{"id":8979,"date":"2014-10-28T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures?p=8979&#038;preview_id=8979"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:16:12","slug":"trips-to-meet-like-minded-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/trips-to-meet-like-minded-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 best trips to meet like-minded travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whizzing through the skies and trekking through rainforests right now are travellers of every shape, size and background, passionate about everything from ancient Peruvian pottery to Germany\u2019s underground rave scene. Somewhere out there is a person who shares your obsession with boutique Belgian beers, or that quirky urge to follow Bogie and Bergman\u2019s footsteps in Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But how to find your long lost travel soul mate? How to get that eyes-across-a-crowded-hostel feeling? While we can\u2019t promise an enriching spiritual connection that will last a lifetime, we <i>can<\/i> introduce you to a similar breed of traveller, a group of like-minded souls who share your curiosity and your travel style, no matter how weird or wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>So, what kind of traveller are you?<\/p>\n<h2><b>1. Culture Vulture<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9008\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9008\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder.jpg\" alt=\"philroeder\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder-799x449.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder-576x324.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/philroeder-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo c\/o Phil Roeder, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These vultures prefer picking over the corpses of long-dead empires to long-dead wildebeest. They\u2019re never satisfied until they\u2019ve seen every church, every temple, every museum exhibit, and have memorised major historical events in chronological order. Sleeping-in is anathema to them, as is not knowing how to spell \u2018Tutankhamun\u2019. You\u2019ll generally find them pottering around in a corner of the cathedral no-one noticed before or scribbling notes into a Moleskine. If history does repeat, they\u2019re going to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>Sound like you? We\u2019ve got just the thing:<\/p>\n<p><i>Top Trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/uzbekistan\">Silk Road \u2013 Uzbekistan &amp; Kazakhstan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/egypt\/egypt-family-holiday-160807\">Egypt Family \u2013 Feluccas &amp; Pharaohs<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>2. Adrenaline Addict<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9009\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9009\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor.jpg\" alt=\"tarotaylor\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor-799x449.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor-576x324.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tarotaylor-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image c\/o Taro Taylor, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Adrenaline addicts love to feel the blood pumping through their veins, but via exhilarating activities rather than a high cholesterol diet. For them travel is synonymous with pushing boundaries, with finding the edge and then abseiling over it. You can generally spot them nursing a caste, or scouting out the best cycling routes. They\u2019re always the ones at the front of every white-water raft, whooping elemental defiance like Lieutenant Dan from <i>Forrest Gump<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to meet some fellow addicts? Try these on for size:<\/p>\n<p><i>Top Trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/andorra\">Active Pyrenees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/turkey\">Turkey Active<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/thailand\">Active Thailand<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>3. Cross-Continental Crusader<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9010\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9010\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047.jpg\" alt=\"thomas8047\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047-799x449.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047-576x324.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas8047-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image c\/o Thomas 8047, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some travellers just can\u2019t stop at one country; they won\u2019t rest until they\u2019ve hopped across a whole continent, collecting passport stamps faster than Indiana Jones and cramming as much into their journey as they can. They\u2019ll think nothing of traipsing across ten countries in ten days, and feel an intimate attraction to the horizon. The hard-core ones often look a little sleep-deprived, or roam the cities of Europe with their nose determinedly buried in a map. There\u2019s no denying though, they do come home with some amazing stories.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t roam alone. You\u2019ll find other crusaders on these trips:<\/p>\n<p><i>Top Trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/guatemala\">Amazing Central America<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/tanzania\">Kenya to Vic Falls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/france\">Europe Explorer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><b>4. Salty Sam<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9011\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9011\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn.jpg\" alt=\"joanna_penn\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn-425x265.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn-799x499.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn-280x175.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn-576x360.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/joanna_penn-640x400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image c\/o Joanna Penn, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Want to feel a rolling deck under your feet? Is salt and vinegar your favourite flavour of chip? You may be a Salty Sam \u2013 a budding nautical adventurer. Salty Sam\u2019s love nothing better than the wind in their hair and a horizon to chase. They may not know their jibs from their mizzens or their port from their starboard, but they know deep down that all those overland journeys are for landlubbers.<\/p>\n<p><i>Top Trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/cuba\">Cuba Sailing Adventure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/france\">Cote d\u2019Azur Sailing Adventure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/thailand\">Phuket Sailing Adventure<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>5. Trekkies<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9012\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service.jpg\" alt=\"national park service\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service-799x449.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service-576x324.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/national-park-service-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image c\/o National Park Service, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Forget Star Trek \u2013 our hikers, trampers and trekkies undertake life-changing odysseys that make Captain Kirk look like a shut-in. They know every journey begins with a single step, but that it takes many more steps to reach the summit. Trekkies can disappear into the Atlas Mountains or the foothills of Cambodia with nothing more than a compass and a change of underwear, and not use either. Their calves have a tensile strength greater than steel, and they usually possess an extensive collection of walking poles, thermal knee socks and Blistex products.<\/p>\n<p><i>Top Trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/nepal\/everest-base-camp-trek-160343\">Everest Base Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/argentina\">Patagonia Wilderness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/morocco\">Winter Toubka<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>6. Food Fiends<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9013\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9013\" class=\"wp-image-9013 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill.jpg\" alt=\"oscar-rethwill\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill-799x449.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill-280x157.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill-576x324.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/oscar-rethwill-711x400.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image c\/o Oscar Rethwill, Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to spot a real foodie: they\u2019re the ones who\u2019ll think nothing of trekking clear across Paris to hunt down the freshest morning baguette, who follow their nose instead of maps, who actually know how to pronounce <i>pho<\/i> and have a killer recipe for empanadas up their sleeve in case of emergencies. Of course, no one appreciates foodies quite like other foodies, so we\u2019ve developed a range of culinary trips to get you cooking, slurping and munching with people just like you. Hungry for some inspiration? Here\u2019s a taster menu to get you started.<\/p>\n<p><i>Top trips<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/vietnam\/vietnam-real-food-adventure-160333\">Real food adventure \u2013 Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/argentina\">Real food adventure\u00a0 \u2013 Argenina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"\/italy\/italy-real-food-adventure-160244\">Real food adventure \u2013 Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Inspired to travel the world with some new companions? Enter Intrepid\u2019s Take a Friend or Make a Friend competition, and you\u2019ll be in with a chance to win up to $20,000 worth of travel!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/destinations\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/blog-800x150-generic2-1.jpg\" alt=\"blog-800x150-generic2\" width=\"800\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/blog-800x150-generic2-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/blog-800x150-generic2-1-425x80.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/blog-800x150-generic2-1-768x144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/blog-800x150-generic2-1-585x110.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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