Expert Insights

May 14, 2014 Summits and Sunrises

Your legs are aching, your breathing is heavy and there is sweat on your brow. As you march onwards through the crisp mountain air, you glimpse the first light of dawn over the next rise… then there it is. There are few sights more powerfully sublime than sunrise from the peak of a great mountain,...

April 30, 2014 30 Years Trekking the Himalaya

Read time – 2 minutes In 2014, Exodus turned 40 years old, and our trekking guru Valerie Parkinson had an anniversary of her own to celebrate… Article first published in 2014. Valerie Parkinson in Nepal Valerie in Nepal It’s a love affair which has lasted 30 years – and more than 50% of my life. 2014...

April 25, 2014 Best Europe Hiking Holidays

Europe: what’s not to love? For Brits, it’s right on the doorstep, and you can’t beat that killer combination of world-class walking and convenience. Here are some of the best hiking holidays in Europe. The incredible diversity of scenic splendour is draw enough – it’s hard to believe such variety is packed into such a...

March 27, 2014 What a Pa-Lava: Best Volcano Holidays

Read time – 4 minutes It feels like sneaking up on a sleeping dragon. But the beast beneath your boots is no fairy tale: volcanoes are firmly rooted in the real world. Ever since Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland threw its toys out the pram in 2010 (much to the chagrin of news presenters struggling to pronounce...

March 25, 2014 Top Five Cultural Walking Holidays

Read time – 2 minutes Trekking isn’t all about mileage and perseverance. Often, the best way to enjoy a walk is to stop for a moment and soak up the atmosphere. Our cultural walking holidays take you to the most sublime locations in the world – marching straight through without looking up is no less than a...

March 21, 2014 Once in a Lifetime Holidays

Read time – 3 minutes The best adventures can’t be replicated. These are the trips that leave lifelong memories etched in the mind. In this modern age of global tourism, once in a lifetime travel holidays can be hard to come by. Fortunately, we have spent the past forty years crafting and fine-tuning these one-off...

March 18, 2014 Top 10 Surreal Landscapes

Read time – 2 minutes Landscapes lure us from ourselves. The Romantic poets of the 18th century developed the concept of the ‘Sublime’, the feeling of being simultaneously overwhelmed and invigorated by the raw power of the natural world, leaving behind a sensation of both fear and empowerment. With Exodus leading the way, seeking out...

October 24, 2013 Around the World in (slightly more than) 80 words

How many of us have grown up to fulfill a childhood dream by visiting a place we once read about in a book? Words are powerful. Carefully crafted and woven together, words transport the reader. They fire the imagination, carrying you off to unknown, far-flung worlds, places that linger in daydreams. From Narnia to Namibia, literary journeys...

October 23, 2013 It’s not just about walking!

After all, a walking trip is first and foremost a holiday. Whilst a bivouac at 3,000 metres might spell paradise for some, for others, there is nothing like a good hotel and a comfy bed to relax after a day in the great outdoors. If this sounds like you, then our centre-based walking holidays might...

October 23, 2013 Follow the Road Less Travelled

Read time – 2 minutes Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost (1920) Exodus’ pioneering spirit is part of our DNA. Never resting on our laurels when it comes to pushing the travel boundaries, we love nothing more...