Petra to the Pyramids – Departing 24 October 2024
Escorted Tour to Vietnam & Cambodia with Anzac Memorials – Departing 01 April 2025
Amalfi Coast to have own airport from July 2024
Linda’s welcome at Phinda Private Game Reserve by Linda Weiss
Linda arrived at andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve yesterday to the most incredible welcome party! A lioness and her two teen cubs almost waved them in to land from the very edge of the airstrip! And, if that wasn’t exciting enough…then the male lion appeared to say hi! The game… Learn more
Linda’s ‘Mega Lekker’ escape to South Africa by Linda Weiss
The first e-postcards have arrived from Linda who is currently spending two weeks exploring South Africa! Straight off our flight into Cape Town we headed to Franschhoek in the Western Cape Winelands to stay at the stunning Franschhoek Country House & Villas. We took a wander through the quaint village… Learn more
Silk Road Odyssey – 29 Days Escorted Tour – 2 departures, departing Christchurch 03 & 10 May 2025
A 500m cruise on Ponant’s luxury icebreaker in Lyttelton Harbour
A Week in Japan at Christmas by Ian Collier
Japan is certainly a ‘hot’ destination for Discover Travel presently, with unprecedented levels of interest in this most fascinating of countries since they dropped all restrictions in April 2023. My last trip there was in April 2019 when I walked the Nakasendo Trail, so I jumped at the chance to… Learn more
3-night Disney Magic at Sea Cruise out of Auckland by Peter Dunne
I recently embarked on a 3-night Disney Magic at Sea Cruise out of Auckland with my family. I thought who better to get some feedback from then my daughters Lily and Charlotte – it is Disney after all! I had an incredibly thrilling and delightful time on the Disney… Learn more
A family holiday in Samoa by Juliet Davis
With a 3 hour direct daily flight from Auckland and their time zone just 1 hour ahead, Samoa has proven to be a fantastic holiday destination for our family (with children aged 8 and 10). Our 12 days away was a mixture of time in Apia, Lalomanu Beach on the… Learn more
A week in Northern Spitsbergen in search of pack ice and polar bears. by Ian Collier
A few years ago, I wrote a short piece about how much I enjoyed my 2 day ‘digital detox’ aboard the Rocky Mountaineer train in the wilds of British Colombia. Disconnected from phone and internet does provide an increasingly rare opportunity to focus entirely on your surroundings and so a… Learn more
Oslo to Longyearbyen by Ian Collier
Oslo is often overlooked by travellers keen to explore Europe’s great cities, probably because it doesn’t have any obvious iconic landmarks and is perceived as being very expensive, so I was completely unprepared for how impressive it is for the first time visitor. This is a city with vast green… Learn more