Adventure cruise ship company Lindblad Expeditions plans to base one of its ships in French Polynesia from January 2021 and has begun offering journeys for next year. Sailings from Tahiti to the Marquesas are scheduled to begin in April 2021. With black-sand beaches, lagoons, waterfalls and two extinct volcanoes, Tahiti is a popular vacation destin...

As countries around the world look forward to a post-COVID world, Cook Islands Tourism has launched Kia Orana Plus, a rapid training program to prepare the tourism sector for the re-opening of its hospitality industry.  Photos courtesy Cook Islands Tourism Corporation. The national tourism organisation is developing a set of training modu...

In good news for travellers and wildlife enthusiasts, an eastern black rhino calf has been born in the Western Serengeti, the first in the region for decades and representing a milestone for this critically endangered species. From a population of approximately 10,000 eastern black rhino in 1970, there are less than 1,000 left in the world today. S...

Travellers searching for authentic adventure with comfort deep within the African bush will find both in abundance at Khwai Leadwood, an elegant new camp in Botswana from African Bush Camps. Scheduled to open in August 2020 and set in the community-run Khwai Concession in Botswana's Okavango Delta, Khwai Leadwood will welcome guests to a beautiful ...

As Vietnam joins the rest of the world in social distancing to combat COVID-19, the country's tourism board is reaching out with a themed resource kit to keep travellers connected, creative and inspired.  Vietnam is one of my favourite destinations and an easy nine-hour flight from eastern Australia. The images on this page show the capital, H...

Two of the most popular annual festivals in Australia's Northern Territory have been rescheduled to later in the year. The People's Choice BASSINTHEGRASS festival, originally set down for 23 May, has been rescheduled to 31 October at Darwin's Mindil Beach. Parrtjima – A Festival in Light was originally due to take place from 3-12 April but has been...