Tours
How to pick the right tour (in 10 easy steps)
Travelling in a group frees you up to focus on having a good time rather than juggling tickets and booking accommodation.
- by Brian Johnston
Italy’s stunning, but slightly seedy, island paradise
This might be the safest and most comfortable way to see the Mediterranean’s largest island, just off the “toe” of Italy’s “boot”.
- by Helen Pitt
See them while you still can: 19 bucket-list wildlife experiences
At a time when the world’s wildlife is under more pressure than ever, many of today’s wildlife experiences also help with conservation.
- by Richard Madden and Julietta Jameson
Yes, you read right: The river that’s officially recognised as a ‘legal person’
New Zealand’s longest navigable river has a personality that changes with every twist and turn.
- by Kerry van der Jagt
Opinion
Tips & advice
Women are increasingly travelling without men, and who can blame them?
For some women, it’s a relief to travel without a man harrumphing in the background while they shop or complaining when they disappear to the spa.
- by Lee Tulloch
What a place: This crayfish capital is New Zealand’s best-kept secret
I felt like I had discovered something very few people know about. I got the feeling most locals would like to keep it that way, too.
- by Ben Groundwater
High Country’s hottest new stays linked by tasty cycling trail
An old gold-rush pub and a former asylum are two buzzy accommodations, best connected via a two-wheeled picnic.
- by Belinda Jackson
Adventures made easy: 24 top hassle-free holidays for 2024
Group tours can get you to places you might be nervous to venture solo or, as an individual traveller, simply can’t get to. Here are 24 of the best for 2024.
- by Brian Johnston
New cross-country tour focuses on experiences unique to Australia
This 13-day, Indigenous-focused guided holiday moves from the city to the outback across Melbourne, Uluru, Sydney and Cairns.
- by Julietta Jameson
An epic and poetic walk in a Japanese legend’s footsteps
Following in the footsteps of a haiku master on Japan’s main island is poetry in motion.
- by Catherine Marshall