#1 Adventure Travel Outfitter

Whether it's walking on Kauai or biking from Budapest to Krakow, a trip with this 27-year-old company is as close to a custom-designed vacation as you can get. Backroads offers more than 200 active excursions on six continents and gives you a range of accommodations from deluxe camping to luxury inns. You get seamlessly planned adventures led by experts who are intimately familiar with the region.

Book it: From $1,598 per person (double occupancy); 800-462-2848; www.backroads.com