Active vacation

Active vacation

An active vacation is a vacation that is built around some physical activity or set of physical activities. Examples include hiking, cycling, and mountain climbing vacations.

It is sometimes used to clear the mind of any troublesome events in one's recent history, and usually pertains to nature in some way.

See also recreation.

References

* [http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/active_vacations.html kidshealth.org article]


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