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Heavenly Hawaii

Golden beaches, film sets and self-help gurus – Pico Iyer discovers numerous ways to escape reality on the island of Kauai

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Survival expert Bear Grylls during the shoot for the Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy webisodes which feature Grylls? top urban survival tips and will be available online at MostInterestingAcademy.com on June 18. Bear Grylls is a distinguished instructor for the Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy?s ?Survival in the Modern Era? course. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for Dos Equis) **EXCLUSIVE****EXCLUSIVE**

Explore the world with noted adventurers and award-winning writers such as Bear Grylls, Jan Morris and Lionel Shriver .

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South Africa

A look at what the country can offer to urbanites and adventurers alike

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Reinhold Messner’s favourite treks

The world’s greatest living climber picks treks from Nepal to Chile

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Desert patrol

The empty sands of Oman make an unlikely, but ideal, destination for a birdwatching trip, writes Robin Oakley

Feb 17, 2012

Submergers and acquisitions

Elisabeth Eaves goes for a dive in the latest must-have plaything for billionaires – a personal submarine

From EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Feb 3, 2012

The Alpine railway

One hundred years ago, the Jungfrau Railway helped make the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland one of the continent’s supreme destinations. On board the train Jan Morris finds a world where science fiction becomes ‘science fact’

Max Hastings on horseback with tribesmen in Kenya

From AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jan 20, 2012

My winter retreat

After 40 years of visiting Africa, Max Hastings has found the perfect place to write and relax – not a hotel but a Kenyan ranch for rent

The aurora borealis as seen from the Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden

Jan 17, 2012

Aurora hunters

With experts predicting the most spectacular Northern Lights for a decade, a new travel company is using meteorological data to seek out the best vantage points. But will nature oblige?

From WINTER SPORTS Dec 16, 2011

Himalayan horizons - by helicopter

Three miles up in the Himalayas with nothing in sight but snow and rock, Ekow Eshun has his first taste of high-altitude snowboarding

From AMERICAS DESTINATIONS Dec 16, 2011

Where the west is still wild

New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains are blessed with hot springs in stunning settings, writes Henry Shukman

Dec 2, 2011

Postcard from ... Heathrow: The perfect gift for wannabe pilots

The BA flight simulator experience is uncannily realistic: it sounds and feels exactly like being on a real plane

From ASIAN AND AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS Dec 2, 2011

Shepherd chic

A new camp in New Zealand combines luxury with extreme isolation – after all, the only way to get there is by helicopter. Tom Fordyce reports

Sep 30, 2011

Postcard from ... Southwold: A wee dram of fine English whisky?

Tours of the brewery and distillery offer an insight into the ‘grain to glass’ process and drive local tourism

Sep 30, 2011

Sprinting up mountains

Alpinists once took days to scale Switzerland’s peaks, but a new breed of climbers is reaching the top in hours

From EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jul 22, 2011

Expert selection: Cool campsites in France

A guidebook editor picks his favourite sites in France, from dairy farms to majestic mountains

From AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jul 1, 2011

Alternative African safaris

Guidebook author and tour operator Chris McIntyre picks five offbeat adventures

From AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jun 3, 2011

A tourism revolution

A visit to Egypt in the wake of the uprising shows the ancient sites in a thrilling new light, with a sense of history-in-the-making that extends to its most far-flung destination

From AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Apr 8, 2011

A safari camp where kids can run wild

Forget crèches and kids’ clubs – Sophy Roberts visits a camp in Kenya where the children are cared for by Samburu warriors

From FAMILY Mar 11, 2011

We’re going on a bear hunt

Forget the zoo – a family holiday in the forests of Finland lets the children get far closer to nature

Dec 21, 2010

High style in Robin’s hood

A new breed of luxury treehouse – complete with hot tub and games room – has arrived in Sherwood Forest, writes Neville Hawcock

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Golden beaches, film sets and self-help gurus – Pico Iyer discovers numerous ways to escape reality on the island of Kauai

Destination inspiration

The world’s greatest living climber picks treks from Nepal to Chile

The empty sands of Oman make an unlikely, but ideal, destination for a birdwatching trip, writes Robin Oakley

Elisabeth Eaves goes for a dive in the latest must-have plaything for billionaires – a personal submarine

One hundred years ago, the Jungfrau Railway helped make the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland one of the continent’s supreme destinations. On board the train Jan Morris finds a world where science fiction becomes ‘science fact’

After 40 years of visiting Africa, Max Hastings has found the perfect place to write and relax – not a hotel but a Kenyan ranch for rent

With experts predicting the most spectacular Northern Lights for a decade, a new travel company is using meteorological data to seek out the best vantage points. But will nature oblige?

Three miles up in the Himalayas with nothing in sight but snow and rock, Ekow Eshun has his first taste of high-altitude snowboarding

New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains are blessed with hot springs in stunning settings, writes Henry Shukman

The BA flight simulator experience is uncannily realistic: it sounds and feels exactly like being on a real plane

A new camp in New Zealand combines luxury with extreme isolation – after all, the only way to get there is by helicopter. Tom Fordyce reports

Tours of the brewery and distillery offer an insight into the ‘grain to glass’ process and drive local tourism

Alpinists once took days to scale Switzerland’s peaks, but a new breed of climbers is reaching the top in hours

A guidebook editor picks his favourite sites in France, from dairy farms to majestic mountains

Guidebook author and tour operator Chris McIntyre picks five offbeat adventures

A visit to Egypt in the wake of the uprising shows the ancient sites in a thrilling new light, with a sense of history-in-the-making that extends to its most far-flung destination

Forget crèches and kids’ clubs – Sophy Roberts visits a camp in Kenya where the children are cared for by Samburu warriors

Forget the zoo – a family holiday in the forests of Finland lets the children get far closer to nature

A new breed of luxury treehouse – complete with hot tub and games room – has arrived in Sherwood Forest, writes Neville Hawcock

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