Vania’s Guide to Italian Cuisine – 4 Delicious Dishes May 21, 2020 From a hands on cookery class with local chefs on our Sicily Food Adventure to making authentic Neapolitan pizza on the Amalfi Coast, Exodus Travels are your ultimate guide to dinner parties around the world. Read more about Vania’s Guide to Italian Cuisine – 4 Delicious Dishes
Leaders at Home: Italian traditions with Vania De Paoli May 20, 2020 Home to some of the world’s greatest works of art like the intricate Sistine Chapel frescos and renowned culinary delights such as velvety cannoli, Italy is also a country steeped in century-old traditions that most Italian families continue to celebrate and cherish to this day. Vania De Paoli, one of our local guides and winner of the Exodus Travels Leader of the Year Awards in 2019, couldn’t agree more – a huge part of her cultural identity is all about embracing her country’s traditions. Read more about Leaders at Home: Italian traditions with Vania De Paoli
The Best Travel Shows & Movies We're Watching Right Now May 14, 2020 While we love the thrill of getting lost in a truly gripping travel book, we also can’t deny the immense satisfaction of binge-watching an inspiring travel series that gets us excited for when the world reopens again. TV travelogues have a huge role to play right now in these unprecedented times, as they help give us that much-needed escapism to idly fantasize about all the destinations we’re wanting to travel to when lockdown is over. Read more about The Best Travel Shows & Movies We're Watching Right Now
Wildlife in the Galapagos: Come with the eyes of Darwin May 13, 2020 The National Geographic once described the Galapagos Islands as, "A living laboratory that inspired the work of Charles Darwin” and our expert Galapagos guide, Leonidas Parrales, couldn’t agree more. “It’s important when visitors come to the Galapagos that they understand they are entering a very delicate ecosystem”. Read more about Wildlife in the Galapagos: Come with the eyes of Darwin
Captain Galapagos, the sea and the islands May 7, 2020 200 years ago, a ship was built – the legendary HMS Beagle. Launched on 11th May 1820, from the naval Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, little did we know that one of its captains would form part of a groundbreaking discovery in the Galapagos Islands that would change the world forever and spark Charles Darwin’s “Theory of Evolution”. Read more about Captain Galapagos, the sea and the islands
Your Guide To…Taking The Train To An Exodus Trip April 28, 2020 Since the first commercial airline flight in 1919, passengers have been extremely lucky to enjoy air travel as a quick and easy means to discovering the many wonders of our planet. However, 100 years on, we are now increasingly aware of the impact this has had on the environment. We think that a great way to enjoy travel whilst also helping to protect the planet we love is to travel by train. So last month, the Exodus Team caught up with regular train-traveller and long-term Exodus client, Barbara Wilcox, to gain some of her wisdom on train travel to our European destinations. Read more about Your Guide To…Taking The Train To An Exodus Trip
Lockdown in the Lodge: Wildlife Encounters April 21, 2020 By the early 1980s, after years of unchecked logging, the World Economic Forum estimated that two-thirds of Costa Rica’s tree canopies were destroyed, damaging the natural habitat of indigenous creatures. Read more about Lockdown in the Lodge: Wildlife Encounters
The Lodge That Saved A Rainforest April 20, 2020 Located in the south of Costa Rica, nestled in the remote Piedras Blancas National Park, lies the Esquinas Rainforest Lodge. What makes this lodge and its surrounding 14,000 hectares of primary jungle so important, is that its lush mountains, dense evergreen forests and watersheds situated in the Esquinas and Piedras Blancas rivers, provide the perfect eco-climate for a number of rare tropical trees and endangered species to flourish. Read more about The Lodge That Saved A Rainforest
Our favourite travel books April 6, 2020 Travel literature, whether it’s the fascinating memoirs of a life-changing trip into the mysterious Himalayan mountains; fiction that makes the awe inspiring landscapes of Namibia its major character or nonfiction accounts that encourages its readers to consider a familiar destination in a whole new light – all of these emotive writing techniques fall under the umbrella of travel books – and as you can imagine, personal preferences for reading these tales are just as varied. Read more about Our favourite travel books
How we bring travel into our homes April 6, 2020 During these unprecedented times, it’s more important than ever before that we stay in our homes and practice social distancing. It may feel at times like you’re disconnected from the world, but true acts of solidarity and cultural expression across the globe, just goes to show that we are a global community of people who will always persevere and join together. Read more about How we bring travel into our homes