Adventure travel Can I swim with whales? Freely? Without diving equipment? The answer is yes. Up close? And personal. Is it dangerous? Not at all, and it’s even in an idyllic location: Polynesia. The group was already in the water, just a few miles from the coast, where seas were calm and expectations high. Instructions from the guide leading our group: Stay behind him, don’t come within 16 … Read more
Zimbabwe
Adventure travel 10 original trips. Walking alone through the savannah in Mana Pools. Zimbabwe. Africa. Safari
Adventure travel Walk freely in the African savannah? Yes. Without weapons? That too. Is it dangerous? It depends. Where? In a beautiful corner of Africa, on the banks of the Zambezi river. That morning I hadn’t committed the insanity of walking alone for 40 minutes, unarmed. Along the shore of the mighty Zambezi River, I was accompanied only by my loyal tripod and my heightened senses while … Read more
Greenland
Adventure travel Dog sledding, eskimos and the nothern lights in Greenland
Adventure travel Dog sledding? Over the frozen sea. Where? In a remote part of Greenland. With whom? Accompanied by Eskimos and the Northern Lights. For how long? A week. The dogs are trapped in the snow again; the sleds are stuck once more. Three days of ceaseless snowing and the load, us, is too heavy to move. The exhausted animals pant while they sit on the snow. The solution? Get off … Read more
Sahara
Adventure travel 10 original trips. Sleep under the stars in the Sahara desert. Algeria.
Adventure travel Sleep under the stars? Yes, and surrounded by dunes. Where? In the desert of Ahaggar, one of the most beautiful and hidden places in the Algerian Sahara. How? On a multi-day route in 4x4 vehicles. Since time immemorial, mankind has been drawn to the magic of a night beneath the stars. Because of its beauty, its allure, or perhaps because it awakens the wanderlust gene that … Read more
