Diving Komodo: What to Expect, Best Dive Sites and Planning Tips
Planning a Komodo diving trip? Discover what it’s really like to dive with mantas in Komodo National Park. From the best dive sites to practical insights, underwater conditions and planning tips – our guide to diving Komodo will help you decide …
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A 7 Day Cape Town Itinerary: Best of the City, Coast & Winelands
Explore the Mother City’s highlights, its coastal gems, the Cape Winelands, Hermanus and the Cape Peninsula with this incredible 7 day Cape Town itinerary.
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Gorilla Trekking In Rwanda: One Incredible Hour With Mountain Gorillas
“Don’t worry, she’s only playing,” whispers our guide. 100 kilos of scowling gorilla is barrelling towards us, tearing at plants for dramatic effect. I have a split second to decide whether to stay put or toss my safety briefing to the wind …
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16 Of Our Favourite Wildlife Encounters Around The World
While history, culture and the great outdoors play a big role in setting our travel agenda, searching out epic wildlife encounters around the world is often a driving force in how we choose a destination. There’s nothing quite like coming …
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Jungle Adventures On An Ecuador Amazon Rainforest Trip
The Amazon rainforest of Ecuador is a relatively small patch of the vast jungle that stretches across no less than nine countries of South America. Ecuador is, however, one of the more accessible jump-off points for an unforgettable journey into …
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India’s Khichan Bird Sanctuary: A Story of Jains and Cranes
Khichan Bird Sanctuary is one of the more offbeat highlights of Rajasthan, and a wholly unexpected wildlife marvel in India’s Thar Desert. Around 145 kilometres north-west of Jodhpur in Rajasthan – India’s ancient ‘Land of Kings’ – the village of …
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Swimming With Whale Sharks In Mexico: Should You Do It?
Swimming with whale sharks in Mexico is undeniably a bucket list wildlife encounter. Watching a vast shadow materialise out of the blue and coalesce into the sleek, spotted behemoth of the world’s largest living fish is a thrill that stays …
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Celebrating The Ugly Five Of Africa’s Wildlife
We’ve all heard of the Big Five: the showcase wildlife of Africa and the highlight encounters of any safari. But what about the continent’s less attractive creatures: the warty, repellent and unsightly? There’s a club for them too – the …
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Up Close And Personal With Antarctic Wildlife
In a place as wild and beautiful as Antarctica, the highlights are many. For us though, it was our Antarctic wildlife encounters that left one of the most lasting impressions.
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30 Photos Of Antarctica That Show Why It’s The Coolest Place On Earth
From incredible and unexpected landscapes, magical icebergs and powerful glaciers to vast skies, up-close wildlife encounters and a beauty so pristine it makes your eyes water, Antarctica is a land beyond compare. But don’t just take our word for it. …
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10 Reasons Why Going To Antarctica Is The Adventure Of A Lifetime
Going to Antarctica is a huge decision. If you’re in two minds about whether to take the polar plunge, we’ve put together 10 reasons why Antarctica should be next on your bucket list. 1. There Are Penguins. Is there a …
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Muck Diving In Bali: All The Small Things
We’re trundling down a dirt track towards the sea on the outskirts of Amed, a jumble of villages stretching for miles along Bali’s east coast. Gentle waves lap against a beach of large, smooth stones lined with narrow, brightly-coloured fishing boats. Behind …
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Diving In Malta: The Underwater Wonders Of Gozo
We’ve often heard tell of the excellent diving in Malta and Gozo, an area awash with caves, wrecks and reefs. And while we’re a little uncertain about its vote as the second best diving destination on the planet – as judged by …
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Island Adventures In The Galapagos
In June 2012, Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise in the Galapagos Islands – breathed his last. Sadly, his death also marked the end of the line for his giant tortoise subspecies. We ‘met’ George when we travelled around the …
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Dahab Diving: A Red Sea Escape
Sydney diving is great fun, but we’ve been aching for the warm, clear waters of the Red Sea, and the spectacular dive sites off the coast of Dahab. It’s a place we frequently talk about, especially with other divers, and …
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Bali’s underwater wonderland: Photo Gallery
Superb shipwrecks, mantas, mola mola, fantastic coral, cute cuttlefish, morish muck diving, nifty night diving and fantastic tropical water with awesome visibility. Add easy, relatively short flights from Sydney, great cheap accommodation overlooking the ocean, and friendly, gentle people, and …
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A birthday diving adventure in Bali
Hopping across to Bali from Sydney may not be your typical long weekend break, however for this birthday boy it seemed like a great antidote to the depths of a Sydney winter. Sunshine and diving anyone . . . . …
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The Maasai Express
Not unlike car journeys involving maps, putting up, taking down and living in a tent can be a potentially fraught experience for a couple. Throw in mud, sleepless nights and pre-dawn starts and you’re guaranteed some early morning grumbles over …
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A Camping Safari In East Africa
We’ve visited some cities with seriously bad reps in our travels, but none has had our arrival nerves jumping quite like Nairobi, or Nairobbery as it’s notoriously nicknamed by some. It didn’t help that we were carrying a small ransom in cash …
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