Top 5 Most Unique Summer Travel Hot Spots

Online, October 20, 2010 (Newswire.com) - As the year draws to a close and the weather gets a little colder, many are thinking about where they'll be vacationing. But according to one luxury travel expert, many are looking for something different that engages the senses and may even make a difference to the world.

Evelyn Gallardo, owner of Paradise Awaits! (www.paradiseawaits.tv) and the Discovery Beach House Private Nature Reserve (www.DiscoveryBeachouse.com) is an experienced international traveler and also a former leading nature photographer for orangutan authority Dr. Birute Galdikas and gorilla expert Dian Fossey.

She shares her top five unique travel hot spots for the upcoming year:

• Have a giraffe join you for breakfast in Kenya.
• Watch an active volcano erupt in Costa Rica.
• Care for retired elephants in Thailand.
• Stay at a luxury hotel next to ancient ruins in Peru.
• Observe monkeys at a luxury villa on a private nature reserve in Costa Rica.

These unique vacation spots range in price from $635 per week to $1025 per night. According to Gallardo, vacation travelers are now looking for a real experience, often that focuses on the wonders of nature or history -or an opportunity to make the planet a better place. She feels these top travel choices will be an experience talked about for a lifetime.

Would you be interested in interviewing Evelyn Gallardo on her top travel picks? An experienced interviewee, she can also supply high resolution photos. A former Manhattan Beach, CA resident she will be in California from October 22-26, 2010. Contact her directly to set up an interview. She can be reached directly at [email protected] or by calling or 310-374-2434.