With travel to many Asian countries opening up as quarantine and PCR testing requirements are being lifted, luxury tour operator andBeyond is offering some hand-picked itineraries that explore the lesser-known gems of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as honouring the region's conservation successes. All itineraries are guided by carefully select...

Singapore is situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula just one degree north of the equator, a global transport hub with air and sea connections to the rest of the world. But travellers are increasingly viewing the exotic city-state as not just a transit point, but as a destination in its own right, certainly worth a stay of at least a fe...

Not far from Australia's capital city, Canberra, is a display of miniature buildings and locations from around the world called Cockington Green Gardens. It is an amazing place that gives immense pleasure to visitors of all ages. Opened to the public in 1979, Cockington Green is one of the region's landmark attractions and a winner of numerous tour...

The Cook Islands has won the highly acclaimed Best in Travel award for 2022 from leading travel brand Lonely Planet, which began publishing the popular Lonely Planet travel guide books nearly a half-century ago. The Cook Islands was voted number one in the Top 10 Countries category. The Cook Islands is reopening its borders progressively, first to ...

I had travelled by bus from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to the town of Kasane, Botswana, where I planned to enter the famous Chobe National Park. Kasane is at Africa's "four corners" where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe all meet. Approaching the border, I stared in dismay at the long line of trucks waiting to complete the necessary customs c...

The Hunter Valley in New South Wales is Australia's oldest wine-producing region and it's only 120km or a two-hour drive north of Sydney, from where it gets most of its visitors. It is a region of stunning natural beauty and undulating vineyard landscapes, award-winning restaurants, innovative paddock-to-plate produce and more than 150 cellar doors...