"Announcing a new Meetup for Outdoor Adventure Club South - Atlanta! ... MoreWhat: Wildcat Waterfalls When: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:30 AM Where: Wildcat Campground Wildcat Campground Road Dawsonville, GA 30534 Join me for a moderate paced (2 mph) hike for 7+ miles (3 mile option) in 3.5+ hours with a picnic lunch to view the 4 waterfalls in the Wildcat Tract between Jasper & Dawsonville near Amicalola Falls. Will be there early ready to hike at 9am sharp. Details of the hike & falls on one of the following links. Interested in carpooling from Jasper? Email me to meet at the Bodyplex on Noah Drive in Jasper ready to depart at 8am. Here's trail info links on my Facebook event post: http://www.facebook.c... Learn more here: http://www.oacs-atlan... "

"Announcing a new Meetup for Outdoor Adventure Club South - Atlanta! ... MoreWhat: Africa Adventure When: Friday, March 5, 2010 10:00 AM Price: $2,000.00 per person Where: Hartsfield Airport Airport Rd SW Atlanta, GA 30301 Day 1: 05th March 2010: Arrival Kilimanjaro Int'l Airport (JRO) on KLM ETA?? And Transfer to Arusha On arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, our guide will meet you and assist with your baggage then transfer you to Arumeru River Lodge for an overnight rest in bed & breakfast Day 2: 6th March 2010: Arusha to Londorosi Gate onward to Mti Mkubwa camp After breakfast your driver will brief you regarding day by day trekking, followed by a 2-hour drive from Arusha to Londorosi Park Gate (2100m). trekking time is approximately 3 hours Day 3: 7th March 2010: Mti Mkubwa camp to Shira 1 camp trekking time is approximately 6.5 hours Day 4: 8th March 2010: Third day of Trekking + Breakfast then on to Shira 2 Camp + Lunch + Dinner. Day 5: 9th March 2010: Shira to Lava Tower then to Barranco camp trekking time is approximately 7 hours and the distance is about 15 km's Day 6: 10th March 2010: Barranco camp to Karanga Valley night at the Great Barranco Wall then join up with the Mweka route. Day 7: 11th March 2010: Karanga Valley to Barafu Camp trekking time is approximately 7 hours, the distance is about 13 km's. Day 8: 12th March 2010: Barafu camp to Uhuru Peak You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea & biscuits you shuffle off into the night. You will head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This 6-hour walk to Stella point is for many climbers, mentally and physically the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m) you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point you will normally encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you will spend on the summit will depend on the weather conditions. Do not stop here for too long, as it will be extremely difficult to start again due to cold and fatigue. Enjoy your accomplishment and a day to remember for the rest of your life. The walk back to Barafu from the summit, takes about 3 hours. Here you will have a well earned but short rest and collect the rest of your gear, before heading down to Mweka hut (3100m). The route is not difficult and will take you down the rock and scree path into the moorland and eventually into the forest. The camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Dinner and washing water will be prepared, (B-L-D). At the height of (5895m) - Uhuru Peak and down to Mweka at the height of (3100m), Trekking time is approximately 8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak and 7-8 hours to descend to Mweka, the distance is about 7 km's ascent - 23 km's descent, the habitat found at Uhuru is Stone scree and ice-capped summit. Day 9: 13th March 2010: Mweka camp to Mweka Gate 3-hour and scenic hike back to the Park gate. At Mweka gate you sign your name and details in a register. This is also where successful climbers receive their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached Stella Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. Height (1980m) - Mweka Gate, trekking time is approximately 3 hours and the distance is about 15 km's while Habitats are Forest. We may choose this day to spend with Porters around Mweka Gate or at Keys Hotel Moshi. From the Mweka Gate you will continue down into the Mweka village, normally a muddy 3 km (1 hour) hike. In the Mweka village you will be served a delicious hot lunch! We then drive to Keys Hotel / Arumeru River Lodge for Spending A Day with porter project, after the ceremony we now drive back to Arusha for a long over due hot shower, dinner and celebrations. Overnight at Arumeru River Lodge. **more details available at clinics/meetings Net Trekking Cost 2 Participants: US$ 1728.00 Per person sharing a tent 4 + Participants: US$1640.00 Per person sharing a tent * price includes BLAC coaching fee Day 10: 14th March 2010: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park Today our safari begins just after breakfast, your safari guide will give you a briefing about your day by day safari routines, then you begin your safari driving by road to Lake Manyara National Park, Enjoy a morning game drive, with picnic, then after picnic you chose to enjoy Mountain Biking at Lake Manyara with a visit to Kibaoni or Mto wa mbu local village, Primary School and Colorful Market or return to the bush for an afternoon game drive then later in the evening return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or Similar on Full board basis. Day 11: 15th March 2010: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park After breakfast you leave Lake Manyara with picnic then drive to Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro highlands rain forest, enjoy a beautiful scenic view of the grate Serengeti and abundant wildlife viewing enroute, your picnic will be served at Naabi Gate then proceed to the Serengeti endless wilderness for game drives, and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa lodge on Full board basis. Day 12: 16th March 2010: Serengeti National Park It is another full day exploring the Serengeti Plains, an early morning wake up call, then after tea or coffee we provide transfer to a point where Balloon Safari crew will pick you up and fly on Serengeti Hot Air Balloon, landing after 60 minutes, enjoy a champagne bush breakfast, after breakfast you head out to the bush for game drive and explore Serengeti National Park, the world famous wildlife safe haven, you have a choice of going to the bush with picnic or return to the lodge for lunch time break, then after game drive return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Sopa lodge on full board basis. Day 13: 17th March 2010: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area After breakfast leave your lodge and enjoy morning game drive in Serengeti. Proceed to Simba Kopjes with picnic lunches head onward to Naabi Hill Gate then onward to Ngorongoro Highlands. Visit Olduvai Gorge Dr. Leakey’s Museum and then visit Masai boma, then we proceed to the crater to enjoy stupendous view of crater from the top of the rim before sundown. Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge on full board basis. Day 14: 18th March 2010: Ngorongoro Crater Tour onward to Kilimanjaro Intl Airport After breakfast descend to the floor of the crater for 6 hour crater tour, Picnic will be served inside the floor or the crater. After game drive you ascend to the crater rim and proceed to Karatu Area, choices to do Wheat and Coffee Plantations walking safaris, Visit Orphans home, Hiking at Elephant rock, onward to Arusha. We then transfer the group to Kilimanjaro International Airport for KLM departure ETD 2255. Net Safari cost in US$ (using One - 4x4 Safari Jeep) 2 Participants US$ 2247.00 per person sharing a double / twin room 4 Participants: US$ 2000.00 per person sharing a double / twin room 6 Participants: US$ 1718.00 per person sharing a double / twin room Net Safari cost in US$ (using Two - 4x4 Safari Jeeps) 8 Participants: US$ 1962.00 per person sharing a double / twin room 10 Participants: US$ 1761.00 per person sharing a double / twin room OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES: Canoeing: - Arusha NP $65pp + $20 Canoe rental + $35 park fees - Lake Duluti $45pp Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari $479pp sharing Mountain Biking: - Lake Manyara $45pp - Arusha $50pp Hiking: - Lake Manyara $40pp - Elephant Cave $50pp - Maasai Cultural Boma US$100.00 per group Extensions: Holiday Trip to Zanzibar Beach. Available on request to combine with this safari program. Cost Includes: Meet and greet services Transfers as specified Exclusive 4x4 vehicle for the safari sector Game drives and crater tours as specified Services of an experienced English speaking driver guide Accommodations and meals as indicated Park fees and government taxes One bottle of mineral water per day whilst on game drives Olduvai Gorge *training hikes/clinics led by BLAC local to Atlanta, GA, USA Cost Excludes: International Flights & Regional Flights (unless specified) Visas Airport tax (International - pay direct) Travel/medical/baggage insurance Driver/guide gratuities Drinks/laundry (unless specified) Dining room tips Porterage Telephone bills Any other items of a personal nature Additional Remarks: We may have to reroute the itinerary or accommodate in similar lodges in the case of non-availability. Park fees and airline prices may be changed without prior notice. This is beyond our control and any increase levied will be passed on to you. Prices quoted are based on the dates shown. Changes in dates may lead to a change in the safari price. Passengers arriving to Tanzania must carry a valid Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate. Passenger Information: Passengers should bring only soft sided bags on safaris Identification may be required when boarding all flights including domestic and charter flights. Passengers should keep their passport in their carry-on bag to avoid delays. *discount airfare thru consolidator starting at $1600 RT from ATL to JRO. Learn more here: http://www.oacs-atlan... "

"Announcing a new Meetup for Outdoor Adventure Club South - Atlanta! ... MoreWhat: Peru Multi-sport Adventure When: Friday, April 9, 2010 10:00 AM Price: $3,400.00 per person Where: Hartsfield Airport Airport Rd SW Atlanta, GA 30301 DAY 1 – Arrival in Lima – Lima Hotel Arrival in Lima Airport. Transfer to the hotel in Miraflores. Sleep in Casa Andina Classic Lima. Dinner on your own. DAY 2 – Lima Cusco - Arrival in Cusco – Písaq – Sacred Valley Transport will take you to Lima airport for the national flight Lima – Cusco. Arrival in Cusco airport. Our transport will pick you up and drive you into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will visit Písaq ruins on the way and hike down into the artisans market. Lunch at Blue Llama. The transport will take you to the hotel Qawana Lodge in Huarán, Sacred Valley. Dinner at the hotel. (Meals: B + L + D) DAY 3 – Sea kayak-Mountain Biking Trail: Huaypo – Moray – Salt Pans After breakfast, the transport will drive us to Huaypo Lake to a brief lesson in kayaking, rowing in the lake with a great view of the snowy peaks of the Urubamba Cordillera, getting close to the native birds who dwell here. We’ll have an early picnic lunch at the lake. Then we get on our mountain bikes and ride over gentle slopes, most of them downhill, which provides one of the best views of the Cordillera Urubamba, passing through Moray, an Inca agricultural experimentation center, until we reach the salt pans at Maras. We continue down to the salt pan mines along a single track to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The transport will take us back to the hotel. (Meals: B + L + D) Time Sea kayak: 1-2 hours Time bike: 3 – 4 hours / Difficulty: Moderate DAY 4 – Mountain Biking Trail: Lares Mountain Pass – Calca Town / Pumamarca – Ollantaytambo After breakfast, our transport will leave us at a mountain pass located at 4,200 m. From here we begin an spectacular downhill in a technical Inca trail along a narrow canyon, continuing down to a wooded valley and cultivated fields, until we arrive at the village of Calca in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Our transport will take us for lunch, and then to Ollantaytambo town. If the group feels like it, we can drive up to Pumamarca archeological site for another downhill. The route will take us along a technical and highly enjoyable single track that used to be part of an Inca trail that leads to the ancient streets of Ollantaytambo town to sight see this important Inca commercial center on the confluence of three important valleys. Dinner on the way back to the hotel El Huacatay Restaurant at Urubamba. (Meals: B + L + D) Time on bike: 4 – 5 hours / Difficulty: Moderate - High DAY 5 – Whitewater Rafting Chuquicahuana Section After Breakfast, our transport will take us to the put in the Southern Cusco Region. We will start in a stretch of continuous Class III to Class IV rapids through a narrow valley; bird watching and passage through the Chuquicahuana canyon. A good run at any time of the year, with Class IV and V rapids from November to April. A picnic lunch will await at the take out with cold drinks and good food. Drive back to the hotel in Sacred Valley. (Meals: B + L + D) Time in transport: 3 hours (round trip) / Time in the river: 2 – 3 hours Difficulty: Moderate - High DAY 6 – Lares Trekking + Social Experience (Day 1) Sacred Valley Quishuarani Cuncani Early morning the transport will pick us up at the Sacred valley and take us to Quishuarani community in Calca. Here we will meet our horsemen and horses, who'll carry the equipment, and start our trek. We will start with an uphill of approximately 2 hours and a half until we cross Huilquijasa mountain pass (4,400 msnm / 14,436 ft), to continue on a downhill with a spectacular view of a group of colorful lakes and a wide variety of birds and viscachas; and reach our first campsite near Cuncani community (3800 msnm / 12,467 ft). (Meals: B + L + D) DAY 7 – Lares Trekking + Social Experience (Day 2) Cuncani - Ipsaycocha After breakfast we will start our day with an uphill with an overwhelming view to the snow capped mountains until we reach Huacahuasi mountain pass (4200 msnm / 13,779 ft). We will descend into Huacahuasi community and continue an uphill to reach Ipsaycocha Lake where we will settle the last campsite (3,800 msnm / 12,467 ft). (Meals: B + L + D) DAY 8 - Lares Trekking + Social Experience – Machu Picchu Overnight (Day 3) Ipsaycocha – Patapampa - Ollantaytambo. Early morning we will continue our trek along a mild downhill path that will lead us to Patacancha and Huilloc community. Here, we will enjoy lunch and meet our transport that will take us to Ollantaytambo station to take backpacker service train to Aguas Calientes. Arrival and accomodation in the hotel at Aguas Calientes. (Meals: B + L + D) DAY 9 – Machu Picchu – Cusco Early climb all the way to Huayna Picchu summit for sunrise. Followed by a 2 hour approximate tour in Machu Picchu. Then descend. Around 6pm, we will take our train to Ollantaytambo. Transport will await for us and take us to Cusco. Arrival in the hotel. Dinner. Sleep at hotel in Cusco, Casa Andina Classic Cusco. (Meals: B + L + D) DAY 10 – Cusco – Lima – International flight Transfer to Cusco airport. (Meals: B) PRICE PER PERSON ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF CLIENTS: 4 6 8 10 $3400 $3115 $2900 $2810 - includes coaching fee from BLAC $200pp Single Supplement* $550pp * Needs to be paid if the total group is UNEVEN SERVICES INCLUDED: - Domestic flights: Lima – Cusco – Lima. - Bilingual Tour conductor (white water, mountain biking, sea kayak & trekking experienced guide) who encounters at Cusco. - Full transportation (including Lima, Cusco and Sacred Valley). - Accomodation according to program (or similar, depending on availability) on double accommodation. - All meals according to the program (B=Breakfast/L=Lunch/D= Dinner) - Snacks From DAY 2 to DAY 9. - equipment for mountain biking: Bikes, helmet, gloves,tools. - equipment for white water rafting and trekking (optional: walking poles) - equipment for sea kayak: kayaks, paddles, life jackets, paddle jackets = weekly training hikes & clinics close to Metro Atlanta with BLAC leading up to departure SERVICES NOT INCLUDED: - International flights - Airport taxes - Meals not shown in program (DAY 1 and DAY 10) - Beverages (other than during an activity) - Commission fees for money transfer Learn more here: http://www.oacs-atlan... 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