Geckos Adventures

Highlights

• Ever helped save a rhino? well you can answer ‘yes, thanks’ to that once you’ve been to botswana’s khama rhino sanctuary
• Try and tell the difference between your buddy’s snores and the sound of wild hippos while camping in the heart of the okavango wilderness
• There's nothing more relaxing than feeling the african sun on your face as you lie back in a mokoro, eyes closed while your expert poler propels you through the okavango delta

Highlights

• See some of the coolest, most progressive big cities in europe. immerse yourself in berlin's art scene, paris' metro system (it's like anart-nouveauswiss watch!) and amsterdam's bike-friendly utopia (just don't immerse yourself in the canal)
• Taking the train from london to paris through the channel tunnel is a bit like teleporting, only more romantic. and it means you get to spend even more time gaping at the big ben and posing in front of red telephone boxes
• Bruges is like stepping into a fairytale from 1,000 years ago. it's also a wonderland of chocolate and beer, in other words very hard to tear yourself away from

Highlights

• Wipe the dal from your sleeves and the dhansak from your brow, as you get elbows deep in authentic southern indian cuisine
• Cruise along the calm backwaters of kerala and bunk up with a local family. all you need now is to master the language ofmalayalam (jokes)
• The spirit of indiana jones swings through the ruins ofvirupaksha temple in hampi. you'll feel like you're moving through a movie set during the visit

Highlights

• If you've ever dreamt of walking on water (well, at least on a lake), this is your chance. cross the epic white expanse of bolivia's salt lakes in a 4wd with a local guide
• You know those trippy photos of tiny travellers standing on spoons and skateboards? they were probably taken on the salar de uyuni. so get snap-happy and start bending some perspectives. remember, there is no spoon...
• Where does a train go when it dies? to a graveyard of course! pay your respects to the rusty, abandoned trains at uyuni's eerie train cemetery

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• It doesn’t get more southeast asian than cruising down the mekong river in a traditional-style boat, and lucky you will get two days of it here
• Get seriously laid-back in laos and find out why it’s one of the most chilled countries around
• Jump on an overnight train in thailand, maybe the best form of transport ever – travelling like a local, making new mates, and waking up in a new place all rolled into one

Highlights

• Balance on a tiny streetside stool in hanoi's old quarter, soaking up the buzzy vibes and the city's best entertainment - the traffic
• Who'd have thought green seas and giant mossy rocks could be so pretty? cruising on halong bay is bliss
• A little touch of france here, a little bit of china there - and all in vietnam! chill out in the cultural mixed bag of hoi an. hit up the local beach, cycle through rice paddies or get some sweet threads tailor-made