How To Prepare For a Multi-Day Cycling Adventure
Guides, Cycling

How To Prepare For a Multi-Day Cycling Adventure

"Gear, route and mindset". Tips for going on a cycling trip from Vedangi Kulkarni, who has cycled around the world twice...

  • Vedangi Kulkarni
    Vedangi Kulkarni
Vedangi Kulkarni 12 May 2025 • 15 min read
What I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Jordan
Features, Jordan, Travel Tips: What I Wish I Knew

What I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Jordan

Why you should visit Wadi Rum now, take a longer hike to Petra and eat humous every day when you're in Jordan...

  • Marta Marinelli
    Marta Marinelli
Marta Marinelli 22 Apr 2025 • 8 min read
Climbing for Kosovo: Uta Ibrahimi and the World's Highest Peaks
Features, Mountain Mindset, Kosovo

Climbing for Kosovo: Uta Ibrahimi and the World's Highest Peaks

We speak to Uta Ibrahimi, on the brink of becoming the first person from the Balkans to climb all 14 eight-thousanders

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 20 Mar 2025 • 10 min read

Features

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The 152km Batongguan Historic Trail in Taiwan
Features, Trail Setting Stories

The 152km Batongguan Historic Trail in Taiwan

Hike through the dense forests, prairie grasslands and high peaks of Taiwan's Central Mountain Range on this remote trek

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 12 May 2025 • 8 min read
How to See Verdon Gorge Without the Crowds? Pack a Raft
Features, France, Packrafting

How to See Verdon Gorge Without the Crowds? Pack a Raft

The new activity which can let you have the Grand Canyon of Europe - and one of France's top beauty spots - to yourself...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 25 Apr 2025 • 5 min read
Exploring Taiwan's Diverse Hot Spring Culture
Features

Exploring Taiwan's Diverse Hot Spring Culture

An under-the-radar country with over 100 wild hot springs, many of which are only accessible on foot...

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 23 Apr 2025 • 9 min read

Tourism Leakage

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Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel?
Features, Tourism Leakage, Thailand

Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel?

On 'The White Lotus Paradox', and why watching the morally bankrupt go on holiday sparks our wanderlust

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 14 Feb 2025 • 7 min read
Is There a Roadmap to Decarbonise Tourism?
Features, Tourism Leakage, Sustainability

Is There a Roadmap to Decarbonise Tourism?

The carbon emissions of travel, and particularly flights, are "the elephant in the room" of tourism. But a roadmap does exist...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 5 Aug 2024 • 13 min read
There is a Crisis of Equity in Tourism. So, What Now?
Features, Tourism Leakage

There is a Crisis of Equity in Tourism. So, What Now?

“Who’s really benefiting from the visitors that come to a destination? And is that value being distributed fairly?”

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 16 Jan 2024 • 11 min read

Mountain Mindset

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Do I Always Have to ‘Find Myself’ When Travelling?
Features, Lifestyle, Mountain Mindset

Do I Always Have to ‘Find Myself’ When Travelling?

Adventure travel can broaden our horizons, but that doesn't mean every trip needs to be a voyage of self-discovery

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 17 Apr 2025 • 8 min read
How Stepping Outside Can Stop You Feeling SAD
Features, Mountain Mindset, Unlocking Adventure

How Stepping Outside Can Stop You Feeling SAD

A Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) researcher explains why natural light is the best way to beat the 'winter blues'...

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 25 Oct 2024 • 8 min read
Why Decision-Making is the Most Important Attribute in Adventure
Features, Mountain Mindset

Why Decision-Making is the Most Important Attribute in Adventure

We speak to expedition leader Oli France and Mountaineering Scotland's Ross Cadie about decision-making in the outdoors...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 31 Jul 2024 • 11 min read

Unlocking Adventure

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Why Can Nobody Name a Female Explorer?
Features, Unlocking Adventure, Hiking

Why Can Nobody Name a Female Explorer?

New research found 53% of Brits couldn’t name a single female explorer - and 84% don’t recall ever learning about one...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 17 Mar 2025 • 7 min read
How Does Being Neurodivergent Shape Your Outdoor Experience?
Features, Unlocking Adventure

How Does Being Neurodivergent Shape Your Outdoor Experience?

A bikepacker and an academic explain how – and why – being outdoors can empower neurodiverse people

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 2 Dec 2024 • 10 min read
‘I See The Change’: The Rise of Female Mountain Guides in Nepal
Features, Unlocking Adventure, Nepal

‘I See The Change’: The Rise of Female Mountain Guides in Nepal

Tejshree Basnet is one of the few women to be a lead guide in Nepal, but the winds of change are blowing in the Himalayas...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 20 Nov 2024 • 8 min read

Trail Setting Stories

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The 152km Batongguan Historic Trail in Taiwan
Features, Trail Setting Stories

The 152km Batongguan Historic Trail in Taiwan

Hike through the dense forests, prairie grasslands and high peaks of Taiwan's Central Mountain Range on this remote trek

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 12 May 2025 • 8 min read
The New Camino Routes Through the Wine Region of Alentejo, Portugal
Trail Setting Stories, Hiking

The New Camino Routes Through the Wine Region of Alentejo, Portugal

Discover Moorish towns, quiet hiking trails and wine made according to a 2,000-year-old technique...

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 24 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
The 225-Mile Trail on the Border of Kosovo and North Macedonia
Trail Setting Stories, Kosovo, Hiking

The 225-Mile Trail on the Border of Kosovo and North Macedonia

We speak to Kosovar guide Uta Ibrahimi about the High Scardus Trail, and hiking on the borders of the Balkans…

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 24 Mar 2025 • 7 min read

Guides

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Worried About Being at the Back on a Group Cycling Trip? Don’t Be.
Guides, Cycling, Albania

Worried About Being at the Back on a Group Cycling Trip? Don’t Be.

"We come across different fitness levels, and that's completely normal," says Albanian cycling guide Endrit Shima.

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 11 Apr 2025 • 6 min read
How to Choose the Right Level of Bike Trip
Guides, Cycling

How to Choose the Right Level of Bike Trip

Expert advice from a cycling adventure designer on how trips are graded, and how to choose the perfect one for you

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 8 Apr 2025 • 7 min read
A Guide to Hiking the Dolomites’ Alta Via 2
Guides, Hiking, Italy

A Guide to Hiking the Dolomites’ Alta Via 2

Scramble up scree slopes and tackle pulse-racing via ferratas on the most challenging 'high route' in the Dolomites...

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 3 Apr 2025 • 16 min read

Hiking

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A Guide to the Grand Traverse of Elba, in the Tuscan Archipelago
Features, Italy, Hiking

A Guide to the Grand Traverse of Elba, in the Tuscan Archipelago

The GTE takes you up and over the mountains of the Tuscan archipelago, with views to Corsica and the Italian mainland...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 8 Apr 2025 • 5 min read
A Guide to Hiking the Dolomites’ Alta Via 2
Guides, Hiking, Italy

A Guide to Hiking the Dolomites’ Alta Via 2

Scramble up scree slopes and tackle pulse-racing via ferratas on the most challenging 'high route' in the Dolomites...

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 3 Apr 2025 • 16 min read
10 of the Best Hikes in the Balkans
Guides, Hiking

10 of the Best Hikes in the Balkans

From the Via Dinarica and The High Scardus Trail to Mount Olympus, Bosnia's Mount Maglić and the Albanian Alps...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 2 Apr 2025 • 16 min read

Cycling

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Worried About Being at the Back on a Group Cycling Trip? Don’t Be.
Guides, Cycling, Albania

Worried About Being at the Back on a Group Cycling Trip? Don’t Be.

"We come across different fitness levels, and that's completely normal," says Albanian cycling guide Endrit Shima.

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 11 Apr 2025 • 6 min read
How to Choose the Right Level of Bike Trip
Guides, Cycling

How to Choose the Right Level of Bike Trip

Expert advice from a cycling adventure designer on how trips are graded, and how to choose the perfect one for you

  • Dani Redd
    Dani Redd
Dani Redd 8 Apr 2025 • 7 min read
What Do I Really Need to Bring With Me on a Guided Cycling Tour?
Guides, Cycling

What Do I Really Need to Bring With Me on a Guided Cycling Tour?

We ask the experts what to bring on a guided cycling trip and what to wear while riding. Plus, an example kit list...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 28 Mar 2025 • 8 min read
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