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🦬 The National Park travel experts since 1985. Fully-guided adventures for an unforgettable vacation. Where are you going next?
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Adventuring into the great outdoors on a vacation with Austin Adventures will make you feel alive! Create space in your life for what matters most — quality time for yourself, family and friends, old and new. Nobody knows North America’s national parks better than our experienced guides who genuinely want you to have the best time. Our local knowledge gets you away from any crowds as you explore t

he parks through exciting activities like rafting, horse-riding, hiking and canyoneering. Founded on strong family values 40 years ago, we've created itineraries specifically for families to have fun adventures together that encourage curiosity and discovery. Austin Adventures takes care of you every step of the way. Enjoy exclusive accommodations, top-notch dining, and unique activities showcasing the best of each region. Each of our 100+ trips is crafted to perfection, encouraging guests to not only challenge themselves physically but also to take a deep dive in the local way of life in every destination. Discover a whole new world that’s just on your doorstep and create amazing memories for life. For more information, please visit austinadventures.com

14/07/2025

Our foolproof recipe for creating the best trips, tried, tested, and approved. ✅

10/07/2025

Our guide Joel takes hydration very seriously 😉

07/07/2025

The joy of discovering the great outdoors 🧡

For us, showing kids the wonders of nature and giving them space to explore, discover, and connect with the outdoors is one of the most meaningful things we can do.

After all, adventures like these help shape who they become.

03/07/2025

After 40 years guiding trips, we've learned one golden rule: Take what we do seriously, but never ourselves.
Exhibit A: Steve 😆

30/06/2025

When we say the view is worth it, we aren’t kidding…

27/06/2025

What life looks like when you finally sign up for the group trip…

Hiking epic trails, chasing waterfalls, biking through places you’ve dreamed of visiting, making lifelong friends, and smiling until your cheeks hurt.

We’ve seen it happen over and over, and we can’t wait for you to experience it yourself.

23/06/2025

The number 1 rule of the trail… always have great snacks 🍡

19/06/2025

Join us in shouting a huge 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 👏 to our legendary guide, David Whayland!

If you've joined us on an adventure in recent years, there's a chance you've met this incredible human. So you probably won’t be surprised to hear David just won the Austin Adventures "Global Guide of the Year 2025" award! Now he's faced with the "difficult" task of deciding how to spend his $10,000 travel prize, redeemable in any of the 32 countries where Austin Adventures or our sister companies, Active Adventures and Discovery Bicycle Tours, operate.

There's no official comment from David yet, but word has it there's been a noticeable increase in excited "Yewwws!" coming from his direction. 😁

16/06/2025

The best adventures are always about who you're sharing the trail with, as much as where the trail leads.

13/06/2025

Just because we're off the beaten path doesn't mean we're roughing it 😉.

If you have ever been on an Austin Adventures trip, you’ll know our guides have a knack for making special moments happen, no matter where we are.

10/06/2025

🏜️ Introducing the Death Valley Adventure - limited spaces available

This 4 day adventure is an immersive journey into the extraordinary and the perfect opportunity to experience Death Valley during the off-season. From exploring rugged canyons, marveling at surreal desert landscapes, and relaxing each evening under a blanket of stars, we’re so excited to take guests into the heart of one of our favorite National Parks.

Visit our website for more details - link in comments below

06/06/2025

Just a bunch of happy faces exploring glaciers 😄

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Tuesday	09:00 - 22:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 22:00
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The World’s Best Travel Company

The history of Austin Adventures is really the history of founder Dan Austin’s passion to create the world’s best travel company.

Dan wasn’t born into travel. In fact, he got his start in construction management in places like Alaska and Hawaii. But along the way, he became enamored with global travel and the personal transformation it brings. Dan first cut his teeth in the adventure world as a commercial rafting outfitter in the mid-1970s, learning firsthand how to (and how not to) put a smile on a customer’s face.

A major epiphany took place for Dan during the 1990s that would set him on the path he is still forging today. It was a group bike trip in Wyoming that he took with Bozeman, Montana-based Backcountry Tours.

After his trip, Dan was sold on adventure travel. He leveraged his knack for business and customer service and, with the help of a few friends willing to invest, purchased Backcountry Tours. He had a vision and a talent for it, and in his first season increased bookings by nearly 50%. Three years later, he had the know-how and capital to launch a new concept of his own, a “higher-end” active tour company he named Adventures Plus that offered both biking and multi-sport adventures.

Then fate arrived at Dan’s door. At a travel show Dan met Paul Lehman and immediately struck up a friendship. They quickly found they shared a vision for creating the preeminent active travel company. Change was in the air. It was 2000, a new millennium, and Austin-Lehman Adventures was born from Adventures Plus. Headquarters were established in Billings, Montana, Backcountry Tours was soon acquired, and the dream was under way.

With a new vision to carefully expand the ALA brand of upscale, active, and culturally rewarding vacations throughout the world, new programs were developed in Central and South America and Southern Africa. In the fall of 2008, ALA acquired the distinctive 34-year legacy of Euro-Bike & Walking Tours and for the 2009 season added 26 new European biking and family programs to their portfolio. Future years saw the addition of tours to Morocco, Israel, Greece, New Zealand, and Slovenia, among other destinations.

In 2010, Lehman left ALA to pursue personal interests, but essentially, everything stayed the same—from the guides, to the staff, trips, and even the company’s name! With hard work, innovation and the support of an exceptional staff and loyal following of alumni travelers, it did not take long for Austin-Lehman Adventures to get noticed.

Within two years of inception, major publications such as National Geographic Traveler, Chicago Tribune, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Outside and the New York Times were all taking note and singing the praises of ALA’s unique style of travel. In 2009, the readers of Travel + Leisure named Austin-Lehman Adventures the World’s Best Tour Operator—an accomplishment that was repeated again in 2010.

In 2012, Travel + Leisure awarded ALA with the title of Top Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter for Families. The same year, National Geographic Traveler recognized ALA trips in its list of 50 Tours of a Lifetime and the company received a Hall of Fame Travel Award from Outside Magazine.

In September of 2013, Austin-Lehman Adventures became Austin Adventures when the company was acquired by Xanterra Parks & Resorts. Dan stayed on as president of Austin Adventures, and there were no changes made to the company’s management, staff, or location. In late 2017, Dan purchased Xanterra’s shares of Austin Adventures back and Austin Adventures is now a completely family-owned company.

This hallmark of being completely family owned continues to drive the ethos of Austin Adventures. Staff, guides, and guests thrive in a culture that values empathy, attention to detail, expedient and thoughtful customer service, and an all-around sense of western hospitality and friendliness. Guests have direct access to Dan, Carol, Kasey and Andy Austin, and it doesn’t take long before Austin Adventures guests become Austin Adventures family.