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Hike the best of British this year

With so much focus on the UK this year with the impending Olympics and Diamond Jubilee celebrations, it has never been a better time to explore the British Isles.

Learn the art of boduberu in the Maldives

Learn the art of boduberu in the Maldives

While much of the Maldives’ cultural heritage is bypassed for beautiful beaches and heavenly spa treatments, there is a tiny pocket of paradise, where guests are being encouraged to embrace the archipelago’s roots through indigenous music and dance.

Ultimate African Star Bed opens on Lake Malawi

Ultimate African Star Bed opens on Lake Malawi

Nkwichi lodge, tucked away on a beautiful sugar white beach on Lake Malawi, has just opened its 'Lake of Stars Bed' sleep out, offering guests the opportunity to experience the lake as never before.

Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in Western Australia

Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in Western Australia

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee gives our holiday allowance a boost this year, with an additional day off.

Top tips for walking in the Bavarian Forest

Top tips for walking in the Bavarian Forest

Having too many walks in an area is an unusual problem to have. But in the Bavarian Forest National Park and surrounding area, paths and former forest roads provide a sometimes bewildering breadth of choice for walkers in this part of Germany and the adjoining Czech Republic!

Guernsey - A year in wildflowers

Guernsey - A year in wildflowers

From rare orchids and crocuses to exotic lilies and pink Pimpernels, Guernsey’s mild maritime climate and early Spring keep the island decorated in colourful wildflowers for most of the year.

Look up - Big sky experiences in Alberta, Canada

Look up - Big sky experiences in Alberta, Canada

The big skies of Alberta offer a range of activities to be enjoyed - from star gazing in the World's Largest Dark Sky Preserve, Jasper National Park, to dancing Northern Lights in Alberta North and a plethora of heli-opportunities across the Province including heli-yoga.

Experience a natural beauty at Torre del Porticciolo

Experience a natural beauty at Torre del Porticciolo

For a relaxing break this May, Keycamp's Torre del Porticciolo parc, brand new for 2012, offers the ideal location. A quintessential natural beauty, the parc's ideally situated within the Porto Conte Natural Park putting some of Sardinia's finest scenery right on the doorstep.

Spring on the Moors

Spring on the Moors

The daffodils will be out, the sheep will be lambing and the ponies foaling. Spring on the Moors is an exciting time of year for nature and wildlife. There's plenty going on for visitors in and around Exmoor at this time of the year too.

Iconic waterside property in St Mawes available for holidays

Iconic waterside property in St Mawes available for holidays

With diamond paned windows, thatched roof and covered in ivy, Seacliffe Warren could be mistaken for a country escape.

Luxury eco-lodge tree houses attract visitors to Sussex

Luxury eco-lodge tree houses attract visitors to Sussex

Grown-ups that want to fulfil their innermost childhood dreams will love the new self catering eco lodges at Fair Oak Farm in Sussex with their uninterrupted views of the Sussex countryside.

Enjoy panoramic views of Ayers Rock from a hot air balloon

Enjoy panoramic views of Ayers Rock from a hot air balloon

For the first time ever, visitors to Australia's Red Centre will be able to enjoy panoramic views of iconic Uluru (Ayers Rock) at dawn from the comfort of a hot air balloon. The first service with Outback Ballooning will take to the skies in March 2012.

Luxury log cabins in the Great Smoky Mountains

Luxury log cabin holidays – situated in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee – are being featured for the first time in 2012 by US specialist, Bon Voyage.

Dive into aquatic adventures on the Great Barrier Reef

Dive into aquatic adventures on the Great Barrier Reef

Audiences inspired by the Sunday night BBC documentary, Great Barrier Reef, should escape for their own close encounters with this most spectacular natural wonder with a reef-freshing break on Hamilton Island.

Looking for an out of the ordinary New Year escape?

Looking for an out of the ordinary New Year escape?

Bishops View, perched above the renowned surfing waters of Polzeath Bay in North Cornwall, is the latest luxurious property to join the Blue Chip Holidays portfolio of select holiday homes in stunning locations.