Treks that take in whale-watching in the Azores or tracking cheetahs in the Kalahari BOTSWANA Explore the vast plains of Botswana on a four-day riding safari across the Kalahari, meeting bushmen and learning the techniques of food-gathering, animal tracking and hunting. Rides are accompanied by a "San" bushman who will track wildlife including...
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Archive for October, 2009
Five great riding adventures
Flight tax rises, again
Airlines call for review as up to £15 is put on passenger duty Air passenger duty – the departure tax from the UK – increases from today, accompanied by a chorus of criticism from airlines, travel agents and passenger groups. A family of four travelling to the Caribbean will now pay £200 in...
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Adventure holidays: hot tips for 2010
We asked the experts to reveal the trips they are most excited about – from Papua New Guinea's jungles to Greenland's ice floes Asia 1. Mountain biking, Cappadocia, Turkey In Cappadocia, the thrill of hurtling along a trail on two wheels is amplified by its otherworldly landscape of rock pillars, known as "fairy...
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Saddle up for a new kind of trek in Wales | Patricia Carswell
On the Welsh hills with a pony, a map and the freedom to make your own way, discover the joys of unguided trail riding Thundering along a springy turf track at a turbo-charged gallop, I realise I'm not quite in control. I concentrate on keeping my feet in the stirrups and steering a...
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Five great walking adventures
From Somerset to Everest, we've got hiking trips to suit all tastes ITALY During the first world war, the Italian army constructed a system of metal steps, fixed cables, and ladders in the Dolomites, to enable troops to safely move around the high peaks that were the front line. Today the via ferrata...
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