By Jonathan

Voting is now open for the 4th annual Shorty Awards and Austin-Lehman Adventures is nominated for The Best Travel in Social Media. In light of the nomination and the success of the Shorty Awards, Austin-Lehman will be randomly choosing one voter to win an ALA goodie bag for casting their vote for @austinleham. Please make sure you vote with the #travel as the category. It is very simple and quick to cast your vote, simply follow this link http://bit.ly/xD69sT and copy and paste this into the nomination box: “I nominate @austinlehman for a Shorty Award in #travel because…” You need to fill out the because… part in order for your vote to count. (more…)

By Mindy Vanderhoof

When thinking of a ‘trip of a life time’ many people think of an over the top Safari to Africa!  There are several factors that come into play while you are in the research and development part of a trip.  Below you will find a list of helpful hints to aid you in your search for the perfect African Adventure.

1. Create a list of ‘must see/do’ (animal, cultural, geographical)… The first step to planning a memorable African Adventure is to create a “must see or do list”.  Are you traveling to participate mostly in game viewing or tracking the elusive black rhino or Gorillas? Are you a thrill seeker who wants to bungee jump while you feel the spray of Victoria Falls?  Do you want to climb to the top of Table Mountain or explore the wine regions around Cape Town? Or are you looking to have cultural encounter with the Masai? Listing what you really consider your ‘Must Do’s’ is a great place to start! (more…)

by Bronson

As we wave goodbye to 2011 and start dreaming of our next vacation with friends and family in 2012, I’d like to share something with those of you who have been fortunate enough to receive or purchase a new Apple iPhone 4 or 4s. With the excitement of getting my own Iphone 4s I decided to create a batch of travel inspired wallpapers specifically to test the new screen sizes and resolutions to see if the new Apple iPhone lived up to all the hype.

So, I’d like to invite you to enjoy some of Austin-Lehman’s Best Adventure Travel Destinations of 2011 with our adventure travel themed photo wallpapers created especially for the new iPhone 4 retina display (640 x 960 pixels at 326 DPI).

The Proof is in the Pudding.

Here at Austin-Lehman we are blessed with the opportunity to share amazing adventures vacations with our guests, but sometimes it’s not enough! This holiday season ALA director Dan Austin gave the entire staff $150 each to give to a local charity, we all decided on a different local charity to donate to. From adopting a family to providing winter gloves, each staff member found a great cause to help make the holidays better for the less fortunate. Dan Austin also provided four “huge” boxes of shirts and jackets to be donated to our charity of choice. Here is our story…

Gloves and caps for the kids

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Bronson here with my first guest post to the Adventure Travel Blog at Austin-Lehman Adventures.

5 Best Adventure Vacation Destinations of 2011

Dan Austin shared some interesting stats about adventure travel activity this year with us one of our annual review sessions, some stuff which I thought may make for a interesting blog post and some awesome adventure travel inspiration.

The info I’d like to share today is a list of the Top 5 Adventure Travel Destinations of 2011 ranked by popularity and also some of the awesome images from our ever growing collection of travel photography on Flickr. So, if you’re looking for reasons to put an adventure trip of a lifetime on your to-do list for 2012 then look no further than the list below.

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