Wildlife holidays
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Winter in the Cairngorms national park can turn positively Arctic – perfect for Kari Herbert to give her small daughter a taste of the polar conditions, and creatures, she enjoyed as a child in Greenland
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Other lives: Freelance journalist and adventurer who planned to start a wildlife tourism business
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Kandy, Sigiriya and Yala may be stunning but you’ll have to share them with thousands of other tourists. We pick equally alluring but less-visited alternatives to the main honeypot sites
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Natural wonders are as elemental and ancient as they get on the Coral Coast, north of Perth. And charter flights and Indigenous guides are helping to open up its islands, peninsulas and lagoons
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David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II is already thrilling viewers with its amazing photography. We asked the show’s producers for their most memorable places, and suggest ways of seeing the wonders for yourself – though travelling to truly remote spots does not make for a budget trip
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A South African safari needn’t cost a packet. Our money-saving tips include going out of season, looking for online deals and doing what the locals do
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Report estimates continent is losing out on £25m in tourism spending each year due to the illegal wildlife trade that is killing elephants for their ivory
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Bison ruled the plains of North America until they were almost slaughtered into extinction in the 19th century. Today the population is recovering, and one of the best places to see them is Yellowstone national park
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As Scotland weighs up its wild camping presumption, we want to hear about your remote camping adventures
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Enjoy your own close-up with the wild landscapes seen in new film Hunt for the Wilderpeople on these adventure tours and activities in the North Island’s Auckland region
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In the empty spaces of the Swedish Arctic, I could truly see, smell and hear the world around me. Returning to the city, I had to shut my senses down
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The country’s mix of cultures, bizarre food, taboos, and unique wildlife leaves the TV presenter gobsmacked
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With US national parks such as Yosemite and Yellowstone facing overcrowding, we take a look at 10 beautiful but little-known parks where you’re more likely to see a bear, moose or ‘champion tree’ than another human
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A camping lookout above the natural beauty of little-visited Galiano Island, near Vancouver, offers wildlife, meteor showers – and a landscape full of affable locals
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Five leading nature writers were asked to reveal the places in the UK that they love. Their answers, from Orkney to Dartmoor, blend weather and landscape with childhood memories
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A former shipping container, creatively furnished and set by a lake, makes for a secluded base to explore the wildlife and attractions of an unheralded part of inland Cornwall
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After an absence from England of at least 500 years, beavers have been found living in the wild in east Devon. But the rodents aren’t keen on the spotlight
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Tour the tanks at twilight with a sleepover in front of shark-infested waters
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From gay bars in Havana to exotic wildlife in the countryside, our readers reveal how using local tour guides is a great way to discover Cuba
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We round up some of the best guided and self-guided walks that explore the continent’s high peaks, deep fjords and rare wildlife
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This vast country’s 17,000 tropical islands would take years to explore. As a new direct flight from the UK to Indonesia launches, we pick things to do and see plus the best hotels and restaurants in four popular destinations
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On Poland’s far border lies Białowieża, one of the last remnants of Europe’s primeval forest. It’s a haven for birds and mammals, but it’s also under threat, as our writer discovered on a new trip
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You don’t need to go on an African safari to take great wildlife photographs. Photographer Andrew Marshall, whose new photo-location guidebook gives advice on how to capture UK wildlife, selects 10 picture perfect spots
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The final part of our alt South Africa series journeys to the huge semi-desert expanse of the Karoo – the country’s ‘soul space’, which attracts eccentrics, hippies, crafters, outsider artists, and road-trippers
Loch Lomond’s wild camping ban is a backwards and short-sighted step