December 2019/January 2020

In this issue

Wanderlust Travel Hot List 2020

Need inspiration for your next adventure? From unspoilt Albania to promising Pakistan and the ‘new Zimbabwe’, we present 15 essential destinations to visit over the next year

 

India

Deep in the remote forests of northern India’s Dudhwa NP, the elusive tiger stalks in the shadows. But can our writer break his ‘big cat curse’?

 

Georgia

Georgia may be known as the birthplace of Stalin, but the country will enchant you with its historic beauty, rolling green hills – and especially its wine 

 

Wrangel Island

Journey to Russia’s Far East and step back in time to the Ice Age to uncover the last place where woolly mammoths roamed and see hidden wildlife gems like the polar bear

 

Colombia

Nestled in the Colombian massif in Huila province, the Magdalena River is home to Latin America’s largest necropolis and a lost civilisation shrouded in mystery

 

Dispatches: Leon McCarron

On a journey into remote central China, the adventurer and travel writer encounters enthusiastic villagers, an unusual rice wine drinking ritual and a long tale about a scarf-wearing chicken 

 

Interview with Kris Tompkins

Following on from the launch of Chile’s Route of the Parks project in Europe in September, the CEO of Patagonia clothing tells us how she helped start the world’s biggest conservation scheme

 

WIN…

…a life of adventure with Exodus Travels – worth up to £20,000

…a holiday to Kuala Lumpur and Penang – worth £5,500

…a walking holiday for two in Portugal, worth £2,000

…a photography trip to Texas by entering our annual Travel Photo of the Year awards

 

Plus… a short break in Tenerife; Travel Icon: Cape Town, South Africa; Alpine cuisine; Costa Rica vs Belize; Go now: Aqaba; Dream sleeps in Peru – and lots, lots more…