Adventure travel inspiration on off-the-beaten-track backpacking destinations and also active travel inspiration from walking holidays around the world to rock climbing and diving/snorkelling adventures.
I’ve just got back from hiking the Alta Via 4 long distance hiking route in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. Gorgeous scenery, challenging hiking, exciting via ferrata, delicious food in Continue Reading →
After two amazing hiking trips in the Italian Dolomite Mountains, I want to share some thoughts, tips and ideas for planning a hike in the Dolomites, one of Europe’s best Continue Reading →
This isn’t a ‘top 10 temples you must see in Bagan while spending three full-on days touring’ post. I definitely have some recommendations for Bagan temples to see but the Continue Reading →
I recently watched an amazing film from the Kendal Mountain Film Festival about Nepal trekking. But it wasn’t about western trekkers. Rob Fraser’s i Porter documents his experience on a Continue Reading →
From the baking deserts of the ‘Red Centre’ to the tropical rainforests of Queensland, Australia has something for every traveller. Whether you want to embark on an epic Australia road Continue Reading →
Now that I’m back from my Myanmar trip I’d like to share a few tips for planning Myanmar travel that I learnt along the way. To make sure you have Continue Reading →
Marrakech it is so romantic and we had an amazing foodie experience there but I wanted the Wandering Kiwi family to get out of the city for a Morocco desert Continue Reading →
It was one of those moments in travel when you stop being a tourist and become a tourist attraction. On the way back from a trek in the Kyrgyzstan mountains Continue Reading →
If you’ve read my posts on my experiences of travel in Kyrgyzstan I hope you’re all fired up to visit this incredible Central Asian country and see for yourself how Continue Reading →
A journey on the Whanganui River is to follow in the paddle strokes of countless travellers over centuries, yet it still feels like you are an intrepid explorer in darkest Continue Reading →
With scheduled travel services to Cuba starting in 2016 and the political environment improving consistently, there has never been a better time to visit Cuba. Gorgeous architecture, a fascinating history, mesmeric Continue Reading →
The route from the Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme to Les Contamines is the shortest day on the whole Tour du Mt Blanc so when I saw the sun Continue Reading →
The morning views on departing Rifugio Elisabetta as my Tour du Mt Blanc hike continued were spectactular. As forecast, the weather was closing in but there was still a bit Continue Reading →
Hiking the Tour du Mt Blanc clockwise, my path continued from the beautiful Italian town of Courmayeur towards the Rifugio Elisabetta. The ‘TMB’ is one of the world’s most famous Continue Reading →
There are few areas in the world as alluring and pristine as the Arctic and Antarctica. However, even if you are an avid traveller, chances you will put these Polar Continue Reading →
Is Central Asia on your travel bucket list? If not it should be. I’m talking about “the ‘Stans” and I’d like to tell you about the top 10 things to Continue Reading →
When I visited Iceland I was booked to do a glacier walk but the weather refused to cooperate and my trip was cancelled. The disappointment is still bothering me. Iceland Continue Reading →
I have written before of my first impressions of Iceland being a bit ordinary, mainly due to poor weather. I was frustrated in my desire to to hiking in Continue Reading →
I decided to take the Monte de la Saxe route from Rifugio Bonatti to Courmayeur (I hiked the Tour du Mt Blanc clockwise) as the standard route is only four Continue Reading →
I didn’t leave the Hotel Col de Fenetre until after 8.30 this morning, my latest start on the TMB. Partly because I was enjoying the coffee so much and it Continue Reading →