Types of trip
Caledonia is calling you
Sir Sean Connery, Lulu, Chris Hoy, Sam Torrance and Amy MacDonald are just a few of the stars appearing in a new television advert encouraging anyone with a love of Scotland to take part in Homecoming Scotland celebrations in 2009.
Borneo's wildlife spectacular
Tailor-made natural history specialists Wildlife Worldwide offer a new 14-day holiday in the Malaysian provinces of Sarawak and Sabah on the island of Borneo, focusing on flora and fauna of the world’s oldest rainforests. Explore Bako National Park, Mount Kinabalu, Kinabatangan River and Danum Valley, then get hands-on at Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary and Turtle Islands Marine Park.
Titan HiTours launches ‘National Geographic Journeys’
Titan HiTours, the escorted tours specialist, has released the first of its new National Geographic Journeys brochures in conjunction with the National Geographic Society. The new programme of exclusive holidays contains an inspiring collection of exceptional journeys, each accompanied by a National Geographic expert to ensure a rewarding, insightful holiday quite unlike anything else on the market.
Enjoy a magical day out with Santa down at the farm
A fabulous blend of traditional and modern and magical Christmas experiences awaits visitors to rural attraction, Down At the Farm, at Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland, where the perfect family Christmas day out has been devised.
UK cost of living makes overseas holidays a money-saver
Soaring household bills now mean that cash-strapped consumers can save money – by going on holiday. Popular destinations such as Turkey, outside the Eurozone, enable families to eat more cheaply than they can at home, points out holiday accommodation specialist Artemis Travel. And by travelling in the winter, consumers can also turn off their heating and lighting for a week or two.
Strictly trekking on a Patagonia adventure
Walks Worldwide’s 19-day Patagonian Adventure guided trek through a wild corner of the Andes, where ice and time have shaped an unbelievable landscape of breathtaking spires, dramatic glaciers, azure lakes and sub-Antarctic forests, should top lots of travellers’ wish lists for 2009! Even more so when you add in seductive Buenos Aires and isolated Tierra del Fuego, the ultimate end of the world experience for true adventure-seekers.
Eager beavers make early bookings
Four beaver families from Norway have arrived in the UK as part of an historic plan to reintroduce the toothsome mammals to Scotland after they were hunted to extinction over 400 years ago. In the forested regions of central Sweden, animals such as Beaver, Wolf, Brown Bear and Elk still thrive and indeed outnumber the local human population.
Indian Christmas and New Year
Britain didn’t have an Indian summer this year, however, there is an opportunity to head off on an Indian Christmas and New Year. Ride the famous Marwari horses across beautiful and varied landscapes of Rajasthan - through forest, across semi-desert, over rocky hills and passing tribal villages, staying in forts, palaces and under canvas – the perfect horseback adventure.
Recession bustin' sounds
While the Government is implementing a variety of recession busting tactics – from VAT cuts to cash ‘Christmas presents’ for pensioners (no, dressing up as Santa won’t do), Dragoman is offering one of its own - a 25% discount on the world’s ultimate music festival in Mali.
Sun, scuba and San Salvador
The latest episode of the BBC’s Oceans series investigated the depths of the Atlantic from a group of islands in its western reaches - the Bahamas. To experience a diver’s paradise of pristine reefs, historic wrecks, spectacular walls, blue holes, fantastic caves along with the opportunity to dive with diverse sea life, join Dive Worldwide on its new 10-day Riding Rock Resort & Marina dive holiday based on San Salvador – the Bahamas’ most south easterly island. Holidays depart London daily throughout the year.
Christmas is wrapped up at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Inspirational ideas for hard-to-buy-for presents and a refreshing blast of sea air make Portsmouth Historic Dockyard an ideal choice to visit this Christmas period. The retailers on site including Nauticalia, the Mary Rose shop, the Royal Naval Museum shop and Antiques Storehouse stock ideal Christmas present solutions for those tricky to-buy-for friends and relatives from weather stations to thermometers, Action Man figures to books on naval history.
A guide to the wines of England and Wales
English and Welsh wine enthusiasts are in for a treat. A Guide to the Wines of England & Wales has just been published and is now available in all good bookshops and on line retailers. Packed with up to date information and a wealth of illustrations, this new book provides a topical and unique insight in to the English and Welsh wine industry.
Full steam ahead for Tourism Awards
Tourism officials in Yorkshire are excited to announce that the 20th Enjoy England Awards for Excellence will be held in Yorkshire in 2009. This is only the second time that the awards will have been held outside of London.
What makes the perfect Christmas break?
As the media report that more Brits are holidaying at home to beat the credit crunch and poor exchange rates, our major cities are reaping the benefits. Combined with the rise in popularity of the traditional German Christmas Market it’s not surprising that we are shunning European city breaks in order to do our Christmas shopping here in the UK.
Crack Christmas in your lunch break
No need to tighten the purse strings this December as online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com is hosting a whole range of promotions and offers at lunchtimes every day throughout the month.