Wildlife Holidays

New ferry route opens gateway to Iceland’s ‘Pompeii of the North’

A new ferry pier on Iceland’s south coast is set to provide the first high-speed link to the Westman Islands - the site of Iceland’s ‘Pompeii of the North’.

Discover Antarctica

Experience the pristine wilderness that is Antarctica in 2010 and save a massive 20 per cent on adventure cruises with World Expeditions. The adventure holiday specialist is offering the discount on selected cruises aboard the m/v Plancius.

Green Season is jewel in Africa’s crown

Forget World Cup mania, go ahead of the crowds and visit Africa now to take advantage of the Green Season says Africa expert, Kamili.

Borneo – An adventurer’s paradise

The Malaysian State of Sarawak on the island of Borneo is one of South East Asia's best-kept secrets and a true adventurer's paradise.

‘Sea’ the turtles on Jekyll Island in Georgia

Georgia comes to the rescue every year for sea turtles discovered stranded on beaches along the Atlantic coastline of the U.S., relocating the sick and injured turtles found on the beaches to marine centres as far south as Florida for treatment. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island was reopened in 2007, following renovations to serve as the rehabilitation, research, and education facility in Georgia.

New adventures to be had in Cambodia and Laos

The province of Kratie in north eastern Cambodia is home to a stretch of the Mekong which is an important habitat for the rare Irawaddy dolphin, and is a strategic location to break overland journeys between Phnom Penh and the jungles of Ratanakiri or southern Laos.

Frontier launches new gap year advice website

Frontier, one of the UK’s leading volunteer organisations and promoters of responsible tourism, is delighted to announce the launch of a new advice based website for gap year students and career-breakers.

Brits are having a whale of a time on holiday

Featuring dramatic scenery and irresistible wildlife, animal loving Brits can’t get enough of Sir David Attenborough’s on screen expeditions and are following in the footsteps of their favourite nature correspondents, thanks to programmes such as BBC1’s Life.

Namibia offers great value for visitors during World Cup 2010

With the price of flights to South Africa soaring during the World Cup 2010 period, safari holidays can appear unaffordable for UK holiday makers. Namibia is giving visitors an action-packed holiday without the inflated World Cup price tag. For the perfect southern Africa getaway during summer 2010, fly to Namibia for a better value safari adventure.

Tigers, temples, trains and ancient cities

Britain’s longest established guided walking tour operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays is offering a 14 day, half-board tour to Northern India with its indescribable ‘mix’ of culture, traditions, architecture, national parks, flora and fauna.

Walk into winter wildlife at Pensthorpe

For an inspiring and expert insight into all the wonderful winter wildlife and beauty at Pensthorpe, host of the popular BBC Springwatch series, join a Guided Winter Walk, being held at the nature reserve on Thursday 4th February from 8.30am to 10.30am.

Biosphere Expeditions announces first Australian project

Biosphere Expeditions – the award winning, non profit making conservation specialist which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, has announced its first ever project in Australia. It is on one of the world’s most strikingly beautiful stretches of coastline, 130km south of Broome in Western Australia, and will survey the iconic flatback turtles.