Kijubi launches at TechCrunch50: 6 outdoor activities you wouldn’t expect from a travel site

Most travel websites sell you the essential parts to a vacation — how to get there and where to stay once you do. Many also offer destination travel guide information and attractions to visit once you get there — but Kijubi enters the travel Web space with a refreshing angle focused on selling outdoor activities. Originally known as CalActive, the Web effort is being relaunched by its founders this week at TechCrunch50 in the DemoPit with the new name Kijubi. As in: What “could you be” (say it really fast) doing right now? Lucky for us SoCal travelers, most of the activities archived so far are in California, but they have some activities in Nevada, Maryland and Florida, with plans to fill out Florida, New York and Hawaii within the next six months.

There are travel activities that you might expect to know about when traveling like discounted tickets to theme parks, whale watching tours, mountain biking tours, hot air balloon rides and even a ropes course in Anaheim. Kijubi also has hundreds of options divided by what you can do on land, air or in the water, including some outlandish things to do on your vacation like:

> Flying a historic WWII “Kittyhawk” airplane in Sonoma (starting at $949)

> Polo lessons for beginners in Los Angeles ($150)

> Stock car racing 10 laps in a real NASCAR racer in Los Angeles (starting at $249)

> Zero-gravity flights in several California locations ($5,197)

> Driving a Maserati Quattroporte in Newport Beach (from $850)

> Helicopter flying lessons in Long Beach (Starting at $135)

Even if you don’t see yourself participating in extreme outdoor sports or entertainment opportunities, there are plenty of options to consider for less adventurous travelers in their family, luxury, romantic and kids categories. And at a wide variety of prices too, don’t let the options above scare you off.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Screenshot of the Kijubi homepage; Courtesy of Kijubi.com]

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