Features

Features, Trail Setting Stories, Portugal

Rota Vicentina: The Scenic Hiking Trails of Southwest Portugal

The Fisherman's Trail runs to the wild, southwestern tip of Portugal. It was built to encourage off-season travel...

Features, Thailand

What I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Thailand

Our top tips for visiting Thailand, from how to deal with aggressive monkeys to choosing the best street food

Features, Nepal, Hiking

What I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Nepal

Our top tips for visiting Nepal, from the sensory-overload of Kathmandu to dal bhat, wi-fi and wobbly bus journeys...

Features, Greenland

What I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Greenland

Whales, skiing, breathtaking sunsets and… Thai cuisine? These are our top tips for visiting the snowy mass of Greenland

Features, Opinion

Hard Truths for "Tough Guys" Who Want to Be Warm This Winter

Your treasured quarter-zip may not be enough, and simply 'rising and grinding' won't keep you warm. Layering will.

Features, Unlocking Adventure

How Does Being Neurodivergent Shape Your Outdoor Experience?

A bikepacker and an academic explain how – and why – being outdoors can empower neurodiverse people

Unlocking Adventure

Features, Unlocking Adventure

How Does Being Neurodivergent Shape Your Outdoor Experience?

A bikepacker and an academic explain how – and why – being outdoors can empower neurodiverse people

Features, Unlocking Adventure, Nepal

‘I See The Change’: The Rise of Female Mountain Guides in Nepal

Tejshree Basnet is one of the few women to be a lead guide in Nepal, but the winds of change are blowing in the Himalayas...

Features, Mountain Mindset, Unlocking Adventure

How Stepping Outside Can Stop You Feeling SAD

A Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) researcher explains why natural light is the best way to beat the 'winter blues'...

Tourism Leakage

Features, Tourism Leakage, Sustainability

Is There a Roadmap to Decarbonise Tourism?

The carbon emissions of travel, and particularly flights, are "the elephant in the room" of tourism. But a roadmap does exist...

Features, Tourism Leakage

There is a Crisis of Equity in Tourism. So, What Now?

“Who’s really benefiting from the visitors that come to a destination? And is that value being distributed fairly?”

Features, Albania, Tourism Leakage

Why Off-Season is the Ideal Time to Discover Albania

The beaches of the Albanian Riviera look out on Italy and Corfu, and they go silent in the shoulder season...

Community

Features, Community, Costa Rica

Tackling a 250km Expedition Across the Width of Costa Rica

Much Better Adventurer Tony Ernst crosses the Central American isthmus from west to east, all under his own steam...

Features, Community, Sri Lanka

Exploring the Wilds of Sri Lanka

Nisha Chandegra hits the Pekoe Trail and takes the train to the tea hills and waterfalls on the ultimate Sri Lankan adventure...

Features, Community, Albania

Splashing Down Europe's Last Wild River in Albania

Much Better Adventurer Amanda Glasspell explores the wild waterways and mountain trails of Albania...

From the History Books

Features, Norway, From the History Books

The Man Who’s Been Kayaking Norway's Fjords for 25 Years

We speak to Jan Nielsen, who's spent a quarter of a century guiding groups of the Nærøyfjord, the pearl of Norway's fjords...

Features, From the History Books, Peru

Who Really Rediscovered Machu Picchu?

Explorer Hiram Bingham took the credit for finding the city, but another name was scrawled on a wall when he arrived...

Features, From the History Books, Morocco

How a Murder Suspect Became the First Tourist to Climb Mount Toubkal

The story of René de Segonzac, who became the first recorded person to climb to North Africa's highest point, 100 years ago...

Trail Setting Stories

Features, Trail Setting Stories

The New 194km Hiking Trail Across Tunisia’s Remote Dahar Region

The Dahar Great Crossing links the troglodyte villages of the Amazigh people, traversing stony peaks and arid desert...

Features, Trail Setting Stories, Spain

The 166km ‘Wine and Fish’ Hiking Trail Through Spain's Rioja Region

A hiking trail through the vineyards of the Rioja region, across the mountains of the Basque Country to the coast...

Features, Spain, Trail Setting Stories

A Guide to the Ruta del Cares Walk in the Picos de Europa

This remarkable day hike clutches the steep walls of the Cares Gorge in the heart of the Picos de Europa in northern Spain...