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Quick links to our Travels



North American Travels:
  • 2017 - Our last North American trip
  • 2016 - East Coast of North America
  • 2015 - British Columbia, Yellowstone, Arizona, Oregon, California
  • 2014 - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia
  • 2013 - Grand Teton NP & Yellowstone NP in the USA, Canadian Rockies, Alaska
  • 2012 - South West National Parks of the USA
Australia
  • 2010 Simpson Desert & Hay River - Ten days in the outback, no fuel stops, no shops, no help. From Oodnadatta to Mount Isa, across the Simpson Desert and up the dry Hay River
Other Countries
  • 2020 Antarctica - coming soon
  • 2014 Kenya - Wildlife safari in Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and the Masai Mara
  • 2014 Istanbul - 4 day stopover visiting the major sites the city has on show 
  • 2011 Italy - Four weeks in Italy covering Rome, Amalfi Coast, Tuscany, Lucca, Cinque Terre, Venice, Lake Como, Lake Maggiore
  • 2009 Egypt - Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abel Simbel - the treasures of ancient Egypt
  • 2007 Botswana - our first safari covering Chobe National Park, the Linyanti region, Okavango and the Kalahari Desert
  • 2006 France - the Loire Valley and the Dordogne region





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