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The Ultimate Guide to Sedona's Swimming Holes The Crack at Bell Crossing Looking for a refreshing adventure? Take a plunge into the breathtaking Crack at Bell Crossing. Our ultimate guide has all the tips and tricks for an amazing experience.

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Tours for the Swimming-Obsessed - The New York Times

During the pandemic, when Miriam Leitko couldn’t swim because pools were closed, the lifelong swimmer built a lap pool at her home in Willis, Texas. As soon as travel restrictions were lifted in 2021, she signed up for a weeklong trip to Hawaii with SwimVacation, a Maine-based tour operator that specializes in open-water swimming.“Open-water swimming becomes energizing,” said Ms. Leitko, 64, who has taken 12 trips with the company. The tours, she said, allow her to leave her stress “literally in the ocean.”Summer vacations are often built around the pleasures of cannonballing into a lake or splashing in the ocean. In contrast, these tours build trips around organized swims that might involve diving among sea lions in the Galápagos, swimming island to island in the Adriatic or gliding over coral reefs in the Caribbean.“You never feel smaller than when you’re in the ocean, which has a transformative effect,” said Hopper McDonough, the founder and a partner in SwimVacation, which bases most of its trips on yachts in places like Turkey, where the next available departure is September 2024 ($6,995 for one week).“After the pandemic, we sold out two years in advance,” he said.

The swimming wave

Whether participants are seeking transformation, pursuing a Covid-stymied passion or revenge traveling, swim tour operators say they are experiencing a tidal wave of growth.The England-based company SwimTrek, established in 2003, pegs the explosion to the pandemic-driven outdoor movement.Nearly a third of SwimTrek’s clients — and growing — are from the United States, where the company has added vacations in Hawaii and Oregon (five days in Oregon’s Cascade Lakes costs $2,600) as well as trips to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.“When you swim in open water, every experience is different, whether that’s the state of the sea, the tides or the wildlife,” said Simon Murie, the founder of SwimTrek. “That’s the beauty, the unpredictability.”Strel Swimming Adventures, founded by Martin Strel, a marathon swimmer who holds the Guinness World Record for distance swimming at 5,268 kilometers, and his son, Borut, met the surge with new Mexican destinations, including the Sea of Cortez (seven-day trips in October and November from $1,990). The company also offers tours in Greece, Slovenia and Turkey.Active England, an English adventure operator, has seen “exponential” growth in its swim tours since travel resumed, according to Will Cairns, the company’s founder. Its trips include four days in Devon from June to September for 759 pounds (about $984), with swims in the sea, an estuary and, after a two-mile walk in Dartmoor National Park, a natural pool in the River Dart.“We have what I call ‘advanced swimmers’ who measure their swims in kilometers,” Mr. Cairns said. “But the majority of people do it for the love of the water.”

Wild swimming for everyone

Most tour operators divide swimmers into subgroups based on speed and claim to take everyone from former Olympians to occasional dippers interested in swimming two to five kilometers a day (open water swimming is usually expressed in metric terms).Not all new swim tours are hard core. Bluetits Chill Swimmers, a group devoted to wild swimming — a popular term in Britain for swimming in natural bodies of water — recently partnered with a travel company to offer swimming trips to places like Iceland, where a five-day package includes dips in hot springs, the sea and the fissure at the rift between tectonic plates (the £2,265 fall trip sold out shortly after it was announced this spring).“Swimming with a group of people who are like-minded and don’t want to marathon swim is a wonderful, joyous occasion,” said Sian Richardson, who founded the group,which celebrates participation rather than competition and now has more than 120,000 members in community groups from Copenhagen to the Great Lakes.Much Better Adventures offers wild swimming on its multisport tours, which also include hiking and cycling in places like the Canadian Rockies (10 days from $2,103), the Canary Islands (six days from $1,166) and Dominica (nine days from $2,375).“We don’t believe that all wild swimming needs to be about speed, tow floats or fancy neoprene,” wrote Sam Bruce, the co-founder of Much Better Adventures, in an email. “Instead, just being in the water in a wild place is enough.”Whatever the difficulty level of the tour, safety is a selling point. Most operators send boats to escort open-water swimmers and choose their locations to avoid dangerous currents, high winds and boat traffic. Trips also go where it may be hard to swim solo.“Someone else has done the planning for you,” said Kate Rew, the founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, a British volunteer group that promotes swimming outdoors, who has traveled with SwimTrek. If you’re doing a couple of kilometers in new places, she said, “you need a lot of knowledge and local contacts.”And there’s at least one side benefit. “People sleep so well,” said Mr. Cairns of Active England. “Two to three swims a day is exhausting.”Follow New York Times Travel on Instagram and sign up for our weekly Travel Dispatch newsletter to get expert tips on traveling smarter and inspiration for your next vacation. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? Check out our 52 Places to Go in 2023. Source link Read the full article

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Swimtrek returns to Latitude 2018

What better way to kick off your morning than with a swim? Taking place on the Friday to Monday of Latitude 2018, Swimtrek allows festival-goers to soak up the scenery (no pun intended) of Henman Park lake whilst also having a blast! On offer are a 2k adventure swim with a trained swimming instructor, or one to one coaching to improve your swimming skills in between partying. Be sure to add your swimming costume to the list of festival essentials! 

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Swim Trekking & Somatic Movement. In movimento tra terra e acqua. Day 6. “Mi avete accolto tra voi in questa transizione da stato solido a liquido ed io non potrò portavi con me ad ogni tuffo”. 🐬 #unselfiergosum #mediterraneo #mediterranean_sea #dive #diving #underwater #ocean #peace #scubadiverlife #scuba #scubadiving #oceans #marine #animals #marinelife #wildlifeonearth #awesomeearth #baratti #swimtrekking (presso Cala del Pozzino) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnN3zG7Fv2t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c2pdju2g4zj4

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Credit to @swimlaurieswim : Got my towel! I think I'll wait until it gets warmer to use it at the beach... not in Baja anymore 😕 @justsmile_justtri posted on Instagram - https://newaveswim.com/2QCqwCO

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Lakes and Tarns

Last week I went on a Swimtrek, Lakes and Tarns Weekender in the Lake district. It was an amazing three days swimming four lakes; Loughrigg Tarn, Grasmere, Rydal Water and Easedale Tarn. Each swim, though not long, was sublime and joyous. 

I was accompanied by some lovely other swimmers. A mixed bag including, a copper, an ex-copper, two lesbian social workers, a tax accountant at PWC and a medical physicist, who assesses the dangers of working with radioactive material in hospitals. All led by Neil and the team who kept the hot chocolates flowing. 

Our final swim ended with us clambering on to a rock in the centre Easdale Tarn, as a rainbow suitably framed us for a photo opportunity. 

What is a tarn anyway?

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#greece #adventure #vladswim#swimtrek#comestoanend#euro#swim#fun#kalymnos#hometime soon (at Kálymnos, Dhodhekanisos, Greece)

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Tours for the Swimming-Obsessed - The New York Times

During the pandemic, when Miriam Leitko couldn’t swim because pools were closed, the lifelong swimmer built a lap pool at her home in Willis, Texas. As soon as travel restrictions were lifted in 2021, she signed up for a weeklong trip to Hawaii with SwimVacation, a Maine-based tour operator that specializes in open-water swimming.“Open-water swimming becomes energizing,” said Ms. Leitko, 64, who has taken 12 trips with the company. The tours, she said, allow her to leave her stress “literally in the ocean.”Summer vacations are often built around the pleasures of cannonballing into a lake or splashing in the ocean. In contrast, these tours build trips around organized swims that might involve diving among sea lions in the Galápagos, swimming island to island in the Adriatic or gliding over coral reefs in the Caribbean.“You never feel smaller than when you’re in the ocean, which has a transformative effect,” said Hopper McDonough, the founder and a partner in SwimVacation, which bases most of its trips on yachts in places like Turkey, where the next available departure is September 2024 ($6,995 for one week).“After the pandemic, we sold out two years in advance,” he said.

The swimming wave

Whether participants are seeking transformation, pursuing a Covid-stymied passion or revenge traveling, swim tour operators say they are experiencing a tidal wave of growth.The England-based company SwimTrek, established in 2003, pegs the explosion to the pandemic-driven outdoor movement.Nearly a third of SwimTrek’s clients — and growing — are from the United States, where the company has added vacations in Hawaii and Oregon (five days in Oregon’s Cascade Lakes costs $2,600) as well as trips to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.“When you swim in open water, every experience is different, whether that’s the state of the sea, the tides or the wildlife,” said Simon Murie, the founder of SwimTrek. “That’s the beauty, the unpredictability.”Strel Swimming Adventures, founded by Martin Strel, a marathon swimmer who holds the Guinness World Record for distance swimming at 5,268 kilometers, and his son, Borut, met the surge with new Mexican destinations, including the Sea of Cortez (seven-day trips in October and November from $1,990). The company also offers tours in Greece, Slovenia and Turkey.Active England, an English adventure operator, has seen “exponential” growth in its swim tours since travel resumed, according to Will Cairns, the company’s founder. Its trips include four days in Devon from June to September for 759 pounds (about $984), with swims in the sea, an estuary and, after a two-mile walk in Dartmoor National Park, a natural pool in the River Dart.“We have what I call ‘advanced swimmers’ who measure their swims in kilometers,” Mr. Cairns said. “But the majority of people do it for the love of the water.”

Wild swimming for everyone

Most tour operators divide swimmers into subgroups based on speed and claim to take everyone from former Olympians to occasional dippers interested in swimming two to five kilometers a day (open water swimming is usually expressed in metric terms).Not all new swim tours are hard core. Bluetits Chill Swimmers, a group devoted to wild swimming — a popular term in Britain for swimming in natural bodies of water — recently partnered with a travel company to offer swimming trips to places like Iceland, where a five-day package includes dips in hot springs, the sea and the fissure at the rift between tectonic plates (the £2,265 fall trip sold out shortly after it was announced this spring).“Swimming with a group of people who are like-minded and don’t want to marathon swim is a wonderful, joyous occasion,” said Sian Richardson, who founded the group,which celebrates participation rather than competition and now has more than 120,000 members in community groups from Copenhagen to the Great Lakes.Much Better Adventures offers wild swimming on its multisport tours, which also include hiking and cycling in places like the Canadian Rockies (10 days from $2,103), the Canary Islands (six days from $1,166) and Dominica (nine days from $2,375).“We don’t believe that all wild swimming needs to be about speed, tow floats or fancy neoprene,” wrote Sam Bruce, the co-founder of Much Better Adventures, in an email. “Instead, just being in the water in a wild place is enough.”Whatever the difficulty level of the tour, safety is a selling point. Most operators send boats to escort open-water swimmers and choose their locations to avoid dangerous currents, high winds and boat traffic. Trips also go where it may be hard to swim solo.“Someone else has done the planning for you,” said Kate Rew, the founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, a British volunteer group that promotes swimming outdoors, who has traveled with SwimTrek. If you’re doing a couple of kilometers in new places, she said, “you need a lot of knowledge and local contacts.”And there’s at least one side benefit. “People sleep so well,” said Mr. Cairns of Active England. “Two to three swims a day is exhausting.”Follow New York Times Travel on Instagram and sign up for our weekly Travel Dispatch newsletter to get expert tips on traveling smarter and inspiration for your next vacation. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? Check out our 52 Places to Go in 2023. Source link Read the full article

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[ad_1] The Caribbean is one of the best vacation destinations on the planet for outdoor activities and watersports. Everywhere you turn in this beautiful corner of the world there are top quality camps and clinics dedicated to everything from open water swimming to kite surfing. For water sports fans, a Caribbean vacation is a perfect opportunity to really get to grips with your passion. So if you are packing your bags and heading off on a Caribbean cruise in 2022, check out these top camps and clinics that you can’t afford to miss. Odyssey Expeditions Odyssey Expeditions, based out of Tarpon Springs in Florida, runs a great series of camps that operate in the British Virgin Islands every summer. More than just a sports clinic, the kids live together and work together, learning a huge range of skills and abilities. The camps themselves focus on a variety of activities, including swimming, scuba diving, sailing, and hiking, but the real value is the softer social skills students learn as they interact with each other throughout the courses. Swimtrek With swimming tours in both the British Virgin Islands and St Kitts and Nevis, Swimtrek is one of the Caribbean’s most reputable and exciting swimming camps. Over the course of a week, you’ll get a unique perspective on these gorgeous paradise islands, paddling your way through warm, calm, crystal-clear water and getting to see a completely different side of the Caribbean. Swimming up to 6km per day, you can choose from the stunning white sand beaches of the British Virgin Islands or the more dramatic volcanic landscapes of St Kitts and Nevis, but whichever you choose you’ll discover an unforgettable experience. 15 Knots Kiteboarding Based out of San Juan in Puerto Rico, 15 Knots Kiteboarding offers a wonderfully hassle-free summer camp experience you don’t even need to bring your passport! With some of the friendliest instructors around, 15 Knots are dedicated to making kitesurfing simple and accessible at every level, from complete beginner to seasoned veteran. Their long-running Discovery Course is regarded as one of the premier kiteboarding clinics in the Caribbean. Best of all, they are located on La Plage, one of San Juan’s most beautiful spots, and the ideal location to chill out after a hard day’s boarding with a cool, refreshing drink. Broadreach Sailing Camp Aimed at middle school kids, Broadreach Sailing Camp operates throughout the Leeward and Windward Islands, providing educational, adventurous, and above all fun two-week experiences for students. Their main offer is sailing, but they also provide a number of snorkelling schools as well. Most importantly, they go above and beyond the usual summer camp experience, giving their kids a complete, holistic package that helps them be more independent, understand more about the world they live in, and develop leadership skills. Sail Caribbean Sail Caribbean has been running camps in the British Virgin Islands for over 30 years, taking on students from as young as 11 to as old as 22. Far more than just a sailing school, they combine practical learning with environmental awareness, as well as offering more advanced courses that include navigation, docking, boat safety, and passage-making. For anyone interested in improving their skills and discovering exciting adventures in one of the most beautiful places in the world, then a summer camp or clinic in the Caribbean might just be the best vacation you ever take! [ad_2] Source link

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Swim Trekking & Somatic Movement. In movimento tra terra e acqua. Day 5. #unselfiergosum #mediterraneo #mediterranean_sea #dive #diving #underwater #ocean #peace #scubadiverlife #scuba #scubadiving #oceans #marine #animals #marinelife #wildlifeonearth #awesomeearth #baratti #swimtrekking (presso Buca delle Fate) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnJqPC8luiI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n27gjyi38bb4

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@SashaRoseneil: Leaping dolphins, dark blue water, shot through by white light crossing between La Maddalena and Spargi, then shoals of yellow striped fish, shimmering silver blue fish, little black ones, bright red starfish, emerald water as we swam the coastline. Expertly guided by @SwimTrek https://t.co/ZNbrsxHRjw

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Carpe Vita and Dhoni

1. For seafarers: Carpe Diem

Eschew dry land and go for plush live-aboard options with the Carpe Diem fleet of three ships. The newest and largest is the Carpe Novo, which boasts 12 cabins, all with ensuite bathrooms, over three decks and can accommodate up to 22 guests. A team of local dive instructors will accompany you on a range of seven–10 day itineraries, such as the one to Central Island – popular for its opportunities for manta ray and whale shark sightings. As well as diving and snorkelling, you can also try surfing and paddle-boarding or even help environmental groups with ongoing conservation projects.

Como Maalifushi features overwater villas and beach suites

2. For wave chasers: COMO Maalifushi

With up to 20 pristine surf breaks within a short speedboat ride, COMO Maalifushi in the southwestern Thaa Atoll provides the perfect jump-off point for both beginners and salt-crusted surfers who’ve seen it all. To help you do it in style, luxury surf company TropicSurf has a permanent set-up at the resort from April to October each year.

Ross Phillips, founder of TropicSurf, has ridden some of the world’s most revered breaks, but says the Maldives is his favourite spot. “There are just so many waves here,” Phillips says. “The swell from Antarctica peels around the islands and gives them this predictable shape and a long ride.” TropicSurf has had a presence in the Maldives since 1999, when Phillips says you could have counted high-end wave-hunters on one hand. But that was before resort-based surfing swept the nation.

Each villa at Como Maalifushi comes with a pool

At COMO Maalifushi – the first and only resort on the Thaa Atoll – you’re far from the madding crowds and in a prime position for the predominant swell direction (translation: you’re pretty much guaranteed waves). This is the new frontier of luxury surfi ng – which means a customisable and exclusive experience. In reality, that can include anything from a lesson for first-timers in the glassy lagoon through to your own private charter aboard the resort’s 21m yacht, Cameron, to surf perfect waves without a soul in sight.

For those who just want to eat, sleep and surf on repeat, a “surf pass” gives you access to daily jaunts out to secluded breaks on three atolls. “People come here just to surf Farms [break],” guide Adam Webster says. “For a little wave, it’s got a spicy take-off but a happy ending.”

Mantaray Tree House by Porky Hefer

3. For art lovers: JOALI Maldives

This luxe 10ha retreat located on its own private island, Muravandhoo in the Raa Atoll, has distinctly artistic leanings thanks to founder and owner Esin Güral. “I’m always interested in modern, innovative, authentic and unique works of art and design,” Güral says. “For the art concept, we worked with a young team [Zeynep Ercan and Ala Onur, the curators of Istanbul-based art collective No LaB] trying to reshape the white wall concept and curate unique experiences.” Their vision translates to an impressive assemblage of handpicked art pieces showcased throughout the grounds of the property.

A great way to experience these is to tour the resort by bike or on foot using JOALI’s art map, which highlights artists and their works. These include South African architect and designer Porky Hefer who is responsible for the Manta Ray Tree House – a striking woven creation, elevated five metres above the ground – as well as New York-based sculptor Misha Kahn who worked with Maldivian craftsmen to create the Underwater Coral Sculptures – an installation made with a mix of mosaic tiles to represent the effects of coral bleaching that guests can dive among.

Explore the Rannamari wreck while checking out the marine life

4. For explorers: Angsana Ihuru

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the Rannamari, a sand dredger which was brought to Angsana Ihuru in 1999 to be used as an artificial reef. The wreck has since become home to local marine life 28 metres under the sea. To mark the occasion and spread awareness about conserving marine life in the Maldives, Angsana Ihuru and its sister property Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru are organising a 10TO10 dive event from 10 to 14 June. The event, which will be live-streamed, will see their in-house team of dive instructors and up to 100 guests explore the site.

The Muraka is the world’s first underwater hotel villa (Photo credit: Justin Nicholas)

5. For Bond villains: The Muraka

The Muraka made waves when it opened in late 2018, and for good reason. This exclusive two-level, three-bedroom villa is the first underwater abode in the Maldives, with the bottom storey fully submerged five metres below the Indian Ocean. The curved acrylic dome affords extraordinary underwater views, which you can enjoy from the comfort of your bed.

6. For wind riders: Maafushi Dive

A little unexpected, perhaps, but the Maldives is actually one of the best places in the world to try your hand at kitesurfing. There are sheltered lagoons aplenty, but these low-lying atolls are still exposed enough for the wind to propel kiteboarders at speeds of 15 to 20 knots.

“We’re very lucky because practically every lagoon is good for kitesurfing as they’re sheltered by a faru (reef wall). The sandbanks are also good, because you can get one side with flat water and the other side with waves… so if you’re more advanced you can jump the waves and do stunts,” says Asim Mohamed, who runs Maafushi Dive and organises the annual Raalhu Gudi kitesurfing festival, which kicks off on 18 June.

“My favourite gear for the Maldives is the foil – a fast, relaunchable kite you can launch and land on your own, without a buddy – not just because it’s very effective… it allows you to absorb even more of the beauty of the Maldives because you can stay out for longer,” explains Youri Zoon, Dutch kiteboarding world champion and co-organiser of Raalhu Gudi.

Anantara Kihavah provides full moon dinner and stargazing package

7. For stargazers: Sky

The Maldives’ proximity to the equator means you can actually see the stars in both hemispheres from SKY, at the Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas. It features the country’s first overwater dome observatory housing a research grade 16” Meade LX200 telescope with 360-degree movement and a viewing capacity of 30 million light years away. The resident astronomer helps guide you through the wonders of the night sky.

The tour also includes additional activities throughout the trip, including snorkelling, night fishing, and cultural dancing

8. For water babies: SwimTrek

SwimTrek offers eight-day tours of the Maldives where guests swim up to 5km per day, spending evenings aboard the spacious MV Sharifa. “The great thing is the way it caters for both experienced swimmers and those new to open water swimming,” SwimTrek participant Mimi Munro says. “We do the same routes, but slower swimmers and those who want to look at the coral get dropped off earlier. It is challenging, but there’s no pressure – if you want to laze about on the boat, [you can].”

9. For aspiring scientists: Six Senses Laamu

Reaching out to the next generation of environmentalists, this resort has designed a junior programme geared towards six- to 16-year-olds. An in-house team of marine biologists mentors budding conservationists in a range of programme specialties such as data collection and survey conducting skills through on-the-ground field (well, in this case, beach) research.

Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru has 103 villas

10. For wellness devotees: Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

This 103-villa property set among 18 hectares of jungle offers a complete immersion into Ayurveda, a 5,000-year-old system of medicine developed by the sages of India, throughout your stay.

The 1.2ha Spa & Ayurvedic Retreat complex is grounded in a strong natural healing philosophy and encompasses open-air treatment cabins, an Ayurvedic village filled with fluttering prayer flags and fragrant herbs, as well as a yoga therapy centre, which specialises in personalised programmes. One of their two Ayurvedic physicians – who hail from Kerala and are certified in Western medicine – will give you a consultation and dosha analysis, then oversee your entire seven-, 14- or 21-day Ayurvedic immersion, assisted by the yoga instructors, chefs and therapists.

Words by Jalean Wong, Sarah Harvey, and Celeste Mitchell

Illustration by Twisstii

SEE ALSO: Get ready for the annual gathering of manta rays in the Maldives

This article was originally published in the June 2019 issue of SilverKris magazine

The post A fresh take on paradise: A Maldives holiday for every kind of traveller appeared first on SilverKris.

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Vidéo. Les nageurs marocains triomphent au Morocco SwimTrek

Vidéo. Les nageurs marocains triomphent au Morocco SwimTrek

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Credit to @swimlaurieswim : @justsmile_justtri . posted on Instagram - https://newaveswim.com/2Qkg7LP