Expert Insights

October 27, 2016 Best Walking & Wine Tours

Read time – 3 minutes The conditions you need for great wine – warm days, clean air, cooling onshore breezes and undulating landscapes – just so happen to combine to create seriously great walking country too. That’s what we call a win-win… Walking and Wine in Italy Classic Chianti Country View of San Gimignano from...

October 27, 2016 Top 10 Facts about The Inca Trail

Read time – 3 minutes It’s one of the world’s most iconic treks, and one of our personal favourites. The Inca Trail winds through gorgeous cloud forests to the ancient city of Machu Picchu, and it’s totally unforgettable. Find out everything you need to know right here! Fascinating Facts about the Inca Trail 1. Inca Trail permits are...

October 25, 2016 Trending Now: Central and Eastern Europe Holidays

Read time – 5 minutes The new kids on the eastern block are undeniably amongst the coolest travel destinations on the planet right now. What accounts for their surge in popularity? Exodus investigates the meteoric rise of Eastern Europe… European statue European Travel Emerging from many years of isolation and hardship, eastern and central Europe...

October 24, 2016 Bobsledding for Beginners

Read time – 1 minute Today’s bobsled is positively a luxury saloon compared to the rigged-up wooden sleds that trundled down the halfpipe in 19th century St. Moritz. Bobsledding Facts The Speed At speeds of up to 130km/h (80mph) subtle steering is needed to negotiate the twists and turns – don’t worry, an authorised pilot...

October 24, 2016 Top Five Places for Wilderness Holidays

Read time – 3 minutes Wilderness: n. An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.” – John Muir From...

October 19, 2016 Kilimanjaro: Female Porterage

Read time – 4 minutes We’re proud to have set up and continue to support our own Porter school in Arusha, providing essential training for those wishing to work as porters on Kilimanjaro and to progress to more senior roles. Unusually for Tanzania, the school accepts both men and women, with female porterage and guiding...

October 18, 2016 Top Iconic Temples of the World

Read time – 5 minutes Temples aren’t just architectural curiosities – they are an insight into a culture, a religion, a period of history. They’re a window into another era, a community that is different from our own. Here are some of our favourite iconic temples of the world. Temples around the World Kyoto – Kinkaku-ji...

October 10, 2016 Mount Toubkal Trek – in Pictures

Read time – 5 minutes Mount Toubkal: the highest point in North Africa is an achievement for any hiker. Its popularity is boosted by its accessibility – achievable in just three days, this 4,167m beauty is a favourite with peak baggers in need of an escape. Want to know if Toubkal is for you? We’ve collected...

October 10, 2016 Trekking on the High Inca Trail

Read time – 3 minutes Distant wisps of cloud drift idly in the valley, between forest-cloaked mountains. As the sun emerges, fanning out its rays, the clouds glow golden. I stare in awe; I’ve just woken, and in the early-morning haze of my mind this image takes on an aspect of paradise, of dream… this...

September 28, 2016 North India v South India

Read time – 5 minutes Much more than the sum of its parts, the Indian subcontinent is a land where ancient and modern fuse to create something altogether more wonderful. So where will you head – the fortresses, bazaars and ghats of the north, or the lush villages and exotic temples of the south? North...