Some honeymooners crave action beyond the hotel room and the heart-shaped Jacuzzi. While many couples envision themselves lying peacefully on a beach after the wedding, others might find this too boring for their tastes. “Adventure” honeymoons can jump-start a marriage and provide a lifetime of memories.

If you’d rather be energized than relaxed by your trip, there are plenty of options, from white-water kayaking to volcano hiking to cave abseiling and paragliding. Or you can combine relaxation with recreation by taking a golf honeymoon to an all-inclusive resort.

Paddle the legendary white water of the Rogue River in Oregon through an expedition with Orange Torpedo River Adventures. This outfit invented the sport of inflatable kayaking and provides expert guides for half-day runs or four-day trips. They also offer specials for trips in the Grand Canyon and Chile. Check www.orangetorpedo.com.

If hiking up an active volcano, biking across ancient salt flats, horseback riding across dunes or walking through a field of geysers sound like your idea of relaxation, then Patagonia in northern Chile should be at the top of your honeymoon wish list. Luxury accommodations at Hotel Salto Chico include an indoor heated pool at the edge of the Andes Mountains. Go to www.explora.com.

If biking is more your style, take an ultimate mountain bike vacation (www.dreamride.com) in Moab, Utah. Moab features exotic, challenging “bikesurfing” trails and bizarre rock formations by day followed by relaxing evenings away from crowds of tourists.

The “Indiana Jones Adventure Tour” is an all-inclusive guided adventure that begins at a jungle-garden hotel in Belize and takes honeymooners on a trip to discover the mysterious Mayan ruins. Cross the border to Guatemala and investigate the rainforest and underground caves in Tikal National Park. You’ll even spend a night at a jungle camp – not your typical honeymoon experience. For more information, go to www.global-travel.co.uk.

Closer to home, the White House Inn in Wilmington, VT, (www.whitehouseinn.com) offers a five-night honeymoon package including snowshoe and cross-country ski trails and “extreme” tubing on Vermont’s most famous sledding hill. Then, relax with a romantic, five-course candlelight dinner in an old-fashioned country inn setting.

At the other end of the adventure spectrum, take the plunge at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. You’ll find dolphins, whales, endangered sea turtles, moray eels, royal blue starfish and about 1,500 other exotic creatures residing on and around this mammoth chunk of coral. The 120-foot luxury catamaran Reef Encounter (www.outbackencounter.com) caters to both novice and experienced divers.

Staying “down under,” Queenstown, New Zealand, may be the perfect honeymoon adventure spot. Here, in one of the world’s great mountain resorts, you can go bungee jumping, jet boating, hang-gliding, aerobatic flying and swinging through a canyon on the world’s largest rope swing. In Queenstown, you can have a ski vacation honeymoon and a June wedding at the same time (www.queenstown-nz.co.nz).

Cruise West offers an eight-day whale-watching cruise in the Sea of Cortes, the 760-mile-long gulf between mainland Mexico and the Baja peninsula. This relatively unpopulated desert region, flanked by beautiful mountains on one side and blue-green waters on the other, is a favorite among migrating gray whales and resident breeds. Go to www.cruisewest.com.

Back on high ground, newlyweds can get marriage off on the right foot by hiking the spectacular vistas of Yosemite National Park in California. Yosemite offers one of the most challenging landscapes on earth, from 1,000-foot waterfalls (including the appropriately named Bridalveil) to glacier-carved cliffs and forests of giant sequoias. Nearby Chateau du Sureau is a turreted inn with 10 uniquely decorated rooms (www.chateaudusureau.com).

Lake Tahoe was named the best winter sports honeymoon spot in the world by “Modern Bride.” The serene beauty of Tahoe, surrounded by a bowl of 10,000-foot mountains, annually attracts thousands of couples to exchange and celebrate vows. Alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, dog sledding, kiteboarding, sleigh rides, and boat cruises are available at a moments notice. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority offers a free wedding and honeymoon planner which can be ordered by calling 1-800-AT-TAHOE or visiting www.bluelaketahoe.com.

Couples can get marriage off to a swinging start at first-class golf and spa resorts such as the Greenbrier in West Virginia; Turnberry Isle in Florida (www.turnberryisle.com); and the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall in Jamaica (ritzcarlton.com). Or, take a trip back to golf’s birthplace with a honeymoon at Scotland’s Old Course Hotel Resort, adjacent to St. Andrews, the world’s most famous golf course. Actor Kevin Costner recently honeymooned at St. Andrews with wife Christine.

If you’re not experienced with the type of adventure you crave there are guided trips available for just about everything. Tour groups also require a lot less time to plan, which can be a huge advantage. Another bonus: getting in shape for your action-packed honeymoon is a great way to relieve wedding-related stress!

So, get outside and find an adventure. You’ll still find time for that more intimate honeymoon “action.”