What it’s like to scale mountains – hungover – with record-breaking climber Nims Purja

What’s more, he was relatively late to the sport, having served in the British Army with the Gurkhas, before a stint in the Special Boat Service, the…

Why I decided my 60th birthday was finally the time to conquer my fears on holiday

With my fear of heights conquered, it was now time to tackle my other phobia. The aim of every safari is to see the Big Five –…

‘I am a guilty survivor of another round of pandemic-age travel roulette’

This week I write to you from a safari lodge in Tanzania, the guilty survivor of another round of pandemic-age travel roulette. Tanzania stayed off the hotel…

Why midlifers and retirees are turning to adventure travel

How to do it: Saddle Skedaddle’s six-day Off-road Coast-to-Coast costs from £895 including accommodation in B&Bs, country inns and family-run hotels, most meals, guides, support vehicle and luggage…

Meet the last of the Tanzanian people who can ‘talk’ to birds

Later, we found the carcass of a male impala which, judging by the antler gores on its side, had died in a rutting dispute with another male….