This article is chockablock with awesome adventure ideas, but adventure ideas with a difference. Whether big or small, long or short, simple or outlandish, plans to get outside are always plans well made. If you’re not sure where to start or want some suggestions to get the ball rolling you’ve come to the right place.

These innovative plans will help you embrace the best of what nature has to offer but with the smallest impact possible. Many can be done without a single emission and will actually have a positive impact. We’re talking human-powered, local, environmentally-friendly and above all, adventure-filled.

Because you don’t need to jump on a plane or drive to the other side of the country to get your adrenaline fix – these outdoor pursuits will prove it!

You’ll find one-day adventure ideas and overnight challenges to week-long expeditions and more; suggestions for eco-friendly gear and beginner’s adventure ideas to lightly tickle your comfort zone all the way to blistering feats that will leave that comfort zone miles behind in a cloud of dust.

And you wanna know something cool? Pretty much all of them can be done in any country around the world and they’re damn cheap!