Expert Insights

December 01, 2014 Winners of the Go Wild Photography Competition

Read time – 1 minute The results are in! The standard was remarkably high – Paul Goldstein and fellow judge Mark Cawardine spent hours poring over the entries to our Go Wild wildlife photography competition, endlessly debating back and forth which were the very best of this year’s many entries. Eventually, decisions were made. Here...

November 26, 2014 A Winter Finland Adventure Holiday

Read time – 3 minutes I’m not used to waking up in complete darkness – but neither am I used to brushing my teeth on a balcony looking deep into branches of a frozen forest, pine needles glinting in the reflected light from my twin cabin. Yet this was how I started every day at...

November 24, 2014 A Land of Ice & Fire: Iceland Filming Locations

Read time – 2 minutes Since the dawn of the age of cinema, filmmakers have gone in search of the Earth’s most dramatic, visually intense landscapes in which to capture their stories, and Iceland filming locations have become increasingly popular in recent years. Of the many incredible locations on film, perhaps the most suited to...

November 24, 2014 Best Things to See in Iceland

ead time – 2 minutes Iceland is fast emerging in a blaze of sub-Arctic sunshine as one of the top adventure travel destinations of the moment. Its all-round appeal is undeniable: wintry pilgrimages to see the ethereal Northern Lights, wildlife enthusiasts taking to the seas for a chance to spot Orcas, humpbacks and dolphins cavorting...

November 21, 2014 Korean Cuisine

New for this year, we have welcomed South Korea onto the Exodus map with open arms and hungry bellies. On top of ancient history, modern cities and phenomenal landscapes, Korea’s food is one of its main lures. Join us on a brief culinary buffet through some of the best dishes this fascinating country has to...

November 21, 2014 Safari So Good

Travelling is always exhilarating: the initial journey full of anticipation, knowing there will be new things to see, different cultures to experience, and new, mouth-watering foods to sample. But never has it been more exciting than on my way to Tanzania this summer with my partner Chris and his ten year old son Ed. This...

November 21, 2014 Family Adventure Trips Review

Read time – 1 minute The hotly anticipated Family Adventures brochure is here, and the eagle-eyed may have spotted a familiar, friendly face on the back cover … Exodus’ very own Managing Director, travel expert and father of three: Pete Burrell. Burrell family adventure trip The Burrell Family Adventure “I have a love of the...

November 21, 2014 Hunting the Aurora in Iceland

Read time – 2 minutes Clouds on the final approach cast a gloomy grey cloak over both the capital of Iceland and my mood. Insulated in thermal, fleece and Goretex, I shuffled gingerly across the ice-caked tarmac and boarded the bus with little optimism for the evening ahead. Searching for the Northern Lights Clouds are...

October 14, 2014 One Night in Casas Particulares, Cuba

Whilst the island of Cuba is a friendly and exciting patchwork of colour and creativity, unfortunately the same cannot be said for some of the state-run hotels that still provide the vast majority of accommodation for tourists. They can be a bit of a drab affair in some destinations, and often accentuate the already significant...

October 13, 2014 Top Halloween Haunts

Read time – 2 minutes With the spookiest time of the year upon us, Adventure HQ is getting into the spirit of all things Halloween. We’re forever haunted by the spectres of visas, stamps yet to go in the passport and the ghoulish task of grappling with the age-old question: where next? But more than...