Xtreme Tourist
Dynamic host Ernie Harker sets a frantic pace for this high-energy travel series aimed to get viewers excited about experiencing what the world has to offer as he seeks for opportunities to do something physically extreme in every episode. Ernie packs as many activities as possible into a short amount of time at each destination.
- 2010-2010
- 1 season
- Questar Entertainment
- Action & Adventure
Dynamic host Ernie Harker sets a frantic pace for this high-energy travel series aimed to get viewers excited about experiencing what the world has to offer as he seeks for opportunities to do something physically extreme in every episode. Ernie packs as many activities as possible into a short amount of time at each destination.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2010
Episode 1
Cancun
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Host Ernie Harker is off to Mexico's Riviera; Garrafon Reef Park; Senor Frog's; Coco Bongo; scuba-diving off Cozumel; para-sailing; and a pirate cruise on an 18th-century Spanish galleon.
Episode 2
Xtreme Tourist: Moab
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Ernie finds Utah's best mountain biking in the red sandstone landscape; gunfights at the Bar-M Chuckwagon; rappelling from Corona Arch; and four-wheel Jeeping Hell's Revenge.
Episode 3
Xtreme Tourist: Seattle
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
America's Pacific Northwest; Snoqualmie Falls; rock climbing the famous REI Pinnacle; mountain biking the I-5 Colonnade Trail; a cruise on Lake Union; then kayaking Portage Bay.
Episode 4
Xtreme Tourist: Belize
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Through Central America's dense jungles on a waterfall cave hike; Shark Ray Alley scuba-diving; fly-fishing; stormy kite-boarding; and an ATV ride through the jungle.
Episode 5
Xtreme Tourist: San Diego
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
California cool and surfing school; mountain biking on the best-made bike in the world; aerial acrobatics in a World War II fighter plane; vintage Old Town; an overnight stay on the USS Midway aircraft carrier; and a romp in the water with Beluga whales at Sea World.
Episode 6
Xtreme Tourist: Rio De Janeiro
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Surfing at Venice Beach before take-off; soccer at Maracana Stadium; hiking up Corcovado to the famous Christ the Redeemer statue; rappelling on Sugarloaf Mountain; Brazilian jujitsu lessons from a master; hang-gliding off Pedra Bonita; then Samba dancing 'til dawn.
Episode 7
Xtreme Tourist: Maui
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Adventures in an Hawaiian paradise; spear-fishing; luau on the beach; surfing lessons from pro Tommy Castleton; para-sailing; jungle hiking; a helicopter flight through the Maui mountains and fire-dancing.
Episode 8
Xtreme Tourist: St. Croix
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Scuba-diving among the Virgin Islands' undersea cliffs; the raucous annual "Jump Up" Festival; and competing for the first-time in a triathlon at the world's most difficult Iron-man event with world-class athlete James Lawrence.
Episode 9
Xtreme Tourist: Lake Tahoe and the Wild West
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Ernie goes powered hang-gliding; "Snuba" diving and paddle-boarding in Emerald Bay; tries his game at the Apple Mountain Golf Club where llamas are caddies; takes a Heavenly Ski Resort gondola ride up nearly 2 1/2 miles; get a "Rum Runner" at Camp Richardson; then he checks on the ghosts of children at the haunted Sequoia Mansion in Placerville.
Episode 10
Xtreme Tourist: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Ernie tries skiing without snow on roller skis; learns how to survive in the wilderness like a Mountain Man; joins the paddle-boarders maneuvering the rapids in the Snake River; gets a lesson in falconry at a rehab center for injured birds; joins daredevil mountain biker Jefferson Franklin in an insane downhill bike course; then kicks back at dinner served from a local elk preserve.
Episode 11
Xtreme Tourist: Return to Cancun
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Unseen footage of Ernie's jungle diving and swimming in an underwater cave; the ancient Mayan sights of Coba and Chichen Itza; incredible Xcaret Eco Park; kayaking, rappelling and zip-lining; then scuba-diving at Cozumel.
Episode 12
Xtreme Tourist: Awesome Trails
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Ernie's favorite and most awesome experiences on trails: Snoqualmie Falls; the I-5 Colonnade; Hawaiian jungle swimming; Utah's Slickrock Trail and Corona Arch; Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain; and the deep, dark mountain caves in Belize.
Episode 13
Xtreme Tourist: Wildest Surf and Sky
Sun, Sep 13, 2026
Ernie has combined blue sky and white surf adventures . . . skim-boarding and hang-gliding in Rio; surfing, paragliding and spear-fishing in Maui; kite-boarding and scuba-diving in Belize; California surfing school and aerial stunts in a World War II Mustang fighter plane; then scuba and para-sailing in Cancun.