Expert Insights

February 14, 2018 Your Words Not Ours: My Exodus Adventure

Read time – 2 minutes As she sat on the plane to Delhi, little did Vivienne Lafferty realise that the people listed on her Exodus documents would become lifelong friends, including her wonderful trek leader, Valerie. Over twenty years ago, Vivienne signed up for an expedition to climb Stok Kangri in Ladakh, here she tells...

February 13, 2018 Reasons to Solo Travel

Read time – 3 minutes Solo travel is no longer seen as a niche pursuit. With 32% of Exodus travellers being solo travellers in 2019 alone, there’s never been a better time to book that independent trip for truly authentic and immersive travel experiences with a group of like-minded people. But don’t just take our...

February 12, 2018 Trending Now: Rise of the Female Traveller

Read time – 4 minutes Ladies who love adventure…this one’s for you. The days of adventure travel being a boys’ club are over. Whilst there have always been pioneering ladies fighting tooth and nail for their place amongst the great explorers, it’s a narrative that has historically been dominated by male voices. But the tide...

February 06, 2018 5 Reasons to Visit Iceland in the Summer

Read time – 3 minutes Puffins and hot springs and sun, oh my! There’s no wrong time to visit Iceland, but there’s just something magical about being able to watch the sunset at 12 am and then rise just 3 hours later. And with the warm weather comes infinite opportunities for hiking, swimming, and practising...

February 06, 2018 Our Top 10 European Cycling Holidays

Read time – 6 minutes Embracing a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge, but if you’re going to keep it up there’s got to be more to it than an expensive gym membership and mindlessly running on a treadmill. So what if you could travel yourself fit? Well, you can! Cycling holidays provide a unique...

February 05, 2018 Best Summits to Climb for the Weekend

Read time – 3 minutes How long does it take to climb a mountain? Well, thanks to our action-packed short-break summit itineraries, you can conquer some of the world’s most renowned and breathtaking peaks in a long weekend! We can’t guarantee you’ll be ready to go back to work at the end of it, but...

A self-drive tailor made family trip to Namibia

February 02, 2018 Tailor Made Self Drive Family Trip to Namibia

Read time – 3 minutes Home to some of the highest sand dunes in the world, the most eminent image of the Namib desert is sloping orange ridges set against a turquoise sky. Last December, Exodus traveller and fine art portrait photographer Syarifah McDonough went on an Exodus self-drive tailormade trip to Namibia. She explored this...

February 01, 2018 Roaming Catholics: Walking The Francigena Way

Read time – 4 minutes Via Francigena is a journey of 150km and more than a thousand years of history. It’s a pilgrimage trek in the footprints of untold numbers of medieval pilgrims, across the fields and ancient towns towards the finale in the Eternal City of Rome, to bask in the shadow of the...

January 26, 2018 5 Great Hikes in Italy You May Not Know

Read time – 5 minutes Who could fail to be charmed by Italy, the renaissance nation that seems to be able to please all travellers? Regardless of what we’re looking for – whether it’s world-famous art, sumptuous local cuisine or show-stopping outdoor playgrounds – Italy seems to have something to tempt us all. But it’s...

Jaguar in the Pantanal, Brazil (Image by Paul Goldstein)

January 24, 2018 Review of Big Cats with Paul Goldstein

Read time – 3 minutes We caught up with our very own wildlife expert Paul Goldstein to get his thoughts on the BBC’s latest natural history offering… Big Cats. “Big budget, big results, big cats… and some quite small ones too! Paul Goldstein on Big Cats I am a cat junky, dappled and striped forms...