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How lockdown—and birding—changed the way I hike

Andy Wasley

Andy Wasley

How lockdown—and birding—changed the way I hike

Paradise trekked: Fiji is a hiker’s wonderland

Sadie Whitelocks

Sadie Whitelocks

Paradise trekked: Fiji is a hiker’s wonderland

Conservation, adventure and wildlife? Fraser Island is in a league of its own

Brought to you by Intrepid Travel and Queensland

James Shackell

James Shackell

Conservation, adventure and wildlife? Fraser Island is in a league of its own

It’s not cheap, but is this one of the most accessible polar adventures around?

Brooke Nolan

Brooke Nolan

It’s not cheap, but is this one of the most accessible polar adventures around?

Chasing adventure’s dark side in Norway’s grittiest bike race

Jen Rose Smith

Jen Rose Smith

Chasing adventure’s dark side in Norway’s grittiest bike race

How tough can ‘Britain’s toughest trail’ really be?

Luke Waterson

Luke Waterson

How tough can ‘Britain’s toughest trail’ really be?

In Finland, there’s a death-defying DIY ice rally for the whole family

Alex King

Alex King

In Finland, there’s a death-defying DIY ice rally for the whole family

Snorkeling in Scotland? Taking the (cold) plunge

Graeme Green

Snorkeling in Scotland? Taking the (cold) plunge

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Cassowaries are cool, but there’s so much more to Queensland’s Daintree Rainforest

Brought to you by Intrepid Travel and Queensland

Sarah Reid

Sarah Reid

Cassowaries are cool, but there’s so much more to Queensland’s Daintree Rainforest

Rainforest guide, bird whisperer: Meet Queensland’s answer to David Attenborough

Brought to you by Intrepid Travel and Queensland

Jo Stewart

Jo Stewart

Rainforest guide, bird whisperer: Meet Queensland’s answer to David Attenborough

Hiking, healing: On the wukalina Walk, you’ll find culture, nature and knowledge

Brought to you by Tourism Tasmania

Tayla Gentle

Tayla Gentle

Hiking, healing: On the wukalina Walk, you’ll find culture, nature and knowledge

What Tassie’s Overland Track taught me about life, gratitude and snacks

Brought to you by Intrepid Travel and Tourism Tasmania

Tayla Gentle

Tayla Gentle

What Tassie’s Overland Track taught me about life, gratitude and snacks

How the Overland Track made me fall in love with walking again

Brought to you by Intrepid Travel and Tourism Tasmania

Tayla Gentle

Tayla Gentle

How the Overland Track made me fall in love with walking again

Paradise found? The Tasmanian island where ‘nothing’ is normal

Brought to you by Tourism Tasmania

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

Paradise found? The Tasmanian island where ‘nothing’ is normal

Post-pandemic, can we find better ways to climb Kilimanjaro?

Laura French

Post-pandemic, can we find better ways to climb Kilimanjaro?

Welcome to Patagonia’s Route of Parks, the world’s largest conservation project

Nori Jemil

Nori Jemil

Welcome to Patagonia’s Route of Parks, the world’s largest conservation project

A brief guide to hiking across the world’s sixth-smallest nation

JoAnna Haugen

JoAnna Haugen

A brief guide to hiking across the world’s sixth-smallest nation

One of the world’s greatest riverboat journeys costs just $250

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

One of the world’s greatest riverboat journeys costs just $250

How to travel and make the world a better place in 2020

The Editors

The Editors

How to travel and make the world a better place in 2020

How sport and nature is helping change the fortunes of at-risk young Londoners

Sponsored by Columbia Sportswear

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

How sport and nature is helping change the fortunes of at-risk young Londoners

How Glasgow’s Asian community is embracing the outdoors

Sponsored by Columbia Sportwear

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

How Glasgow’s Asian community is embracing the outdoors

Welcome to Las Vegas, America’s most unlikely outdoor wonderland

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

Welcome to Las Vegas, America’s most unlikely outdoor wonderland

How an IT consultant created Ireland’s most spectacular end-to-end cycling route

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

How an IT consultant created Ireland’s most spectacular end-to-end cycling route

This Peruvian hike is perfect for people who don’t like hiking

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

This Peruvian hike is perfect for people who don’t like hiking

Forget the Arctic, how about husky sledding in Australia?

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

Forget the Arctic, how about husky sledding in Australia?

An idiot’s guide to surviving the wilderness (with no survival experience)

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

An idiot’s guide to surviving the wilderness (with no survival experience)

Are we ‘liking’, sharing and swiping the great outdoors to death?

Brooke Nolan

Brooke Nolan

Are we ‘liking’, sharing and swiping the great outdoors to death?

Hardly anyone goes rock climbing in Wadi Rum, which is why you should

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Hardly anyone goes rock climbing in Wadi Rum, which is why you should

The Welsh mining town transforming itself into an adventure hotspot

Luke Waterson

Luke Waterson

The Welsh mining town transforming itself into an adventure hotspot

Difficult, dry, and spectacularly different: This is Egypt by bike

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Difficult, dry, and spectacularly different: This is Egypt by bike

In Alaska, the railroad leads to nowhere, and that’s absolutely fine

Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes

In Alaska, the railroad leads to nowhere, and that’s absolutely fine

Has tourism ruined the Everest Base Camp hike?

Sarah Reid

Sarah Reid

Has tourism ruined the Everest Base Camp hike?

Walking the other ‘Way’: The camino less traveled

Leon McCarron

Walking the other ‘Way’: The camino less traveled

How one family helped protect this immaculate Uzbek biosphere

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Lola Akinmade Åkerström

How one family helped protect this immaculate Uzbek biosphere

In search of grizzlies with Canada’s bear whisperer

Lizzie Pook

Lizzie Pook

In search of grizzlies with Canada’s bear whisperer

How can swimming with humpback whales help protect the ocean?

Tracey Croke

Tracey Croke

How can swimming with humpback whales help protect the ocean?

Can you speak ‘Gorilla’? The language lesson that might just save your life

Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes

Can you speak ‘Gorilla’? The language lesson that might just save your life

In search of the rare Ethiopian wolf on the rooftop of Africa

Lizzie Pook

Lizzie Pook

In search of the rare Ethiopian wolf on the rooftop of Africa

The road to Choquequirao: Is this Peru’s next Inca Trail?

Luke Waterson

Luke Waterson

The road to Choquequirao: Is this Peru’s next Inca Trail?

The best way to see the Serengeti? Take to the skies

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

The best way to see the Serengeti? Take to the skies

What I learned on a 400-kilometer bike ride (that I didn’t want to go on)

Kati Auld

Kati Auld

What I learned on a 400-kilometer bike ride (that I didn’t want to go on)

Meet the couple who sailed across Mongolia in a handmade cart

Kristen Pope

Kristen Pope

Meet the couple who sailed across Mongolia in a handmade cart

One hike to rule them all? Tackling Mordor on New Zealand’s best day hike

John Malathronas

John Malathronas

One hike to rule them all? Tackling Mordor on New Zealand’s best day hike

The ultimate travel companion? A beginner’s guide to shopping for a camel

Leon McCarron

The ultimate travel companion? A beginner’s guide to shopping for a camel

Creepy, cute and elusive: In search of Madagascar’s strangest creature

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

Creepy, cute and elusive: In search of Madagascar’s strangest creature

Bikes, backpacks and breast pumps: The realities of adventures after kids

Kristin Kent

Kristin Kent

Bikes, backpacks and breast pumps: The realities of adventures after kids

Defying the ‘norm’: Overlanding tales from women on the road

Paula Dear

Paula Dear

Defying the ‘norm’: Overlanding tales from women on the road

Is ice swimming the key to finding your inner ‘sisu’?

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Is ice swimming the key to finding your inner ‘sisu’?

Hell’s Angels? The motorcycle crew bringing tourism back to Pakistan

Marco Ferrarese

Marco Ferrarese

Hell’s Angels? The motorcycle crew bringing tourism back to Pakistan

In photos: Tracing the footsteps of Manitoba’s polar bears

Susan Portnoy

Susan Portnoy

In photos: Tracing the footsteps of Manitoba’s polar bears

A very memorable day on a very unremarkable hike

Leon McCarron

A very memorable day on a very unremarkable hike

Forget Whistler, this is Tajikistan’s untouched, off-piste playground

Huw Kingston

Huw Kingston

Forget Whistler, this is Tajikistan’s untouched, off-piste playground

Breaking new ground: When does a path become a hiking trail?

Leon McCarron

Breaking new ground: When does a path become a hiking trail?

Beyond Petra: Hiking borderlands and finding community in northern Jordan

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Beyond Petra: Hiking borderlands and finding community in northern Jordan

In search of silence: Is this England’s quietest spot?

Richard Mellor

Richard Mellor

In search of silence: Is this England’s quietest spot?

What’s it like to swim into the world’s weirdest underwater orgy?

Sarah Reid

Sarah Reid

What’s it like to swim into the world’s weirdest underwater orgy?

Celebrating sparseness and solitude in the Jordanian wilderness

Leon McCarron

Celebrating sparseness and solitude in the Jordanian wilderness

The man who walked 12,000 kilometers across the African continent

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

The man who walked 12,000 kilometers across the African continent

How to make an award-winning adventure film (without budget or crew)

Leon McCarron

How to make an award-winning adventure film (without budget or crew)

Microadventures in the Yukon, Canada’s last frontier

Mike MacEacheran

Mike MacEacheran

Microadventures in the Yukon, Canada’s last frontier

Photographing Britain’s wilderness ‘hotels’ (and the people who use them)

Nicholas JR White

Nicholas JR White

Photographing Britain’s wilderness ‘hotels’ (and the people who use them)

In photos: One cyclist’s remarkable journey from London to Hong Kong

Joshua Cunningham

Joshua Cunningham

In photos: One cyclist’s remarkable journey from London to Hong Kong

The fly fisher on a mission to get more women out on the water

Tayla Gentle

Tayla Gentle

The fly fisher on a mission to get more women out on the water

There’s no war in the Wakhan: Hiking remote, spectacular Afghanistan

Tracey Croke

Tracey Croke

There’s no war in the Wakhan: Hiking remote, spectacular Afghanistan

How mountain biking is saving tiny towns around the world

Andrew Fenton

Andrew Fenton

How mountain biking is saving tiny towns around the world

The man who cycled around the world on less than $5 a day

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

The man who cycled around the world on less than $5 a day

Meet the men who spent 46 days in the wilderness (on purpose)

Leon McCarron

Meet the men who spent 46 days in the wilderness (on purpose)

Could we really have commercial space tourism by 2020?

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Could we really have commercial space tourism by 2020?

Why is nobody visiting Rwenzori, home of Africa’s spectacular secret summits?

Tayla Gentle

Tayla Gentle

Why is nobody visiting Rwenzori, home of Africa’s spectacular secret summits?

Inside Kong Lor Cave, Laos’ real-life ‘Space Mountain’

Andrew Fenton

Andrew Fenton

Inside Kong Lor Cave, Laos’ real-life ‘Space Mountain’

The most fun on three wheels? Try driving a tuk-tuk through Sri Lanka

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

The most fun on three wheels? Try driving a tuk-tuk through Sri Lanka

How to ride a scooter in Southeast Asia (and live to tell the tale)

Ben Groundwater

Ben Groundwater

How to ride a scooter in Southeast Asia (and live to tell the tale)

Give an adventure: Travel experiences you can gift

The Editors

The Editors

Give an adventure: Travel experiences you can gift

Conquering the world’s most dangerous road (on a mountain bike)

Andrew Fenton

Andrew Fenton

Conquering the world’s most dangerous road (on a mountain bike)

Is this the best island in the world for stargazing?

Emma Thomson

Is this the best island in the world for stargazing?

Editors’ Picks: Gift guide for every type of adventurer

The Editors

The Editors

Editors’ Picks: Gift guide for every type of adventurer

You can now virtually ‘hike’ all of South Africa’s National Parks

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

You can now virtually ‘hike’ all of South Africa’s National Parks

Between two continents: Snorkeling in Iceland

David Whitley

David Whitley

Between two continents: Snorkeling in Iceland

Meet the Afghan skiers hoping to make Olympic history

Paula Froelich

Paula Froelich

Meet the Afghan skiers hoping to make Olympic history

Coasteering: Why everyone’s throwing themselves off a cliff

Kerry Walker

Coasteering: Why everyone’s throwing themselves off a cliff

Road tripping Canada’s Surf Highway

Kristin Kent

Kristin Kent

Road tripping Canada’s Surf Highway

Papua New Guinea’s lake of monsters (real and imagined)

Ian Lloyd Neubauer

Ian Lloyd Neubauer

Papua New Guinea’s lake of monsters (real and imagined)

Why the trend for microadventures is on the up

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Why the trend for microadventures is on the up

Mon dieu! A race against the clock in the French countryside

Max Olijnyk

Max Olijnyk

Mon dieu! A race against the clock in the French countryside

What I learned on a 300km walk through the Australian desert

Jo Stewart

Jo Stewart

What I learned on a 300km walk through the Australian desert

Mountains and Motown: Why Kyrgyzstan left me speechless

Erik Trinidad

Erik Trinidad

Mountains and Motown: Why Kyrgyzstan left me speechless

Hot times on the Sulu Sea: A voyage of immoderate proportions

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

Hot times on the Sulu Sea: A voyage of immoderate proportions

Could this travel app change the game for adventure travelers?

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Could this travel app change the game for adventure travelers?

In search of (the real) Vodou in Haiti

Paul Clammer

Paul Clammer

In search of (the real) Vodou in Haiti