If you are sick of spending your vacation sipping umbrella drinks at a crowded beach and if you fell asleep on your last guided bus tour of a foreign country, Roadmonkey Adventure Philanthropy may be exactly what you are looking for. Roadmonkey is a visionary travel company that organizes intimate, off the beaten path expeditions that combine adventure with philanthropy, resulting in a more rugged and profound cultural experience for the bold traveler.

For example, in November of 2008, the first 11-person Roadmonkey team cycled portions of a 450-mile arc through the northwest of Vietnam, and then spent several days building a playground for orphans west of Hanoi.

Paul von Zielbauer, an award-winning reporter and Iraq war correspondent for The New York Times, founded Roadmonkey in 2008 and leads every expedition himself.

Two trips are planned for 2009, one to Vietnam and one to Tanzania. The two week expedition to Tanzania, planned for June 20-July 5 2009, includes a seven-day Kilimanjaro climb and a volunteer project to build a clean water system.