Cruise into Wellness

The sky is clear. The air's salty tang dances across your lips as you assume camel pose. Still to come: yoga on the beach, whale watching, and hiking the sand dunes. A cruise with Lindblad Expeditions won't bring you home several pounds heavier. Instead, you'll have the opportunity to embrace the outdoors and enhance your health with their unique wellness programs.

Eco-friendly Lindblad Expeditions cruises to remote destinations and offers a Wellness Program on every ship. After a leg-toning hike, you can enjoy a locally inspired spa service, such as a Polar Bear Ice Massage in the Arctic with cooling peppermint oil, or try a Green Forest Massage with spruce oil and fern extracts to evoke that ‘way up north' feeling on Alaskan voyages.

Lindblad also emphasizes sustainable cuisine. All seafood served onboard is purchased from vendors who fish responsibly and the menu's organic fruits and vegetables are locally purchased.

The cruise line is best known for responsible travel in the Galapagos. Since 1997, with the help of guests, Lindblad has raised over four million dollars for the area's conservation projects. Because humans have yet to threaten the wildlife in the Galapagos, you can get up close to iguana, blue-footed boobies, and other intriguing animals. After a day of exploring, it's back to the cozy ship to enjoy a Pilates class, organic cuisine, and a spa treatment. For more information visit www.expeditions.com

—Mary B. Brigham

September/October 2008