumble across the dunes on a camel safari in
Rajasthan
- Take in sublime vistas on a circuit of Mont
Blanc
Authors: Lonely Planet, Brett
Atkinson, Steve Waters, Lucy Burningham, Kate Armstrong,
Greg Benchwick, Joe Bindloss, Jessica Lee, Luke
Waterson, Phillip Tang, Matt Swaine, Virginia Jealous,
Robin Barton, Jasper Winn, Jonathan Thompson, Karla
Zimmerman, Ross Taylor, Andrew Bain, Kate Rew, Pat
Kinsella, Ethan Gelber, Sam Haddad, Catherine Bodry,
Jean-Bernard Carillet, Sarah Baxter, Caroline Sieg, Paul
Bloomfeild
About Lonely Planet: Started in
1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading
travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every
destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning
website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products,
and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's
mission is to enable curious travellers to experience
the world and to truly get to the heart of the places
where they travel.
TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice
Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide
category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite
simply, like no other.' - New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves;
it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones.
It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling
entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -
Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world
market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK
and USA. March 2012-January 2013
