National Geographic Traveller UK - 01 e 02.2022

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For desert trailblazers:

Jordan

Sustainable active holiday

specialist Much Better

Adventures has come up with a

new itinerary in Jordan, which

includes a night in a geodesic

glamping pod in Wadi Rum.

Other highlights include a

dip in the Dead Sea, a hike

through the Dana Biosphere

Reserve and a trek to Petra.

Launches March 2022. From

£975 per person for fi ve nights.

muchbetteradventures.com

Whether it’s e-biking in the Highlands or joining

a conservation project in Rwanda, there are

plenty of new, green-minded getaways for 2022

GREEN ESCAPES

ECO TOURS

For mountain-walkers:

Italy

Exodus Travels has chosen

Italy’s Central Apennines for its

Nature and Carbon Corridors

project. The aim is to give rare

Marsican brown bears space

to roam safely, while enabling

rural communities to benefi t

from their presence through

eco-tourism. Exodus will rewild

100sq metres of the region for

every traveller that joins any of

its trips. From £2,099 per person

for fi ve nights. exodus.co.uk

For primate-watchers:

Rwanda

The opening of the eco-friendly

Ellen DeGeneres Campus

in Rwanda provides a new

headquarters for the Dian Fossey

Gorilla Fund. Join Rainbow

Tours’ new itinerary in Rwanda

and Uganda, which takes you

behind the scenes in areas

where successful, community-

based conservation projects

are underway. From £8,055 per

person for 15 nights, including

fl ights. rainbowtours.co.uk

For polar explorers:

Antarctica

The Drake Passage between

South America and the South

Shetland Islands is notoriously

choppy. The answer? Pick an

expedition ship that’s designed

to cope, such as the swift Ocean

Albatros. It reaches calm waters

faster than traditional vessels

and low-energy engines ensure

its carbon footprint is over 50%

lower, too. Chimu Adventures has

an eight-night trip from £4,435

per person. chimuadventures.com

For off -road e-bikers:

Scotland

Head into the Highlands with

new Scottish wildlife-watching

company Wild Discovery. The

operator has teamed up with

Eguide Scotland to create an

e-bike safari adventure weekend

exploring upper Deeside and

the eastern Cairngorms and

overnighting in glamping

huts. E-bike Safari Adventure

Weekends from £499 per person

for two nights. wild-discovery.com

EMMA GREGG

For non-fl yers:

Norfolk

Sink your teeth into an

expedition in a Land Rover

Defender, eating foraged food

cooked over an open fi re and

sleeping in a tent in Norfolk.

Wildnis, a new climate-positive

luxury adventure company

founded by former military

offi cers, off ers an action-

packed break featuring sailing,

packraft ing and sea swimming.

From £2,500 per person for three

nights. wildnis.co.uk

E-bike safari in the Scottish

Highlands with Wild Discovery

ABOVE: Silverback mountain

gorilla in Volcanoes National

Park, Rwanda

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