Expert Insights

June 26, 2014 Costa Rica’s Garden of Eden

Tom Shevill travelled on our Discover Costa Rica trip last April… Nestled on a thin strip of land between the Caribbean Sea and channels of lagoons lies Tortuguero National Park – the land of turtles. The beaches here are home to some of the most significant turtle nesting grounds in the world, and the small...

June 17, 2014 6 Unique Wildlife Adventures

Read time – 3 minutes If you seek the best wildlife encounters on the planet, you’ll need to travel to its most remote and inhospitable reaches, but don’t let this put you off. From the towering tabular icebergs of Antarctica to the steaming jungles of the Congo and even the treetops of Borneo’s rainforest, the...

June 16, 2014 Game of Thrones Travel Guide

Read time – 2 minutes After last night’s thrilling season finale (wow!) Game of Thrones will be off the airwaves for another year. But never fear, Lords and Ladies – your Game of Thrones Travel Guide is here to tide you over. The show’s creators travel to the ends of the earth in search of the perfect...

June 12, 2014 Top 5 Best Hidden Gems in Europe

Read time – 3 minutes Underrated, overlooked, off the beaten track – this is what Exodus does best. There’s nothing we like better than finding a hidden gem, whether it’s a tiny restaurant only the locals know about or a whole region which never seems to hit the headlines. They’re quieter, secluded, and give you...

June 02, 2014 Top 5 Jungle Adventure Trips

Read time 4 minutes From the giant to the miniscule, the pretty and the peculiar; our world’s jungles are home to an astonishing array of flora and fauna. From sultry South American tropics, where the earth is carved up by fathomless rivers, to the African Congo, a name so evocative it barely needs further description...

May 28, 2014 Summer Escapes

Adventure: it means something different for all of us. Whatever your definition of adventure, Europe provides it in spades – iconic mountains, thunderous rivers and theatrical coastlines make the perfect playground for an active escape, whatever the activity or the difficulty you desire. Here are some of our favourite European summer adventures; escape the everyday...

May 23, 2014 Interesting Facts about Tanzania

Read time – 2 minutes You’ve probably heard of Tanzania’s popular safari destination – the Serengeti – but did you know what its name means? Ever wondered which famous singer was born in Zanzibar or how the name Tanzania came into use? Make sure you’re in the know before you go with our quite...

May 23, 2014 Three Tanzania Safaris

Read time – 3 minutes The Southern Tanzania Safari offers the opportunity to spend five days of game viewing in three different parks in southern Tanzania. The three parks on this itinerary, Selous, Ruaha and Mikumi, are lesser known than their northern counterparts (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Amboseli), but that only adds to their appeal. Offering...

May 20, 2014 Khan-Do Attitude: Cycling in Mongolia

Read time – 3 minutes To call Mongolia remote is to do the place an injustice. The world’s most sparsely populated country feels in places as if it contains nothing but the azure sky and the rolling, windswept steppe. Camped in the middle of this wild landscape, it is hard to imagine these people once...

May 15, 2014 Top 5 Things to do in Tanzania

Read time – 2 minutes There is no shortage of life-changing experiences to be found in Tanzania, from unforgettable wildlife encounters to sublime sunrise vistas. At Exodus, we have a wealth of experience and expertise, earned through years of operating in this awe-inspiring country. We’ve done it all; summited Kilimanjaro, camped on the Ngorongoro caldera...