Features

Features, Surfing

What I Wish I Knew Before My First Time Surfing

The most important lesson for a beginner surfer to learn? Timing. Top tips to help you catch your first waves...

Features, Northern Lights

Will I See the Northern Lights in England this Year?

Last year's 'solar maximum' and dazzling aurora displays look set to continue into 2025...

Features, Trail Setting Stories, France, Hiking

The 130km Hiking Route Across The Volcanic Réunion Island

The Grande Traversée of La Réunion includes ascents of the highest and most active volcanoes in the Indian Ocean...

Features, Cycling

What I Wish I Knew Before My First Group Cycling Trip

Don't stress about being first or last up a hill. Over the course of the trip, you'll likely be both. Our tips for a group cycling tour...

Features, From the History Books

Winter Solstice Traditions From Around the World

How people through history have celebrated the darkest night of the year...

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

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, From the History Books

Winter Solstice Traditions From Around the World

How people through history have celebrated the darkest night of the year...

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...

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...