Use your holiday for something more than lying on the beach. We’ve got some fab ideas full of adventure, that will take you out of your comfort zone and learning about different cultures, after all, isn’t that what travel’s all about?
If you’re a keen cyclist and want a challenge then how about an epic mountain biking trip through Kyrgyzstan’s Talas mountains? You’ll ride single tracks between peaks that rise up to 4,500 metres in this wild land that remains as if modern life didn’t exist. Huge horizons, forgotten borders and plenty of myths and legends. You cover around 15 kilometres a day and camp at nights.
Head to Belize to try your hand at Lionfish spearing. Rather than wanting to help these invasive species, there are quite a few holidays geared up to try and rid Belize’s coastline of these pests. Learn to dive and help to restore balance to this fragile ecosystem.
Trek Armenia’s rugged heartland with this hiking trip to summit two of the country’s southern peaks – Mount Khustup and Mount Aramazd. Then it’s onto a fairy tale rock fortress and UNESCO world heritage site of Tatev monastery carved into Armenia’s deepest gorge Vorotan. You’ll be one of the first foreigners to see these amazing sites.
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If the thought of summer is getting too much, how about heading to Norway to learn to bobsled? The Olympic sport isn’t for the faint hearted but if you love adrenaline then hurtling down these steep icy slopes at speed is hard to beat for a rush. You can experience it ahead of the next Winter Olympics in the city of Lillehammer.
Bob-raft, reaching speeds of 100kmph
