Visit US national parks for free

In this issue:

• Visit US national parks for free.

• Fine dining in a fjord.

• Digital nomads can stay in Scandinavia for free.

• Best-selling hiking shoes are over 50% off now.

THIS WEEK’S NEWS

• Visit America’s top national parks for free this Saturday.

• Watch a new fine-dining experience in a Norwegian Fjord offering Expedition Dining that brings attention to global food system threats.

• Vietnam’s ‘Kissing Rocks’ are in danger of destruction due to rising sea levels and excessive fishing.

• The only US national park in the Northeast feels like the edge of the world.

• On December 11, the iconic Nightjet sleeper train will start its Berlin to Paris service.

• Is it safe to travel to Morocco right now?

TRAVEL GIVEAWAYS & DEALS

• Digital nomads can stay in this Sardinian village for free.

• Holiday sale UK: Save 39% on this 5-star all-inclusive Egypt week. The hotel has top reviews and heated pools (from £603).

• Holiday sale USA: 10-day Costa Rica adventure for up to $300 less.

• Flight sale UK: New Zealand & Australia £708-flights from London.

• Flight sale USA: Lufthansa’s Oktoberfest flights are back; and

  Icelandair's fall-winter round-trip deal to Europe from $349 ends tonight. 

GEAR OFFERS

• Amazon's best-selling hiking shoes are 50%+ off right now.

• This highly-rated 4-person tent is now 70% off.

• This lightweight hybrid sleeping bag (20F down) is 40% off.

• This great Patagonia winter hiking jacket is 40% off.

• 18L Osprey daypack is 30% off.

• This compression cube set fits over 10 rolled items and is on sale.

• Bike giveaway: 1UP USA is giving away a rad REEB SST bike, delivered to your door by Jeff Lenosky.

• Bike kit giveaway: Win high-tech cycling gear - the Cube Fleet helmet and rain jacket (Cube ATX CMPT).

TRAVEL TECH & TOOLS

• This tool shows you all the destinations you can reach non-stop from any train station in Europe.

UNIQUE ADVENTURES

• Instead of climbing those endless Classic Inca stairs in Peru with hundreds of other tourists - hike, bike, zip-line, and raft your way to Machu Picchu on the Inca Jungle Trail, an incredible combination of hiking and extreme sports.

MORE HELPFUL RESOURCES

• Watch Yosemite's Thank God Ledge, a 12m granite slice 600m up at Half Dome, offering stunning views and respite for hikers.

• An article about risk in mountaineering - is it worth dying for?

• Discover your private Alaska on Fox Island, just like Rockwell Kent in the summer of 1918.

• Autumnal leaves offer the best backdrop to US hiking, use this map for the best time/place.

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