Cataract Canyon is the section of the Colorado River that flows through the Canyonlands National Park. In the spring, with runoff from mountain snowpack, the rapids here offer the biggest whitewater in North America. As the snowmelt subsides, so do the rapids Western River Expeditions offers two versions of rafting through Cataract Canyon. In high ...

​ Contiki, the social travel brand for 18-35s, has announced its first youth-focussed trip to South Korea. The nine-day trip begins and ends in Seoul with a focus on K-Wave Culture in addition to the more traditional tourist hotspots. Activities include a high-speed rail journey to Busan, with a stopover at UNESC O World Heritage town Jeonju, known...

​ Visit Finland is looking to encourage travellers to discover the Finnish Landscape by train during the summer months. Finland in Northern Europe borders Sweden, Norway and Russia. It sits on a peninsula and surrounding islands in the Baltic Sea. The capital, Helsinki is home to the 18th-century sea fortress Suomenlinna and the fashionable Design ...

Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, takes in half of New Guinea and its offshore islands. It is a country of great cultural and biological diversity, known for its beaches and coral reefs. Inland there are active volcanoes, granite Mt. Wilhelm, dense rainforest and hiking routes like the Kokoda Trail. Papua New Guinea has a number of tra...

Midsummer is celebrated annually in June and across Nordic Europe with vibrant, raucous festivals with ancient roots. In Finland summers are characterised by the long white night in the south, when the sun only sets for a few hours at a time, whilst the north experiences the natural phenomena of total daylight. Finland is a country bordering Sweden...

Ecuador is a small South American country straddling the equator. Despite its modest size, Ecuador is among the most megadiverse countries on Earth and the most biodiverse destination per square kilometre. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands. With its location crossed by the equa...