Travel with a Challenge
Discover the new world of cruise and land vacations for mature travelers, their families and friends!
While showcasing both well-established and freshly-minted alternative travel opportunities throughout the world, this website and its Web magazine promise its readers practical advice and plenty of nuts-and-bolts information to encourage active, educational, value-added vacationing suitable for men and women over 50. The one thing you won’t find is an excuse to stay home!
September – October 2026
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Best of Maui Agri-Tourism
Take time away from Maui’s beautiful beaches and ocean-focused activities to explore “upcountry” (quite literally) where the volcano views are spectacular, the crowds disappear, and the themes of the day are wine tasting laced with Hawaiian history, gourmet goat cheeses galore and the many possibilities of lavender.
Tanzania’s famous volcano tops out at 19,341 feet or 5,900 meters. Trekking to its summit takes plenty of training and planning, but our intrepid 68-year-old author, MaryAnn Gerst, meets the challenge on an eight-day group tour of 11 people with three guides and 33 porters, carrying a personal treasure to the mountain top.
Join journalist, playwright and novelist, Barney Jeffries, as he encounters the spectacular geological formations of Meteora in Central Greece and pinnacle-perched medieval monasteries that now welcome vacationers and pilgrims.
In 2011, the Sabbatical Sisters launched their first book, Reboot Your Life, Energize your Career and Life by Taking a Break. They shared their creative thoughts, ten tips and engaging photos with Travel with a Challenge readers in a popular article in our permanent Travel Article Library. A must-read!
Then in 2015 came the launch of The Retirement Boom a comprehensive planning book for retirement that is about lifestyle – how to live the most fulfilling life for the years ahead. The book is a great resource for anyone retiring soon, in the next few years, or already retired. Extensive research, hundreds of interviews, input from their workshops, and their own life experiences are the foundation for this informative book with its many facts, insights, helpful stories, and exercises. Topics cover potential concerns and surprises, what you need to know, and many ideas to explore for continuing to earn money or not. It’s about designing what YOU want. As they say, “Dream a little and make it happen!” See another great article contributed by these ladies on this theme to our archive collection.
Mother Nature has bestowed great riches on this southwest Indian state facing the Arabian Sea, among them an extensive network of natural freshwater canals that beg to be explored for a few hours or on multi-day houseboat tours. Alison Gardner uses traditional canoes to catch a glimpse of village life in the backwaters.
Spiritual curiosity and passion for transformation are among the human race’s oldest motivators to travel. Learn about the top sacred places around the world and how to prepare most successfully for visiting such culturally, historically and spiritually significant destinations.
Learn More About Travel with a Challenge
Launched in 2000, Travel with a Challenge web magazine’s mission has always been about encouraging our readership to look beyond mainstream rest and relaxation vacations and destinations to the wider, deeper travel opportunities that await the greatest adventurers of our time … the mature travel readership, ages 45 to 80+ years. Our editor shares secrets of the publication’s unique success over 26 years.
Be sure to visit the magazine’s entire Travel Article Library and the handy Theme Pages to browse our growing collection of richly-illustrated features. Finally, our innovative Travel Advertiser Directory is a treat not to miss. Click here to view our Feature Link of the Month.
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