travel guide

The granite domes of the Drakensberg range of mountains in South Africa's Transvaal rise above the twisting valleys of the Blyde River Canyon, their summits separated by terrifying ravines. Below,...

While dinosaurs forage in the green heart of Australia, a huge fireball plunges into the plain, shattering the landscape with a force hundreds of thousands of times greater than that of the nuclear...

Once upon a time, the Twelve Apostles - the huge rock stacks that stand offshore near Port Campbell in south-east Australia - were part of the jagged limestone cliffs. These stacks have resisted...

Having a dream house can be a very important part of your life. We all know the happiness of having our own house, a beautiful garden to it, and a magnificent chandelier in the living...

The tiger is one of the most endangered species on earth now. India has the largest population of Tigers in the world. The country is also one of the most important sites for tiger conservation....

Beech, larch and towering conifers overhang the River Arazas as it hurries down steps and waterfalls through Ordesa Canyon. Above this looms a monumental backdrop of uncompromising ruggedness -...

Even hardened travellers lapse into spellbound silence as ocean-going cruise liners, dwarfed by their surroundings to seem like model toys, glide into Sognefjord. The mountains rise almost...

The noise is deafening, the smell overpowering, but at least they are all smartly dressed. This is one of the world's largest gatherings of penguins, and it takes place on a tiny island 1100 miles...

London is one of the most famous and beautiful cities in the world. It has everything you need to make it your home away from home: great weather, beautiful sights, good history, and architecture....

This untamed landscape of rugged, peaks, deep valleys and icy lakes and rivers, is known as the 'Last Great Wilderness. Human activity has hardly touched the central and eastern parts of Brooks...

As the shipwrecked but glamorous Jessica Lange approaches a towering, jungly island in the 1976 remake of King Kong, she murmurs silkily, 'I feel this is going to be the biggest thing in my life. A...

On the map, the tiny dot that marks Ball's Pyramid is almost lost in the surrounding ocean. It is an obelisk so tall that it seems to touch the sky. Although only 440yds (400m) across as its base,...