Episode summary: I spent a magical evening on a sand dune at Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, listening to a very tuneful gecko…
Episode summary: I braved thick fog and damp reindeer to reach the very top of Europe. I shunned the tourist traps of Nordkapp and…
Episode summary: The Vallée d’Ossau is full of summer radiance on the day I come to stay. I and several hundred other people and…
Episode summary: The Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland make up one of the world’s most important seabird sanctuaries, with thousands of…
Episode summary: I am sitting on the rim of the crater of an ancient volcano in Samoa in the South Pacific, with a sheer…
Episode summary: I am at the very edge of the precipitous – and very loud – Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe…
Stone circles, Viking runes and spectacular Scottish seabirds This article was first published in Explore magazine on November 8, 2025 (as the cover story)…
Leave the airport food and crowds behind and hit the waves This article was first published in Explore Travel magazine (see p13) on 17…
Episode summary: I travelled to Costa Rica in Central America to climb a volcano called Arenal. If you want to know ‘is it worth…
Episode summary: I travelled to the haunting Skeleton Coast of Namibia in southwestern Africa to experience one of the world’s most remote places. This…