There's only a few weekends left in the summer and if you're still looking to get away, why not try something different than partying til you puke with your friends at the shore? Why not try a Summer Vacation With an Edge? For the rest of the month we'll be rounding up some summer vacations that won't suck, starting with kiteboarding off Lameque Island in New Brunswick, Canada.
Unless you're a professional kiteboarding, you're gonna need some training, not to mention equipment. The Club Wind & Kite school, headed by its founder and owner, Eric Girard, has put together a 7-day ABC kiteboarding package that includes training, lodging and some other activities like kayaking and bicycling. The 7-day package is $899 CAD and of course, doesn't include airfare. If you want to save some money the package will be discounted 20 percent off from September 5-26.
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A more affordable and realistic option--let's be honest: do you really want to kiteboard for seven days?--is the Discovery Package which is $239 for three hours of kiteboarding and one night of camping. There are more options if you're looking for something in between, even snowkiting in the winter. Getting to Lameque is a bit tricky. The regional airport closest to the island is the Bathurst Airport (ZBF) which is serviced by Air Canada from Montreal and flights are around $200 each way. From the airport, the island is about a two-hour drive. However, you will be driving along the Gulf of St. Lawrence so you'll have plenty of water views.
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· Club Wind and Kite [Official Site]
