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9th May 2008 - Undiscovered Destinations
Mind the Gap
Cost £2,350
Undiscovered Destinations’ 15-day Darien Explorer Trek is a rare opportunity to journey deep into the rainforests of Panama’s infamous Darien Gap, the missing link in the Pan-American Highway. There are still places available on the 13th July departure from London.
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9th May 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
New Editions - Out Now!
Cost £14.99
New Editions of Albania, Cayman Islands and Nigeria hit the shelves!
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9th May 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Save Turtles and Get Two Free Nights
Cost £1,571
For summer 2008, Trips Worldwide introduces the Aleenta Resort & Spa, a small, luxury boutique hotel with big green credentials, thanks to its ongoing commitment to marine turtle conservation. From now until October, Trips Worldwide is offering 7-night stays at the Aleenta Resort for the price of 5 - daily departures are available from London.
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9th May 2008 - Walks Worldwide
Mackenzie's Trail
Cost £2,595
Journey into a remote and seldom travelled part of the Canadian Rockies, following sections of the 420km Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail, a historical overland trade route between the Pacific Ocean and Bella Coola, British Columbia, blazed in the late 1700s.  Continue through Fraser Valley and across Chilcotin Plateau keeping watch for Grizzly and Black Bear, then snorkel with spawning salmon in Bella Coola Valley during Walks Worldwide’s NEW guided, 14-day Wild West Mackenzie Trail, departing London 20th July and 9th August 2008.
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9th May 2008 - Equine Adventures
French Riding and Wine
Cost £950
Saddle up and head out into an ancient land of forest, meadows and valleys, following trails through spectacular countryside during a centre-based holiday in the Dordogne. Alternatively, ride through the vineyards of Bordeaux, sampling the finest regional wines and savouring local gourmet meals en route. Equine Adventure’s offers two unique French riding holidays combining a love of wine and all things equine in equal measure.
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9th May 2008 - Dragoman Overland
Keep the Flag Flying!
Cost £695
Through the actions of a humourless neighbour, a David Waterman is facing prosecution for hoisting the Jolly Roger outside his home in Surrey for his daughter's pirate-themed 8th birthday party. The father of four was ordered to lower his colours after complaints from a neighbour, since the skull and cross bones breaches advertising regulations. Escape meddling neighbours – exchange a galleon for a big orange truck, fearsome crew for like-minded travellers and head out on the open road - keeping the flag flying for real adventure! Dragoman Overland’s 22-night Lost World’s & Jungles overland explores the stunning beaches of Venezuela’s Caribbean coast (keep watch for pirates) then heads upriver to the jungle town of Manaus, departing Caracas 12th June and 17th July 2008.
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9th May 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
Wild China
Cost £506
The second programme in BBC 2’s new six-parter Wild China, focusses on Yunnan Province, widely regarded as the country’s most culturally diverse and scenically spectacular region. For those who want to do more than just armchair travel, Peregrine Adventures’ 10-day ‘Yunnan Explorer’ adventure goes off-the-beaten-track and gets under the skin of wild China. Departures from Kunming are available 22nd July, 9th September, 7th & 21st October 08.
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9th May 2008 - Wildlife Worldwide
Wildlife and Wild-scapes
Cost £2,095
Next week, BBC2 launch their new six-part documentary series Wild China, co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and China Central Television (CCTV), the first time that CCTV has collaborated with a foreign company.  The production team were granted unprecedented access to remote parts of China, enabling them to film and document the country's diverse wildlife and wild landscapes more comprehensively than ever before.  For a chance to see China’s wildlife and stunning landscapes first-hand, Wildlife Worldwide’s luxurious 9-day Rivers, Gorges & Pandas tour includes a 5-star river boat cruise on the Yangtze River, spectacular gorges and the Giant Pandas of Wolong Wildlife Reserve.  The tour departs daily from London throughout 2008.
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9th May 2008 - Naturetrek
It's the Blooming Balkans
Cost £995 p/p
With the gardening event of the year about to burst into bloom, Naturetrek offers a Chelsea ‘chaser’ - an 8-day botanical tour to a little-visited corner of Bulgaria that hosts one of Europe’s richest floras, including many endemic species you won’t see, even in Chelsea, departing London 21st June 2008.
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2nd May 2008 - Wildlife Worldwide
Game-Free Viewing
Cost £1,795
Campaigners hoping to preserve Rwanda's endangered Mountain Gorillas are attempting to emphasise their plight by offering Silverback, a game simulating the lives of the animals, free to web-enabled mobile phone users. Ken Banks, prime mover behind the initiative, in association with campaign group Flora and Fauna International (FFI), assured the public that he hasn’t produced a game ‘where gorillas are chasing people or doing bad things’. Bank’s maintains that he’s created one around ‘some kind of reality… to give a sense of the challenges they (gorillas) face both naturally and through human threat’. A far cry from Grand Theft Auto 4! They may be getting digital coverage, but to see Mountain Gorillas in the wild, a world-apart from broadband ‘gamers’, Wildlife Worldwide offer the real deal during a 6-day small-group, Gorilla tracking tour in Parc National des Volcans, departing London Heathrow next departing 21st June and 12th July 2008.
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2nd May 2008 - Walks Worldwide
Crossing the Last Frontier
Cost £895
According to recent reports, fewer Central and Eastern European immigrants are heading for the UK, and an increasing number are deciding to head back home. Discover some of the reasons why - impressive mountain ranges, abundant wildlife, lush valleys and beautiful architecture to name a few – and explore one of the last frontiers in Central Europe following in the steps of the historic amber trade route, during Walks Worldwide’s 8-day guided, Crossing Central Europe trek through Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, departing Budapest 3rd August 2008.
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2nd May 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Size Isn't Everything!
Cost £3,150
She weighs more than 80,000 family cars or 32,000 adult elephants and at 1,112 ft. is longer than 37 double-decker buses… If you don’t fancy rubbing shoulders with 3,999 other passengers (imagine the scrum for the deckchairs), a holiday aboard the brand new 160,000-ton, 15-deck Independence of the Seas - the world’s largest cruise ship, may not be for you… Tailor-made specialist, Trips Worldwide, has opted for more bijou vessels, Coral I & II (both around 108 ft. long) for its four night Galapagos wildlife cruise, part of a longer two week itinerary that includes a stay at Huaorani Ecolodge in Amazonian Ecuador. Departures from London by air are available daily.
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2nd May 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
Peregrine Scores With Culture Fans
Cost £830
It’s official, Chelsea have booked their place in Moscow, completing the all-English line-up in the Champions League final against Manchester United on May 21st. For those whose knowledge of footie would just about fill the back of a postage stamp, Peregrine Adventures offers a different approach – a 6-day exploration of Russia’s glorious past and present, from cosmopolitan and bustling Moscow to the stunning palaces of St. Petersburg… Next available departure from Moscow 2nd June, with further dates in July, August, September and October 08.
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2nd May 2008 - Naturetrek
The Way We Were
£1,095
For a glimpse of landscapes and rural communities unchanged for centuries, and a diverse flora rivalling many better known botanical destinations, join Naturetrek on an 8-day appreciation of the flowers of Slovakia’s mountains and plains, departing London 7th June 2008.
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2nd May 2008 - Equine Adventures
Prince Llywelyn Route
Cost £870
Wales offers miles of open moorland, rolling farmland, woodland and forest, quiet narrow lanes edged by fragrant flowering hedgerows and skies home to buzzards and red kites. From the Welsh borders to the Irish Sea, ride through the magnificent Cambrian Mountains and along stretches of the famous Glyndwr's Way utilising the B.H.S. (British Horse Society) Prince Llywelyn route, during Equine Adventure’s NEW Across Wales Ride, the first in a new programme of ‘bring-your-own-horse’ riding holidays. The 7-day guided or non-guided trail ride offers the ultimate Welsh riding experience - with the advantage of luggage transfers and comfortable accommodation en route, departs every Sunday from Felindre, May to October 2008.
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2nd May 2008 - Dragoman Overland
Great Game - Great Apes
Cost £575
A new game, free to mobile phone users, is the latest way to highlight the threat to Rwanda’s endangered Mountain Gorillas. ‘Silverback’ simulates the life of the gorillas and is the brainchild of designer, Ken Banks, in association with campaign group Flora and Fauna International (FFI). Although sitting in the comfort of their own home may seem riveting for some, – why not stop playing games and join Dragoman Overland on their 21-night East Africa & Gorilla Encounter expedition, through Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, departing Nairobi 20th September 08. (Trip code NNN48).
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2nd May 2008 - Dive Worldwide
'Bonkers' Free Nights' Deal - Tobago
Cost £805

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28th May 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
Algeria - First Edition Out Now!
Cost £15.99
Cancelled elections, military government, insecurity, terrorism and radical Islam have all proved less than effective marketing initiatives by ‘Destination Algeria’. As such, from the early 90s Africa’s second largest country effectively disappeared from the map, drowned beneath the sands of the Sahara and then veiled by an increasingly thick fog of geographical ignorance...
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25th April 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
Buongiorno Bradt!
Bradt Goes Italian
Bradt have signed a deal with Italian publisher FBE Edizioni to translate and publish their guides in Italian. This is a major step forward for Bradt and as Managing Director, Donald Greig explains ‘launching Bradt in Italian under our own brand is in line with our plans to gain broader consumer recognition, especially in those territories where Bradt guides are currently sold in English. We’re delighted to be working with FBE, a successful travel publisher with whom the Bradt brand sits very comfortably’.
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25th April 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
Iraq - Then & Now
Cost £15.99
If you thought tourism to Iraq was dead, a collateral victim in a war long supposed to have been won, think again. On 1st May 2008, five years to the day since George W Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech, Bradt Travel Guides will publish Iraq Then and Now: a guide to the country and its people. Co-author Geoff Hann knows tourism in the north of Iraq is still very much alive, he regularly leads tours there - twice in the past year. Journalist and co-author Karen Dabrowska knows Iraq, the surrounding region and its issues intimately, and is also Assistant Editor of Islamic Tourism Magazine.
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25th April 2008 - Dragoman Overland
Bored Kid Free-Zone
Cost £985 p/adt £887 p/chd
For a family holiday with absolutely no bored kids, this trip has it all - adventure, wonderful hotels, desert camping and the chance to climb Mt. Toubkal (4,167m), North Africa’s highest mountain. Haggle in the souks of Marrakech, explore ancient kasbahs, ride camels across the dunes of the Sahara and relax on the Atlantic beaches of Essaouria. Dragoman Overland’s 14-night, action-packed Moroccan Family Adventure will keep the whole family on their toes from start to finish! Departing Marrakech 28th July and 11th August 2008. (Trip codes FMA38 and 48 respectively).
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25th April 2008 - Equine Adventures
Cambrian Mountain Adventure
Cost £495
Canter across a wild and remote landscape and take in magnificent panoramic views during Equine Adventures’ 4-day ‘bring-your-own-horse’ riding breaks in rural Mid Wales. Miles of bridleways and open moorland in the Upper Teme valley are just waiting to be discovered, with idyllic accommodation in Brandy House Farm, a family run traditional Welsh stone farmhouse. Brandy House riding break now departs daily from Felindre throughout 2008.
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25th April 2008 - Naturetrek
George's New Forest
Cost £245
According to a recent poll, few English know how to highlight their National Day and Patron Saint – St. George… So, to celebrate the wonders of England in all its natural glory, why not spend an explorative weekend in the country’s largest and most important area of remaining lowland heathland - the New Forest? The forest is home to a huge variety of rare plant and animal species, plus five of the six British reptiles occur here, including the rare Smooth Snake and Sand Lizard. Other wildlife highlights include Red and Sika Deer, Dartford Warblers, Nightjar, along with raptors such as Hobby, Goshawk and Honey Buzzard. Specialist natural history operator Naturetrek offers a long-weekend of expertly guided exploration through the New Forest, departing Lyndhurst 16th May 2008.
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25th April 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
Bride of the Desert
Cost £1,595
The recent episode of Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture, revealled the tragic tale of Palmyra, Syria’s most beautiful and magnificent historic site, often described as the ‘bride of the desert’. Although in ancient times Palmyra was a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert on the ‘Spice Route’, this great city became laid to waste by the Roman Empire. For first hand exploration of a region that boasts a rich and complex history – from Pharoahs, Assyrians, Nabataeans, to the Greeks, Romans and Turks, join Peregrine Adventures on a 22-day Ancient Empires tour from Cairo to Damascus, next departing 6th June 2008.
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25th April 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Strawberry Hill & Jake's
Cost £1,745
For May and June, guests can stay for 10-nights and pay for just 8 as tailor-made specialist, Trips Worldwide, has thoughtfully included an extra night free in each of its two favourite Jamaican resorts, the mountaintop retreat of Strawberry Hill and laid-back Jake’s on Treasure Beach. Departures from Gatwick each Monday throughout May and June 2008 .
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25th April 2008 - Wildlife Worldwide
Wakey Wakey!
Cost £850
After a long winter’s hibernation of four to five months, come April, Europe’s Brown Bear population is waking up, and are at their most active and most visible as they forage for food after their self-imposed winter fast. Join natural history specialists Wildlife Worldwide for a 4-day long weekend or mid-week, Brown Bear-watching tour amongst the fine taiga forests that straddle Finland’s border with Russia, noted for their Brown Bear populations, and all perfectly timed to take advantage of excellent spring viewing opportunities. Bears in Finland departs London daily May to mid-August 2008.
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25th April 2008 - Walks Worldwide
Get There Before The 'Hawk'
Cost £1,075
An 80-year-old Californian has shunned retirement in favour of walking around the world. In 18 years, Harry ‘Hawk’ McGinnis has crossed all 50 states of the USA and 66 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, and expects to ‘retire from his retirement’, hang up his boots and publish a book of his epic journey in 2-4 years (give or take a few years). If the open road is calling but you’re too afraid to ask directions, Walks Worldwide offers exceptional guided and self-guided walking tours both European and long-haul - for example in Corsica, the strenuous GR20 or more leisurely shepherds trail…
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18th April 2008 - Wildlife Worldwide
Get There Before the Rush!
Cost £2,565
After the rainy season, Luangwa Valley is spectacular, the weather superb, the game as prolific as ever, and while the camps begin to re-open, May and June are traditionally quiet months - a great time to visit the Zambian bush before the crowds! Tailor-made natural history specialist Wildlife Worldwide offers a last minute discount of over 20% on a special 9-day Leopards of Luangwa safari, spending 8-nights in the Valley and 1-night at Pioneer Camp in Lusaka, for travel between 28th May and the 30th June 2008. Tours depart Heathrow once a week.
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18th April 2008 - Walks Worldwide
The Heart of Eastern Canada
Cost £2,195
Hike through remote mountain wilderness and ancient forest, canoe and swim in crystal clear lakes, explore the cultural delights of Toronto and charming Quebec City, explore the inspiring panoramas of the Charlevoix, Lac Saint Jean and Saguenay Fjord regions, then drive to the whale-watching capital of the East coast to watch the Saint Lawrence whales. Walks Worldwide’s NEW 17-day self-drive, Eastern Canada Pioneer, departs London Fridays and Tuesdays from May to September 2008.
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18th April 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Singapore Flyer Anyone?
Cost £2,059

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18th April 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
Sicillian Spirit Guaranteed
Cost £830
Follow Peregrine to Sicily and experience the charms of Mediteranean village life, whilst exploring the unique Alcantara Valley and brooding presence of Mount Etna. Later, visit prehistoric caves, Byzantine churches and Baroque buildings, all allowing for reflective sampling of the island’s most famous wine. Sicily’s charming hotels, delectable cuisine and spectacular mountains together conjure all the passion that is Italy. Peregrine Adventures has guaranteed places on its 7-day Spirit of Sicily tour, departing Taormina 1st June 2008.
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17th April 2008 - Naturetrek
New - Camargue Dragonflies & Birds
Cost £985
The Camargue, France’s vast wetland lying within the arms of the Rhone Delta, conjures up romantic images of wild white horses, black fighting bulls, gypsy festivals and perhaps the best olives in the world. Natural history specialist Naturetrek, however, has been particularly inspired by the region’s stunning dragonflies and offers a brand new 8-day tour focussing on both the rich dragonfly and bird populations. Tour departs London 2nd July 2008.
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18th April 2008 - Equine Adventures
The Eagle Has Landed
Cost £950
Mongolia's pristine natural environment makes it one of the few places to experience real freedom amongst the great outdoors. Vast rolling grasslands, azure-blue lakes and snow-capped peaks combine to allow riders a rare chance to enter a nomadic world far removed from the strains of modern life. Equine Adventures offer three NEW 14-day small group horseback adventures in to one of the world’s most spectacular regions including the opportunity to witness ancient Kazakh traditions at the spectacular annual Eagle Festival.
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18th April 2008 - Dragoman Overland
The Driest Place On Earth!
Cost £430
As the UK’s miserably moderate Winter effects its usual miraculous transformation into a reliably average cold and wet Spring, isn’t it time to look for something extreme? The Atacama Desert’s annual rainfall averages less than 1mm, so you can leave sandbags and wellies at home for this overland journey through one of the world’s most spectacular, dramatic and dry landscapes! Dragoman Overland’s 16-night Andes & Atacama adventure from Santiago to La Paz, across the coastal Atacama Desert, through the Altiplano and scaling the high plateau of the Andes, next departs Santiago 14th July 2008.
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18th April 2008 - Dive Worldwide
Caribbean Phoenix
Cost £1,109
Rising like a ‘Phoenix from the ashes’ - a series of volcanic eruptions in the 1990s, have ultimately proved no setback for Montserrat’s marine environment. Within the exclusion zone imposed for many years, the ecosystem has thrived without human intervention, and is now healthier than ever. Dive Worldwide offers a 7-night holiday exploring the island’s untouched reefs and volcanic caverns from a base at Tropical Mansion Suites boutique resort, departing daily from Gatwick throughout 2008.
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11th April 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Frogs, Fireworks & Monkey Business
Cost £2,099 adt, £1,599 chd
A free guided tour of Poás Volcano National Park and La Paz Waterfall Gardens, and an extra night’s accommodation at a luxurious eco-hotel on the beach, are just two of the special offers included in Trips Worldwide’s 12-day summer holiday in Costa Rica. This tour has been specially designed with families in mind as it includes two adjoining rooms in each of the hotels. Departures from London are available daily from June to September 08.
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11th April 2008 - Dragoman Overland
Nothing Terrible About This Trip
Cost £640
Tamerlane the Terrible, central Asia's most influential military leader of the 14th century, would be celebrating his 672nd birthday this week…luckily for the 21st century he is not. The Turkik Mongol conqueror spent his life wreaking destruction across Central Asia and is legendary for his ruthless savagery and lack of mercy, massacring entire populations, then building towers out of his victims skulls… his aim was to make his capital, Samarkand, the most impressive in Asia. To see if Tamerlane succeeded, join Dragoman Overland on its 14-night Samarkand & Tamerlane’s Testament, next departing Ashgabat 21st June 2008 (Code STT28). (Or v.v from Tashkent 7th July and 15th September 2008).
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11th April 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
Chinese Wildlife - First Edition
Cost £16.99
To outsiders, China projects a publically ambivalent approach towards wildlife, seemingly treating it as just another natural resource to be harvested and fed to its expanding economy. The demands of traditional Chinese medicine are rightly blamed for the ongoing demise of several endangered species, and the old anecdote about anything with four legs bar a table ending up on restaurant menus further compounds an apparently mercenary attitude towards the natural world. Martin Walters’s new Chinese Wildlife guidebook does not aim to overturn these preconceptions, which turn out to be broadly correct anyway. Yangtze River Dolphins are almost certainly the latest species to be crushed beneath China’s boots as it continues on its long march of progress. What Walters does seek is to highlight the careless and uninformed destruction of China’s remarkable natural-history heritage. He comments, ‘publishing a book such as this is both timely and urgent, partly to promote further field work, conservation and ecotourism, and partly to increase public education and awareness.’ Though cuddly headliners such as Giant Pandas are valued as national icons, and as such are closely guarded, many others less fortunate, including the south China tiger, have been hunted to extinction as unwelcome pests. Chinese Wildlife covers the whole spectrum of flora and fauna, from delicate orchids, to mammals and invertebrates. Details of key World Heritage sites, marine and nature reserves, including when to visit, are backed up by full-colour maps and over 300 colour photographs. There’s been much recent emphasis on international co-operation with China in trade, tourism and sport, not least the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Walters makes an overwhelmingly prescient case, supported by Heather Angel’s superb wildlife photography, for even more concerted joint efforts in the areas of wildlife conservation and the environment.
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11th April 2008 - Wildlife Worldwide
Zambia's Snappy Getaway...
Cost £3,150
Norwegian police are searching for a thief who walked out of Bergen Aquarium unnoticed with a crocodile under his arm. The stolen reptile, named Taggen (Spike), a 70cm Smooth-fronted Caiman - one of the world’s smallest, eats 'a good mix of fish and meat' and has a 'solid bite'… The aquarium's director, Mr Ekeli, has offered a reward of 25,000 Norwegian crowns (£2,500), for information leading to the recovery of 4-year-old Taggen, feared to die from stress outside the aquarium. Tailor-made natural history specialist Wildlife Worldwide offers the chance to observe the world’s second largest crocodile amongst the stress-free wilderness of Zambia’s Luangwa Valley. The 11-day Leopards of Luangwa tour, based at Kapani Lodge, the former home of Zambia’s father of conservation, Norman Carr, departs Heathrow twice a week from June to October 2008.
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11th April 2008 - Walks Worldwide
Meals On Wheels - Ludwig's On Foot
Cost £595
This week, Germany opened a new 'robot restaurant' Baggers in Nuremberg –freshly prepared (by a human), meals are ordered from touch-screen TV’s, then run all the way from the kitchen, high up in the roof, down to colour coded tables, via high speed helter-skelter-type tracks. Michael Mack, restaurant owner wanted to come up with a complete new system ‘one that would be more efficient and more comfortable’. From one German with a vision to another – King Ludwig's legacy is intertwined with the history of art and architecture, including the construction of several extravagant fantasy castles. Discover the enchanted King Ludwig’s Way during Walks Worldwide’s self-guided 9-day tour offering an alternative, non-strenuous approach to historic Germany - supersonic bratwurst or fantasy frankfurter anyone? Daily departures from Munich, May to October 2008.
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11th April 2008 - Equine Adventures
Hemingway's Kenya
Cost £1,930
Equine Adventures introduces spectacular savings on two thrilling 1-week mobile horseback safaris set amongst the stunning backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, in southern Kenya’s remote Chyulu Hills – Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa. Save £240 p/p and £570 p/p respectively on departures from Nairobi 8th June and 13th July 2008.
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11th April 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
The North Pole
Cost £11,804
Experience the ultimate in Polar adventure this summer with Peregrine Adventures - an expedition voyage to the top of the world, the Geographic North Pole. Choose from two 16 or one 17-day adventure aboard the 50 Years of Victory, the largest, most sophisticated and powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker ever constructed, departing Helsinki for Murmansk by air, 23rd June, 6th and 19th July 08 respectively. (The 19th July departure coincides with the solar eclipse).
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10th April 2008 - Naturetrek
The Lynx Effect
Cost £875
It would seem that the Lynx (Lynx Lynx) is making a comeback in the Italian Alps after a gap of nearly 100 years. In Spain however, the Iberian Lynx (Lynx Pardinus) is close to extinction with around 150 left in the wild. Naturetrek’s 6-day holiday focuses on the lesser-known corners of Spain’s Andalucia, the last refuges of the critically endangered Iberian Lynx. Tours depart London 23rd and 28th September 2008.
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4th April 2008 - Dive Worldwide
The Coral Triangle
Cost £3,035 p/p
The ‘Coral Triangle’, comprising portions of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Solomon Islands, The Philippines, and Malaysia, represents a concentration of marine life so diverse it’s sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the seas’. Many serious divers are putting this area at the top of their travel wish list, and Dive Worldwide is on hand to realise those wishes by offering some of the best diving in the ‘Coral Triangle’, during a 8-night liveaboard focussing on Papua New Guinea’s northerly coastal waters. Departures from London by air available daily.
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4th April 2008 - Bradt Travel Guides
New Editions - Montenegro and Lithuania
Cost £14.99
Out now!
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4th April 2008 - Dragoman Overland
The No1 African Overland
Cost £595 p/p
Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the BBC’s first drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana. The story chronicles the adventures of Mma Precious Ramotswe in her new career as the country's first-ever female detective - despite few assets – a tiny white van, two decrepit typewriters, a teapot and three teacups. The series was adapted for television by Richard Curtis and the late Anthony Minghella. Minghella called filming in Botswana ‘an amazing adventure’, and found it ‘a privilege to be working on a film which celebrates what we can learn from Africa and not what we think we can teach it.’ For an on-location, action packed African drama, look no further than Dragoman Overland’s 21-night performance through South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Packed with adventure activities, including elephant safaris, white-water rafting, quad biking through the dunes of the Namib Desert, the journey combines hands-on community projects, and unsurpassed wildlife viewing opportunities… Starring a big orange truck, supported by superb location crew and fare-paying extras Deserts, Delta & Dugouts is on tour from Cape Town 19th April, 12th May 2008 and v.v. 12th May 2008 (trip code DDD88) - no teapots in sight!
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4th April 2008 - Equine Adventures
Italy in the Saddle
Cost £930
Stylish, cultured, good humoured and yet volatile - Italy, with its golden light, stunning landscapes and rich cultural heritage has inspired poets and painters for centuries. Equine Adventures’ offers two new tours, riding deep into Tuscany’s spectacular landscape, from the dramatic Muraglione pass to the ancient forests of Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines. Discover medieval villages, soak up Tuscan history, and indulge in local gastronomic delights accompanied by superb wines – the epitome of a perfect holiday! Choose from centre-based rides at the 18th century Villa de Colognole estate or more challenging trail rides deep into the dramatic Mugello region.
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4th April 2008 - Naturetrek
Wolfman Jonson?
Cost £985 p/p
Lobo: Ernest Thompson Seton’s book about Lobo the Wolf was the subject of BBC 2’s Natural World recently. The book offered one of the first positive portrayals of Wolves, inspiring many naturalists, including David Attenborough, who narrated the programme. Naturetrek enlists the help of ‘Wolf Man’ and naturalist guide Marcus Jonson for its new 5-day wildlife tour exploring the dense forests and lakes of scenic Bergslagen and Hälsingland. The tour searches out some of Sweden's larger mammals, in particular Wolf, Elk, Mountain Hare, Beaver and Brown Bear, departing London 25th June 2008.

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4th April 2008 - Peregrine Adventures
Libya - A Future in the Past
Cost £1,144 p/p
The maturing rapprochement between Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s regime and the rest of the world has seen Libya’s tourism profile transform out of all recognition. Economic sanctions, travel bans and pariah status have all increasingly become phantoms of the past. However, though Libya’s future seems very different, its strength still lies in the past. Peregrine Adventures’ 9-day Classic Libya tour plunges deep into the desert to the UNESCO World Heritage oasis town of Ghadames, returning to explore the country’s remarkable coastal Phoenician, Greek and Roman archaeological sites. Tours depart Tripoli 26th April and 10th May 2008 (other dates too).
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4th April 2008 - Trips Worldwide
Tanjong Jara Scoops Top Spa Award
Cost £1,645 p/p
The luxurious 5* Tanjong Jara Resort on Malaysia’s East Coast, has just scooped the Conde Naste 2008 Award for ‘Best Hotel Spa in Asia Pacific and the Indian Subcontinent’ and to celebrate tailor-made specialist, Trips Worldwide is offering 10-nights for the price of 9 for departures from London throughout June 2008.
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