Guest adventures

It’s our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard. Before you go anywhere, whether that be a vacation, sightseeing tour, backpacking across countries, volunteer mission, expedition, or a full-fledged adventure, it’s useful to learn what is an adventure and how to set a theme for your travels. And, of course, you will need some inspiration. Below is a collection of the inspiring adventures that we’ve featured for over 25 years.

If you would like to contribute a story please read: How to share your amazing adventure of self-discovery. 

adventures before social media

Adventures before the era of blogs

When Scott's first adventure-travel website, theArgonauts.com, came online in 1999, our vision was to give adventurers a forum to share their adventures in real-time — as they were happening!

Recent Guest Adventures

Alastair Humphreys Tom Allen

How to add purpose to your adventures

What if your next adventure could change more than just you? Alastair Humphreys offers 20 thought-provoking questions to help adventurers add purpose, responsibility, and lasting impact to their journeys.
Crew of pirates

The pirates of Zanzibar

In this story, Cat & Pat accept a half-joking offer: a pirate boat to Zanzibar. With no ferry running, little money and no stamps in their passports, they accept. They depart at 4 AM as "illegal cargo" on a dhow (a traditional sailing vessel with a design that dates back thousands of years) with no safety gear, no radio and no engine.
Pat posing next to Russian tank

Cycling the heart of Africa

Pat & Cat Patterson share five intense days from their around-the-world bicycle journey. They pedaled deep into the West African jungle, navigating broken bridges, river crossings, border guards, firestorms, and moments of generosity that turned strangers into friends. A raw look at adventure at its most human and unpredictable.
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Favorite Guest Adventures

Dolly Sods Wilderness panorama. Flowing boulders in the foreground followed by rows of pine trees, mountains and clouds.

Old friends never die

A heart-warming story about how our true friends never leave us even when they take that last great adventure into the sky.
Rachel Hugens and Patrick standing on Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The highest point in Africa. 5895 meters.

A new way of seeing

Rachel Hugens, world traveler by bicycle, shares the biggest lesson she learned after 25 years on and off the road. Avid traveler or armchair traveler, this will change your life, too!
Thunder Mountain Trail, Utah. A hoodoo that resembles a statue from Easter Island.

Desolate highways to Thunder Mountain and beyond

It has been 20 years since adventurer Mark Loftin has contributed his first story to our website. Your future self will thank you for his insights and wisdom that you can apply right now to your travels. Besides it is a beautiful story about biking Thunder Mountain Trail and exploring the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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Adventures by type

We’ve grouped a lot of categories together, like unicycle and bicycle, so if you are looking for a specific type of adventure or location, please try a search below. 

Art
Bicycle Tourists (Bikepackers)
Boat
Budget Travel
Charity
Ecotourism
Education
Extreme Adventure
Famous Explorers
Favorite Adventures
Featured Adventures
Flying
Gap Year
Hiking and Backpacking
Horseback
Housesit
Inner Journey
Mars
Microadventures
Motorized
Mountain Climb
Photographer
Physically Challenged
Road Trip
Senior Citizen
Solar-Powered
Solo
Space
Swim
Train
Tricycle
World Records