Expert Insights

Read time – 2 minutes Since the dawn of human consciousness, we have gazed up at the stars and wondered: what are these mysterious lights that fill the sky? Are they gods? Magic? The souls of the departed? Though the advent of science put ideas like these out to pasture, one thing hasn’t changed… there’s...

Read time – 3 minutes It’s the same quandary that faces us all every January: how to make this year special. This is the month of New Year’s Resolutions, of concocting plans and goals, of unique adventures to look forward to. Why not make this the year you try something new? Tripadvisor research suggests that...

Read time – 1 minute There are few pleasures in life more rewarding than a good trekking holiday in an incredible location. That’s why we work tirelessly every year here at Exodus HQ to bring you fresh, exciting new treks from around the world. So lace up your boots, dust off that jacket and embark...

Read time – 4 minutes Where better for a romantic break than Sri Lanka? It was the perfect honeymoon spot for me and my husband-to-be: dramatic, soaring mountainside tea plantations, wildlife-rich national parks and plenty for active people like us to enjoy. There was no better way than as a tailormade adventure. Tailormade Sri Lanka...

Make tracks around the world in 2017, taking your family to enjoy an audience with the most beautiful, endangered and generally amazing animals on one of our awesome wildlife adventures! Autumn: Tiger Game drives into the protected reserve of Ranthambore National Park offer the best chance to see the sadly endangered Bengal tiger. Initiatives like Project...

Read time – 5 minutes The new kids on the eastern block are undeniably amongst the coolest travel destinations on the planet right now. What accounts for their surge in popularity? Exodus investigates the meteoric rise of Eastern Europe… European statue European Travel Emerging from many years of isolation and hardship, eastern and central Europe...

Read time – 4 minutes We’re proud to have set up and continue to support our own Porter school in Arusha, providing essential training for those wishing to work as porters on Kilimanjaro and to progress to more senior roles. Unusually for Tanzania, the school accepts both men and women, with female porterage and guiding...

Read time – 5 minutes Temples aren’t just architectural curiosities – they are an insight into a culture, a religion, a period of history. They’re a window into another era, a community that is different from our own. Here are some of our favourite iconic temples of the world. Temples around the World Kyoto – Kinkaku-ji...

Read time – 3 minutes Distant wisps of cloud drift idly in the valley, between forest-cloaked mountains. As the sun emerges, fanning out its rays, the clouds glow golden. I stare in awe; I’ve just woken, and in the early-morning haze of my mind this image takes on an aspect of paradise, of dream… this...

Read time – 5 minutes Much more than the sum of its parts, the Indian subcontinent is a land where ancient and modern fuse to create something altogether more wonderful. So where will you head – the fortresses, bazaars and ghats of the north, or the lush villages and exotic temples of the south? North...