What The Press Say
A selection of news & reviews about some of the destinations we feature...
Indian Himalayas - Sunday Telegraph, Imogen Stubbs
Humbled in the Himalayas
"On an exhilarating trek in the foothills of the mountains, Imogen Stubbs finds awe-inspiring sights and an India that confounds her preconceptions."
Morocco - Songlines, Simon Broughton
Simon Broughton goes to Morocco to visit the town that put the Fes into Festival.
"There are basically two types of music festival. There are those, like WOMAD, where you invite a load of international artists and put them in a field. And there are those, like Fes, where you build on a local tradition and make it into something international, but unique, specific to that location...".
Rwanda - The Independent, Laura Bailey
The Ape Hunter
"Deep in the jungles of Rwanda live some of the last mountain gorillas on earth. Laura Bailey goes in search of the elusive giants of the primate world...".
Niger - Harpers Abroad, Philip Fiske
Dune Roamin'
"You don’t have to be a Nomad to work here... but it helps. Philip Fiske joins a modern day desert caravan and journeys through the stunning, other worldly Saharan landscape of northern Niger, taking in stone-age rock paintings, abandoned cities and free-spirited camels...".
Botswana - The Daily Telegraph Ultratravel, Rian Malan
The Big Nothing
"It's a salt pan in Botswana, empty of features, grass and trees. Yet the Makgadikgadi draws people who have seen all there is to see in Africa's game parks.".
Zambia - BA Highlife Magazine, Brian Jackman
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
"Brian Jackman first went on a Zambian walking safari more than 25 years ago. Returning recently, he found the African bush as magical as ever...".
Mali - The Independent, Ian Birrell
Songs of Freedom
"After drought and civil war, The Festival in the Desert was started to promote peace. Ian Birrell reports from Mali on an extraordinary event in the middle of the Sahara.".
Kenya - The Field, Max Hastings
I had a house in Africa...
"... on the Laikipia Plateau. Max Hastings lived the old Kenya life for five weeks and adored it.".
South Africa - The Saturday Telegraph, Jessamy Calkin
My Daughter and Other Animals
"Visitors to South Africa's game reserves talk of tracking down the 'Big Five'. But Jessamy Calkin and her nine-year old, Bam Bam, did not stop there. They found baby elephant twins, they crept within a few yards of a cheetah and her cubs, and they watched a leopard fall from a tree on its angry mother...".
Panama - Evening Standard, Clementine Hambro
It's Hats Off to Panama
"Linking North and South America, Panama is so much more than a canal. It has a lively capital, delectable islands and a vibrant people.".
