Do you get tired of spending all of your vacations with your family? Do you get sick of sitting on your parents couch and watching tv because you'd have felt guilty if you had done something else with your vacation time? Those guilty feelings can be hard to shake off. At the same time, every once in a while you need to take a vacation that you can enjoy. Why not have an adventure on your next vacation? Heck, you could probably fit in a weekend adventure and still have enough time in your vacation to see your family. Here are some adventure travels you should try.

Do you love taking photos? Do you yearn to photograph world famous monuments? This is the specialist of a company called Photo Explorer Tours. These are world tours, led by photographers known around the world. The company plans tours of destinations all over the world. If you haven't decided where you want to go, that's fine. You can make plans for your vacation during a convenient time for you and then just join another group. Photo World Tours plans site-specific tour, along with specific dates. Just join another tour group and travel with them when you have available time off. Get caught up in the spontaneity of it!

Are you a lover of seeing new sights? Do you enjoy being able to visit the places you've only read about in books? Why not partake on a sightseeing adventure travels tour of a place your have only fantasized about visiting? Highly favored tourist destinations include Greece, Rome, Ireland and Scotland, Africa, China and Tibet. Seemingly there is a sightseeing tour to be had in just about every country in the world, so just pick a location and sign up for a touring trip! Let a guide teach you about the country's culture and history.

Are you a foodie? Do you tantalize the idea of learning about and taste testing cuisine from around the world? Why don't you try out a culinary tour? For obvious reasons, Italy is among the most popular of destinations for food connoisseurs who want to have the experience of tasting cuisine it its "native habitat." Ireland, Spain and Greece also have wonderful "culinary tours." These are tours where, in addition to sampling the food after it is prepared by "native" chefs, you also learn how to cook a variety of dishes yourself. This is a dream vacation for an aspiring chef or anyone who just loves food.

Adventure travels are not always about doing something death defying. You can have a perfectly adventurous vacation without bungee jumping, sky diving or hoping that a shark won't bite through a cage. At the same time, for the adrenaline junkie, the risks taken are only half the excitement of a adventure based vacation.

The key to having a real adventurous vacation is to get out of your comfort zone while still having an enjoyable time. Get on with it!