Numerous companies have sprung up, in fact, that do nothing but put adventure travel packages together specifically for the senior market. If it's not scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands, it may be rescuing turtle eggs in Costa Rica. Those with a sense of adventure can go on safari, on a walking tour in Kathmandu Valley, or attend a sailing school. They want to touch it, taste it, feel it and be a part of it. Tour operators have responded to that.
People can go anywhere they can name in the world, and have that experience.
The adventure travel industry isn't new, but the look of the people taking the trips has changed. Now, she says, the typical adventure traveler is at least 20 years older, and often 30 and 40 years older. With that interest and income comes trips to count dolphins in the Caribbean or to Costa Rican beaches to help with turtle egg hatching. This generation, too, is willing to pay for the privilege of traveling to third world countries to build houses and villages for impoverished residents. Seniors aren't just nesting anymore.