• Introduction
• 1. Biking
• 2. Climbing
• 3. Fly Fishing
• 4. Hiking
• 5. Horseback Riding
• 6. Kayaking
• 7. Rafting
• 8. Sailing
• 9. Scuba
• 10. Surfing

Fly Fishing

SPLURGE: Kola Peninsula, Russia
Over the past decade the Ponoi River on Russia’s Kola Peninsula has gone from total obscurity to the hottest destination for Atlantic salmon. Great fishing – floating line, catch and release – is practically guaranteed, thanks to aggressively biting fish twice the size of those in Scotland or the northeast U.S. The only operator to cover this territory, Frontiers Travel gives you a private guide for 8 hours a day, comfortable platform tents, and amazing food, for a once in a lifetime fishing week. From $5,665 for 7 days, all-inclusive, with flight from Murmansk; www.frontierstravel.com

VALUE: Big Sky, Montana
Fly fishers know the Gallatin River as the trout Grand Central of the lower 48, and Rainbow Ranch, a former fishing camp with wooden decks and river-rock fireplaces, is on the main tracks. In between casting-clinics, wading and walking trips, or all-day trips to wilderness lakes, you can literally cast off from your deck into the Gallatin – or into the ranch’s own trout pond. Non-fishers can raft, hike, and bike, and everyone can meet up over dinner at one of the best kitchens in the Rockies. From $275/night, guided trips extra; www.rainbowranch.com

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