A learning holiday allows travellers to pick up skills from masters of the craft while also engaging with local communities and forging a stronger relationship with the destinations they visit.
Canyoneer in Utah, USA
Utah is home to some of the most astonishing natural landscapes, with its burnt-red towering rock formations and deep canyons in a desert-scape.
Moab in south-eastern Utah is good for learning new outdoor adventure skills such as canyoneering, the sport of exploring canyons by climbing, rappelling or rafting.
Adventurers can safely and confidently conquer Moab's canyons with Moab Canyon Tours, as experts teach beginners to climb and scale creeks, with wild canyon swims and helicopter experiences featuring in certain tours.
It is recommended that beginners start with the half-day expert-led Bow and Arrow Tour.
They will learn key techniques to traverse through canyons, exploring ancient petroglyph panels and a beautiful 80-foot archway along the way.
The tour also offers four separate abseiling experiences, including an exhilarating free-hanging 110-foot abseil from a cliff edge.
Once canyoneering skills are mastered, travellers the state's national parks including Zion National Park and Arches National Park are some of the best canyoneering destinations.
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Cross-country ski in Trentino, Northern Italy
The peaks of the Dolomites are known for cross-country skiing which attracts beginners and expert skiers alike.
Particularly no ski lifts are used and cross-country skiers traverse the slopes using physical force alone, and the basic gliding technique that can be taught in as little as 45 minutes.
Trentino is home to many cross-country ski races and visitors can trace the route of the region's most important, the Marcialonga, which covers 70km across the ski resorts of Val di Fassa and Val di Fiemme.
Cross-country skiers can also take on the3.5km route Val di Fiemme's Cross-Country Stadium Lago di Tesero.
The stadium that will host some of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Trentino's many mountain refugios and wellness centres offer plenty of restorative apres-ski opportunities to help muscles rest and recover after a day on the pistes.
Ballroom dancing at the Elmayer dance school in Vienna, Austria
Vienna is known as the 'capital of music' and visitors can enjoy opera performances, classical music highlights and balls.
The Elmayer dance school, founded over 100 years ago, is one of Vienna's premier dance schools and can teach the Viennese Waltz in under an hour.
Once mastered, there's a chance to attend one of the dances held at Ballsaal, a venue inspired by the classic Viennese ballrooms of the past.
Surf on Colombia's two coastlines
Colombia is the only South American country with both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines and the destination offers a variety of surf conditions and waves throughout the year.
For beginners, Costeño Beach on the Caribbean coast provides gentle waves and a laid-back atmosphere.
The main surf camp, Costeño Beach Surf Camp & Ecolodge, is located on a former coconut farm, where the emphasis is on learning to surf and dopting a surfer's way of life.
Surfers looking for more challenging waves can take on the more demanding surf spots along the Pacific Coast such as Cabo Corrientes and El Valle.
Beaches are even quieter here and frequented by humpback whales from July to October.
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Live off the earth at an eco-farm in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's verdant central mountain range is considered to be the geographical heart of the island and the Finca Oro Rojo eco-farm and glamping site is located within the Orocovis rainforest.
The biodiversity of Puerto Rico's mountains makes it a destination to learn eco-farming basics and at Finca Oro Rojo, to live off the earth, growing, cultivating and harvesting their own crops in the orchard.
They can learn from farmers who are experts in selecting the best native crops and fruits for guests to cook and prepare.
Finca Oro Rojo is strict about not using any pesticides or chemical fertilisers, instead using only the compost made onsite to fertilise crops.
Live an indigenous way of life on Ontario's Great Spirit Circle Trail, Canada
Located on Manitoulin Island in northeastern Ontario, Canada, the Great Spirit Circle Trail invites travellers to discover the culture of the indigenous Anishnawbek people, one of the First Nation communities of Canada.
Visitors can take part in Aboriginal-led experiences including medicine walks through the wilderness to learn about the medicinal uses of different plant and tree varieties.
There are also canoe heritage tours through Lake Huron discovering local stories and legends as well as traditional survival techniques.
A number of 'Make and Take Experiences' on offer teach guests lifelong skills including how to make a fire from scratch and baking bread over an open grate fire.
After a full day of activities, travellers can camp out in a traditional teepee listening to the wildlife under the stars.
Record a track in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville 'is known Music City' with some of the world's biggest hits being written and recorded by the city's local talent.
At Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, visitors can experience the life of a recording artist first-hand and can record a classic track or an original composition in the studio.
A professional sound engineer will guide guests through the recording process and share some tricks of the trade, giving visitors an understanding of how their favourite tracks were produced.
Guests will leave with their own Ryman Record CD.
Become a 'cowboy' in Scottsdale, Arizona
Arizona's desert city, Scottsdale is in the Sonoran Desert and visitors can learn the ropes of authentic cowboy culture at the Arizona Cowboy College.
One-day, three-day and week- sessions have guests learning to rope, ride and round-up cattle in the desert.
During their stay, guests will be provided with breakfast, lunch and dinner in the main house and will sleep in the cosy bunkhouse.
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