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Arizona adventure tours by 360 Adventures take the worry out of exploring so you can focus on having fun. While Arizona features some of the world's best opportunities for canyoneering, rock climbing, hiking and mountain biking, exploring the state's outdoor attractions takes some planning. Between figuring out where to go, picking the right routes, finding the best sights and having the proper equipment, you have a lot to consider before you can even think about having fun. Of course, once at your destination, safety becomes a priority as well. 360 Adventures takes the worry out of your next outing by providing you with the expert guides and equipment you need to experience Arizona's wilderness.

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“ It was my first time mountain biking in Sedona and I knew I had limited time in the area and didn't want to waste any time trying to figure where or what I could ride. ” in 2 reviews

“ We had very little experience with canyoneering , so I was full of questions and he was full of answers. ” in 2 reviews

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360 Adventures private rock climbing was a fantastic experience all-around. Matt was an excellent guide- patient, energetic, and caring. I have never rock climbed outdoors before, but wanted to experience beautiful Arizona so I thought why not try it on a weekend trip down there. I am so happy I did it! At first scared, working with Matt I was able to conquer a few different climbs increasing in difficulty with each one. I was happy that I challenged myself and experienced something different and new. It is very pricey especially if you are going solo, but worth it if you are interested in new experience and adventure. Arizona is the perfect place to rock climb due to the beautiful mountainous regions and warm weather. Would highly recommend! TIP: Go early in the morning, the Arizona sun really get to you by noon! TIP: FYI- There will be insects and bees!

We did a climbing excursion in the McDowell Mountains with Matt and it was the best time! He was super easy going and made sure to cater to our level. We have mostly been top roping but he showed us the ROPES (haha get it) by showing us how to set routes, and clean them up. We never felt unsafe or pressured at all. This was one of the best things we did in AZ!

5 of us had a great time canyoneering with 360 Adventures. Our guides were technically knowledgeable and also knew a lot about the area and its history. They took photos all morning and shared them after the tour - very nice since often they were positioned to take much better photos than us. The canyoneering was a fun mix of rappelling, hiking and climbing. It was beautiful day. We plan to go back in the spring when we can do the same thing in water!

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From the moment I reached out, Bruce was welcoming and eager to help. We had very little experience with canyoneering, so I was full of questions and he was full of answers. We booked a tour for four for wet canyoneering on The Jug trail and had the time of our lives. Chuck, the guide, and his assistant Cody were extremely informative, helpful, and friendly. Our entire group had the time of our lives, and we can't wait to book our next adventure!

360 Adventures has a huge variety of things to do. Whether you live in the Phoenix area or are visiting, want an extreme adventure or a family outing you should check out their website. They offer everything from Kayaking and rock climbing to Grand Canyon tours. If you want to get out, give them a call and they will set you up with a tour you will always remember. The first tour I did with them was Canyoneering and it was an experience like no other. They even took some great pictures of me repelling off a waterfall! I loved it so much I went back to them to sign up for a hot air balloon ride (a Christmas gift for my mom.) A champagne brunch was included. I have also done the Sedona horse back riding and Sedona jeep tour. All highly recommended.

This review contains TWO reviews Sedona Mountain Biking Tour. ------------------------------------------ We did the half day mountain bike tour with Nathan and it was AMAZING. He kept us going at a pace that was good for us (not to fast or too slow) and was consistently monitoring to make sure that we were not struggling. This was our first time mountain biking (and definitely not our last). We stopped several times for rest breaks and even climbed up one of the rock formations for amazing views. Nathan is a wealth of knowledge about mountain biking as well as the region. He is an amazing tour guide and I would HIGHLY recommend a mountain bike tour with him. The day started out with us getting sized for bicycles where Nathan and the rest of the Absolute Bike Team helped us make sure our bikes and helmets were perfect for us and then off we went. Four hours went by so fast. Sedona Road Bike Cruise Around Sedona --------------------------------------------------------- After a half day of mountain biking we had lunch and did a half day of Road Biking around Sedona. The same bike store fitted us with road bikes when we got back from the mountain biking and then we went to lunch. We met our tour guide, Heather , at the tour starting point and she had the bikes with her. We started the tour and she was very attentive to the fact that we just did four hours of mountain biking and were relatively new to road biking. She modified the tour on the fly so we did not have endless uphill rides only to be followed by extreme downhill coasts. It is really hard to not see beautiful rock formations where ever you go but she knew the best spots for seeing these items while always keeping in mind our abilities to keep up. Both of these tours were amazing way to see the rock formations, have some fun, have a little adventure and get some exercise - all in one. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOTH OF THEM On a side note - I would highly recommend bringing (or purchasing at the bike store) a set up biking gloves if you do not have them. This is top notch and if I could give it more stars I would. i am definitely coming back to Sedona and looking forward to biking with Nathan and Heather again.

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Gem- and jewelry-themed tours and excursions mix treasure hunting with adventure and cultural experiences.

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Last year, when Roberto Ruiz visited the Carbonera mine in Querétaro, Mexico, he cracked open a grapefruit-size piece of rhyolite with a hammer. When he looked inside, “it was like finding a fire fossil,” he said during a recent phone interview from his home in San Antonio. Inside was an orangey-red fire opal that he likened to a flame, forever preserved in the sphere of igneous rock.

Mr. Ruiz and his wife, Erika Rodriguez, are among the few people who have traveled to the mine, a desolate spot located in Carbonera in central Mexico, a destination that’s well off the beaten tourist track, some 20 miles from the nearest city. Their journey was especially unusual as neither is in the gem trade: Mr. Ruiz is a corporate attorney and Ms. Rodriguez works in digital marketing.

But they are among a growing number of travel enthusiasts seeking unusual, hyper-specific vacation experiences that offer an insider’s view of the gem and fine jewelry industries, and a number of businesses are responding to the demand accordingly.

Mr. Ruiz said the idea of visiting an opal mine was appealing for a few reasons, starting with his lifelong fascination with gemstones and minerals.

The mine’s remote location in the rocky, semidesert wilderness (where snakes and scorpions are not uncommon) was also compelling: Ms. Rodriguez said she and her husband are usually inclined toward travel focused on outdoor adventure, from hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru to rock climbing around Krabi in southern Thailand.

“We had also gone to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and saw an opal from Querétaro, and Roberto is originally from there,” Ms. Rodriguez said. “We found out something that we didn’t even know existed and we became interested in learning how the opals are extracted — and meeting the people who were doing it.”

But a traveler cannot just show up at a mine and start digging. It requires a guide, someone well connected to the mine owners and well versed in what to expect: dirt and dust; lots of walking; the occasional explosion at the site; and, at times, security risks. Given their knowledge of the terrain, guides keep an ear to the ground for rumblings — both geological and political — and respond accordingly to keep travelers safe.

The couple arranged the trip through Carlos Torres, an acquaintance from New York who is a gemologist, commercial gem buyer and consultant. He had piqued their interest with tales of the mines he has visited, particularly on trips with his business partner, Laurent Massi, who has taught gemology at several institutions and now is the owner of the Neogem consultancy in Paris.

Mr. Torres and Dr. Massi have organized gem mining trips not just to Mexico, but also to destinations such as Colombia (for emeralds), Thailand (for rubies) and Brazil (for Paraiba tourmaline). Last fall, they started the Gem Odyssey , a business to structure similar gem-hunting expeditions as all-inclusive travel packages that start, on average, at about $3,700 per person, not including airfare.

Gem Odyssey itineraries are tailored to jewelry enthusiasts who are not industry professionals — offering plenty of education and explanation, while avoiding “inside baseball”-type industry talk. The trips typically span nine days, with at least three of those days spent at a mine site.

The founders say the schedules can be customized to include experiences such as tequila tastings or visits to local artisan markets; any given trip might include a mix of accommodations, with upscale hotels near the airports or central cities and more rustic facilities in the mining areas.

But his clients don’t come for the niceties, Mr. Torres said. “They like the idea of getting mud on their hands.”

And, he added, after receiving instruction in mining safety, they become part of the process: “They see the drilling, how the dynamite is used for extraction, and they get to experience breaking the stones and checking for gems.”

Dr. Massi, who also was on the phone interview with Mr. Torres, said that “witnessing the birth of a gemstone is not something anyone can do and see at home in their garden. We try to give them an experience, and see a part of a country, that they could not get access to on their own.”

Digging For Tourmalines

Perhaps it is not surprising, but gem- and jewelry-themed travel is a trend especially relevant to the tastes and inclinations of high-net worth individuals — people with at least $1 million in liquid assets — according to Milton Pedraza, the founder and chief executive of the Luxury Institute, a consultancy specializing in luxury consumer research with offices in New York and Florida.

Mr. Pedraza said the sophisticated traveler has “seen it, done it.” So, he said, when someone has the opportunity to access an exclusive experience in a far-flung part of the world, “it makes your life more unique,” he said,“and everybody wants to be seen as authentic, unique and genuine.”

The designer Pamela Hastry is connected to such clients through Morphée , her jewelry company in Paris, and the lectures that she regularly hosts in and around her hometown, Brussels. She also conducts private tours of Place Vendôme in Paris, a center for high jewelry, and of the Diamantkwartier, or Diamond Quarter, in Antwerp, Belgium, one of the jewelry industry’s oldest and most prominent diamond centers.

In November Ms. Hastry is planning to take a group to Namibia, in southern Africa, to discover the country’s beautiful tourmalines (while also making a stop at a mine that produces chrysocolla, an unusual blue-green type of chalcedony). Organized with Destination, a luxury travel agency in Belgium, the 10-day itinerary includes at least one night in a tent near one of the tourmaline mines (€8,986 or about $9,711, without airfare).

“You’re going to live — and dig — like a miner for a day and a half,” Ms. Hastry said.

Damien Van Bellinghen, the founder of Le Club des Etoiles, a business and social club in Brussels, has one of the 15 reservations for the Namibia trip. Mr. Van Bellinghen, who went on one of Ms. Hastry’s private tours of Antwerp’s diamond district, wrote in an email that he looked forward to discovering how gems are extracted, getting to know the miners and exploring the country through the lens of a jeweler.

“The types of trips that Pamela Hastry organizes plunge straight into the heart of where the most marvelous jewels come from,” he wrote. “Such visits can only be made if you are accompanied by someone who has ‘insider’ knowledge and, above all, who has the trust of the local people. And we’re lucky enough to enjoy it.”

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If you do find a gem during one of these mine trips, can it be used in a piece of jewelry? Both Ms. Hastry and Mr. Torres of the Gem Odyssey said that they could facilitate a purchase, although they noted that the item purchased would have to comply with international import/export regulations.

But some gem-loving travelers don’t want to dig for their treasures. They would rather a holiday centered on history, sightseeing and shopping for finished pieces of jewelry (with posh accommodations and amenities as a bonus).

“You can tour some cities very easily through the lens of the history of fine jewelry and jewelry-making,” said Camilla Davidson, who is head of destination management for Britain, France and Ireland at Red Savannah , a luxury travel agency in England. “And that would still enable you to see so many of the destination’s highlights.”

For example, the agency offers a tour of London called Couture and Crown Jewels, an extravagant option for jewelry enthusiasts with deep pockets ($550,000 for two people, without airfare). It offers a private tour of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London and dinner in its White Tower; a four-night stay at the Raffles London at the OWO; and tickets to a West End show. And it includes a $125,000 credit toward a jewelry purchase at Humphrey Butler, an antique and estate jeweler.

Ms. Davidson said she developed the package in response to the world’s fascination with British royalty and was inspired by the idea of connecting a visit to the Crown Jewels to an exclusive jewelry shopping experience.

Humphrey Butler and his namesake business were a natural fit for the itinerary, she said: “He has the most impeccable collection and he as an individual is completely charming, exceptionally discreet, and just great fun to be around.”

Jewels at Sea

For some jewelry collectors, a travel experience that plays to, or enhances, their level of connoisseurship, is most appealing.

“Whatever their interest is, they want to learn more,” said Mr. Pedraza, the luxury consumer specialist. “So they make an adventure or journey out of it.”

One such example might be the Spotlight on Fabergé package offered by Regent Seven Seas Cruises in collaboration with Fabergé, the Russian heritage workshop known for its bejeweled eggs, which in 2009 moved its headquarters in London.

The first such excursion aboard the Seven Seas Grandeur liner is scheduled for July. Josina von dem Bussche-Kessell, Fabergé’s creative director, explained that the cruise is designed for “clients who care about art and culture and would happily sit for an hour or so to learn about the history of Fabergé’s royal clients then and now.”

The Grandeur, which was launched in November, has its own 1,600-piece art collection, including a Fabergé egg in an ocean theme with blue guilloché enamel, diamonds and pearls, called “Journey in Jewels,” which was commissioned by Regent Seven Seas. (The meetings on the commission actually led to the cruise collaboration.)

The 11-day voyage is scheduled to depart from the Civitavecchia port in Rome and to include destinations such as the Sicilian city of Taormina; Ibiza, Spain; and Nice, France, ending in Monaco (from $12,999 per person, including airfare).

The programming is to include Fabergé expert-led lectures, screenings and master classes, as well as shore excursions attuned to the participants’ interests in the decorative arts. As Ms. von dem Bussche-Kessell sees it, such a floating symposium — a kind of sleepover camp on a luxury scale — effectively creates a community for people who share a common passion.

Mr. Pedraza said that was an important incentive for certain travelers: “They love to engage with the product while meeting people who are their peers and who come through trusted brands and curators.”

And the return home is just as important as the journey itself, especially with a glittering souvenir to show friends and family.

“You get to demonstrate your expertise,” Mr. Pedraza said, “The experience has made you an insider.”