Adventure Travel Blogs

Landing at Heathrow , saying farewell to our fellow travellers was quite sad. Hugs and best wishes for safe onward journeys was passed around the group.

Lots of memories, from start to finish will be enjoyed for several years to come.

Lots of good experiences and eventful moments from celebrating my 29th wedding anniversary with Stefan; to sharing Sue's birthday, with poppers and balloons, our group livened up the camp that evening. 

Lots of groups will experience what ...

In India on Wednesday there is the small matter of a cricket game. Some are saying it is literally a matter of life or death and that it will affect millions of people. They are right; at mid-day the coin will be tossed to decide who will try to defend India's history and heritage. The marquis is up, the menu completed, the Singha chilled. The competition will be fierce, many people will support the game and others forced to endure the deafening commentary as the local school in Bandhavgarh trie...

Normally it takes me a while to calm down from gushing wildlife documentaries which are full of romantic nonsense and ludicrously facile solutions. This week's fascinating rites of passage on BBC following Broken Tail's extraordinary last journey was superb. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ysjds/Natural_World_20102011_A_Tiger_Called_Broken_Tail/) Well produced, hauntingly filmed and poignantly presented it followed the remarkable journey of this young tiger to its ultimate demise 150...

Back from trip. It had to end, but it was wonderful.

 5 Jan.2011 - The Start was a bit of a disaster, arrived at Kigali airport after two flights, met others of group and waited to be collected. We waited for almost three hours, as the tour leader collecting us, believed we were not arriving till much later. No apology - nothing. Finally getting picked up, he apologised for the state of the truck being unclean as he had recently dropped the previous tour off at hotel in Kigali (where i...

Hi! My husband and I are booked for this trip  in April, and are really looking forward to it.We would appreciate any tips/advice from anyone who's done this trip- we've been to India before, so are aware of the poor standards of hygiene and poverty. Look forward to hearing from fellow travellers.  ...