Looking after your health is paramount when travelling to the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

For many hikers to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, adding an extra hike to the top of nearby mountain Kala Pattar is out of the question.

Advice on volunteering at animal conservation centres in Southeast Asia and travelling overland from Costa Rica to Panama.

A survey just released by Hyatt Hotels has (finally) found that women are the main decision makers when it comes to booking travel and they like certain things in a hotel room. I’m one of them, so here’s five things we want…

There’s nothing quite as delightful as sipping high tea with your pinky out in the home of the high tea.

Brian Armstrong, an Australian filmmaker with a penchant for strange liquors, has travelled to the most isolated and dangerous corners of the world.

I’m a big fan of whizzing around Europe by rail. Six cities in eight days I did once and it was a lot more efficient than flying.

Alex Robertson flies NZ8 from New Zealand to California.

Edward Gay flies CV91 to a remote outpost of New Zealand.

Kevin Pilley gets comfortable on the Mississippi's water.

Forget plates piled high with nachos. Here are five yummy Mex dishes that locals swear by.

Samoa Air says a controversial new policy that calculates a passenger's fare based on their weight and the weight of their luggage is proving successful.

Heard the one about being buried in a sawdust pit to detox? Or wrapped in mojito cocktail mix or slathered in estuary mud? What about the Doctor fish that nibble your dead skin? These are just some of the weird and wacky spa treatments out there.

Pam Neville flies FJ410 from New Zealand to Fiji.

Winston Aldworth flies NZ522 from Canterbury to Auckland.

Advice on planning trips to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Andrew Potter flies EZ8474 from England to Switzerland.

It used to be that being a flight attendant was regarded as one of the most glamorous jobs in the world. But gone are the days of the long and leisurely stopovers for cabin crew. Here are five pet peeves that will test your hostie’s smile.

Do we know where we’re going to? Not always – but that’s half the point of travelling, writes Ewan McDonald.

Advice on driving through Yosemite National Park to Death Valley and visiting Cathar fortresses in Portugal, Spain and France.

Not one for tracking down experiences that cause stomach-lurching adrenalin rushes? It might be time to doing something that makes your heart leap.