travel guide

The massive bulk of Benbulbin sits like the upturned hull of a ship amid Sligo's stonewalled pastures. Near the mountain top, the steep slopes give way abruptly to cliffs - sculpted by the weather...

The woods and gentle contours of the road towards Wast Water give little hint of the splendour to come - a view unequalled in the whole of England's Lake District. Ahead lies a sheet of slate-grey...

Sakrebailu Elephant Camp Shimoga is located in Shimoga district, Karnataka. A forested area surrounds the camp with the river Tunga flowing through it. You can visit the camp by all modes of...

A deep ravine, sheer-sided in places, cuts a spectacular slice into towering sea cliffs and high mountains in western Crete. For 11 miles (18km) the Samaria Gorge twists and turns, widening and...

Like a scratch made by some gigantic claymore (Scottish great sword), the Great Glen cuts diagonally across the Scottish Highland from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea. Ribbon-shaped lochs -...

World Elephant Day is a day to celebrate the unique and beautiful wild creatures that roam across the world. Elephants are one of the most intelligent animals on earth, and they are also extremely...

Maps of Finnish Lapland are a surprise. For an area lying well within the Arctic Circle, they reveal a land, not of ice and tundra but innumerable lakes, rivers and streams linked by forests, bogs...

A narrow blade of rock stabs the clear air of the Warrumbungles - a range of mountains in New South Wales. Aptly called the Breadknife, it reaches skywards to a height of 300ft (90m), yet its...

The struggle for independence was definitely not an easy one. It took many lives, both Indian and British before the country became free from British rule. It was a time when people chose to stand...

Deadman pass, Dry Bone Canyon, Funeral Mountains - the very place names of California's Death Valley are sinister. This is North America's hottest, driest area - a place of baking summer heat where...

There are, in any case, many compensations. Since the Maori colonised what is now New Zealand in the 14th century, the Rotorua area has been the country of the great Arawa group of tribes. They,...

Towering in magnificent isolation above its Alpine surroundings, the Matterhorn is celebrated for its horn - a slightly bent pyramidal peak. It straddles the Swiss-Italian frontier, and in English...