Over nine days, you'll kayak through mangroves, camp in style at Corcovado with the sea at your feet and your head in the forest, white-water raft down the Reventazon river and hike through the magical Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
Many have to paddle along the Napo river or hike through the forest to attend meetings but, in the past six months, this tiny community has been riven by accusations of bribery, interference by outsiders and even preparations for armed resistance against what they expect to be a vastly bigger and better armed invading force.
Ramble through romantic river valleys, hike among fragrant pines, bag Alpine peaks or simply go for a walk by the lake or through the dunes.
At end of Bridge Street, couples pose for pictures against a backdrop of tree-covered hills, bordering the wide river, or hike and bike along the historic Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park, which parallels the river from Washington's Crossing all the way to Frenchtown 29 miles to the north.
And Butterfield & Robinson of Toronto, a noted operator of bicycling and walking trips with luxury accommodations, has a new venture, Rivers and Oceans, which is offering six river and hiking trips in remote parts of the Canadian Northwest.
Below is a river within hiking distance and a forest path where guests can join Ms. Annett, who has two horses, on evening rides.
"We're preparing our boats and packing up the food, but it all depends on Washington," said Steve Hatch, who was hoping to start a 12-day river and hiking expedition through the Grand Canyon for 20 clients on Monday but feared he might have to call the whole thing off.
They can explore the reserve and wetlands of the Stella river by hiking, biking and kayaking, or go out on boats with fishermen, and in winter we have our laguna in tecia gastronomic cruises, where passengers sail across the lagoon and enjoy a meal of traditional lagoon cooking – freshly caught bream, bass and scampi".
Combine that with camping, river running, hiking, biking, skiing and a host of other outdoor pursuits (including skydiving, which I tried twice this year), and you have a Mecca of thrill-seekers and really fit folks.
The president told the story from the night of June 21, 2006, when Sergeant Monti and his patrol from the 10th Mountain Division had been trudging down dirt roads, sloshing through rivers and hiking steep trails for three days in Nuristan Province.
Heavy machinery crews have been working 24/7, utilities teams have been crossing rivers and hiking mountains in attempts to reconnect people, and villagers have, in the main, resisted waiting for others to clear away the debris and have instead been working hard trying to bring a sense of normality to their doorsteps.
