Best time to go: Rainy season is from November to March around Rio.
Rio was described by Darwin as ‘more magnificent than anything any European has ever seen in his country of origin’.
It is certainly blessed with an idyllic setting, lying on Brazil’s Atlantic coast close to the Tropic of Capricorn, with more than 80 kilometres [...]
Best time to go: Spring and autumn have the most pleasant temperatures.
It doesn’t get any higher than this! We have all heard of the mighty Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak which can be found on the crest of the great Himalayas between Nepal and China.
Everest reaches a staggering height of 8,846 metres, (29,023 feet).
Climbers [...]
Best time to go: Cambodia has a tropical climate, with monsoons from June to October. Best time to go is in the dry season – November to May.
For more than 500 years, the city of Angkor in north-western Cambodia was the capital of the Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat is the largest and the most [...]
Best time to go: May to September offers mild weather.
It’s fr-fr-fr-freezing, but don’t let that put you off, just grab your thermals and head off to America’s Final Frontier.
Nothing can quite prepare you for the scale of Alaska. Covering 591,004 square miles, and more than twice the size of Texas, it makes up a fifth [...]