Jun 6, 2017 • 4 min read
Lonely Planet Local Kira Tverskaya has been a Moscow dweller for over 16 years. A lot has changed in Moscow in recent times – from the appearance of bike…
Jun 6, 2017 • 4 min read
Lonely Planet Local Kira Tverskaya has been a Moscow dweller for over 16 years. A lot has changed in Moscow in recent times – from the appearance of bike…
Jun 5, 2017 • 4 min read
On the fringes of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, the Living Hunter’s Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi functions both as an open-air education facility for the…
May 25, 2017 • 4 min read
The classics are the classics for a reason and this round-up of iconic wildlife encounters is no exception.
May 24, 2017 • 7 min read
If you love trekking but can’t live without wi-fi or banana pancakes, stop reading now. Snaking off from Nepal’s legendary Annapurna Circuit, the wild,…
May 23, 2017 • 5 min read
Relaxation means something different to everyone. Perhaps you love laying out on the beach and paddling in turquoise waters; maybe you’d rather soak up…
May 22, 2017 • 5 min read
Sequinned revellers, shiny pants, pilgrimages and historic towns – July certainly has a lot in store for the culture-conscious traveller.
May 19, 2017 • 5 min read
This round-up of adventures is all about getting out into the wilds – go in search of walrus, whales and polar bears around Norway’s Arctic archipelago;…
May 17, 2017 • 9 min read
The Māori call them mākutu, or witchcraft, because in New Zealand the roads are magical. One minute they surface, unfolding along pastoral foothills; the…
May 9, 2017 • 6 min read
Tokyo is dazzling, frenetic and fashionably cool, but there are times when the population crush and non-stop energy turns this urban paradise into a…
May 8, 2017 • 5 min read
Picture a tropical archipelago of steep, jungle-covered islands, glittering white-sand beaches, hidden lagoons and luminous turquoise waters. Now throw in…
Apr 18, 2017 • 16 min read
Lying in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa, the island of Madagascar has evolved in splendid isolation for more than 80 million years;…
Apr 17, 2017 • 5 min read
On the outskirts of Bogotá, a mysterious and silent landscape extends for thousands of square kilometers. Unique to high tropical mountains, páramos are…
Apr 13, 2017 • 5 min read
Islands have always occupied a special place in the imagination of travellers. Defined by their finite geography, they inspire a romanticised sense of …
Apr 4, 2017 • 4 min read
Whether you’re bearing witness to a colossal procession of icebergs floating out to sea in Canada; staring at starry skies and dazzling sunrises in…
Apr 3, 2017 • 4 min read
Forget long layovers and cramped overnight buses, make your journey the adventure itself with these epic excuses to hit the open road… or ocean!
Mar 31, 2017 • 4 min read
Bucket-list favourites, fairy chimneys, beer festivals and more await culture vultures in May. Drive through the USA’s Deep South to explore America at…
Mar 29, 2017 • 5 min read
Shoulder season prices can often mean compromising on the destination – maybe the days aren’t as warm as you’d hoped, the local bars and restaurants…
Mar 10, 2017 • 6 min read
Some 1800 years ago, Arabic traders gave the Maldives a moniker that remains relevant to this day: the ‘Money Isles’. Back then, the archipelago’s…
Mar 8, 2017 • 8 min read
As you drift across the mirror-still surface of a shallow bay in Kosterhavet, Sweden’s first national marine park, the reason why Bohuslän beguiles…
Feb 1, 2017 • 5 min read
Belarus is off the radar of most travellers, but this rarely explored corner of eastern Europe has just given them the legislative equivalent of a come…
Jan 4, 2017 • 6 min read
Thrust into the spotlight as the poster children of the effects of climate change, polar bears have become the endangered celebrities of the animal world.
Nov 30, 2016 • 5 min read
Bequia, one of the more off the beaten track islands in the already remote Grenadine Islands in the Caribbean, is a world away from international resorts…