Jun 10, 2016 • 6 min read
You’ve thrown yourself off a platform suspended 200m in the air with what amounts to a giant elastic band around your ankles; you’ve paddled down swirling…
May 16, 2016 • 5 min read
Museums get a bad rap. Designed to document all things terrific and trivial about humankind and the planet we live on, many seem dead set on boring those…
Apr 20, 2016 • 5 min read
From the moment we take our first wobbly steps, life is a journey and we are never standing still. It seems perfectly apt that travel plays a big part in…
Apr 12, 2016 • 5 min read
Ever dream of quitting work, renting out the family home and taking off to explore the world long-term? It’s a step that plenty of parents would love to…
Mar 17, 2016 • 5 min read
With an infinite wealth of cat videos, celebrity pouts and awkward status updates at our fingertips, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd on social…
Mar 7, 2016 • 5 min read
Sure, city trips with kids may involve fewer cocktails, leisurely meals and lazy mornings than they might do otherwise, but that’s not to say they can’t…
Feb 22, 2016 • 5 min read
Whether it’s eyeballing a lion on the plains of Africa or spying a quetzal in a Central American cloud forest, watching wildlife is a highlight of travel…
Jan 7, 2015 • 5 min read
It’s an engineering marvel, a multibillion-dollar commercial behemoth. The Panama Canal, which joins the Atlantic to the Pacific, is certainly Panama’s…
Dec 11, 2014 • 6 min read
There you are, playing table tennis with a stranger in the middle of a park. All around you loom primeval trees festooned with vines. Around noon, you…
Dec 1, 2014 • 7 min read
A new three-day trekking route is giving local communities the chance to guide travellers deep into the Guatemalan jungle through the Maya Biosphere…
Dec 1, 2014 • 7 min read
Central America is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet but its natural assets are just part of its allure. The “sweet waist of America", as…
Nov 25, 2014 • 6 min read
If you’re heading to Guatemala, it's probably a given that you’ll be going to Lago de Atitlán. The lake’s captivated pretty much everybody who has set…
Nov 18, 2014 • 8 min read
Dreaming of a job that pays you to travel? Who doesn't? Competition is stiff and salaries aren't always something to write home about, but here's our pick…
Oct 16, 2013 • 4 min read
Inhaling the salty air, your body pleasantly fatigued from a morning surf, you gawk at the breathtaking, crescent-shaped cove and slouch deeper into your…
Aug 13, 2013 • 6 min read
Prepare for some close encounters of the bird kind with our field guide to finding (feathered) friends in far-flung places. This article is adapted from…
Aug 7, 2013 • 8 min read
Don’t waste precious travel time dragging your flip-flopped feet to the beach. We’ve rounded up ten places to stay on some of the world’s most beautiful…
Apr 16, 2013 • 4 min read
Ice cream. Quite simply, it’s a holiday essential. And if you’re on the lookout for something more inspired than a predictable scoop of vanilla this year,…
Dec 20, 2012 • 6 min read
Just because you have kids doesn’t mean you have to stop travelling altogether. In fact, bringing the kids along for your next Latin American adventure…
Nov 1, 2012 • 4 min read
When you travel, are you looking for 100% rest and relaxation? Or do you find yourself drawn to the history of a destination as a way of really getting to…
Aug 23, 2012 • 7 min read
Pack your sea legs for island adventures aplenty in this whistlestop tour of the world's best sailing spots, taken from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate…
Aug 20, 2012 • 3 min read
It’s your honeymoon, so it has to be special and unique. From the windswept beaches of a car-free island in the Baltic to tasting wine rarely sipped…
Jun 27, 2012 • 6 min read
Vampires and their stories seem to be enjoying an eternal renaissance in contemporary fiction and film. Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire kicked off…