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              Adventure holidays

              • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
                Travel
                50 holidays to take in 2025

                From Arkansas to Zambia — and art to adventure — FT travel writers offer 12 months of holiday inspiration

                A woman stands on a ledge overlooking a town on the coast that is covered in snow
              • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
                Life & Arts
                How to climb Everest in a week

                An Austrian guide will soon lead trips up the world’s highest peak in less time than an average beach holiday. Is adventure travel going too high, too fast?

                A hand pulls back the flap of a yellow tent to give a view over a snow-topped mountain in bright sunshine
              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                HTSIYour ultimate guide to all-weather gear
                Top skiwear for kids

                Cool kit for the winter slopes

                Boden all-weather waterproof coat, £75
              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                FT Series
                Your ultimate guide to all-weather gear

                There’s no such thing as bad conditions - only the wrong kit

                Endura MT500 waterproof bib trousers, £199.99
              • Friday, 3 January, 2025
                HTSISeven wellness journeys to help you find your feelgood
                10 adventures to tackle at 50

                An impending midlife milestone prompts one writer to update his bucket list 

                The Peking To Paris Motor Challenge
              • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
                FT SeriesDon’t miss – HTSI’s most popular stories
                Six all-action adventure holidays for 2025

                Kitesurfing in Madagascar, fish spotting in Australia or driving through the Scottish wilds. Why not take your next trip to a new dimension?

                Rebecca Newman kitesurfing off the coast of Nosy Ankao island, Madagascar
              • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
                Travel
                Postcard from Kyrgyzstan: where the ski lifts have four feet

                A ski adventure in ‘the Switzerland of Asia’ offers ascents by cable car, snowmobile — and on horseback

                Three groups of people ride horses through the snow against a mountain backdrop
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Travel
                Travel writers’ discoveries — and disappointments — of 2024

                Stanley Stewart, Monisha Rajesh, William Dalrymple and many more share their personal discoveries — and disappointments — of the past year

              • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
                HTSISeven great travel destinations for 2025
                Journey to Kenya, and the cradle of man

                A safari in the country’s far north tracks back 1.6 million years to the roots of humanity

                Samburu warriors perform a traditional dance in Samburuland in northern Kenya
              • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
                Travel
                How the SUP went from novelty beach toy to adventurers’ best friend

                Taking part in a Scottish paddleboard marathon, Simon Usborne reflects on the sport’s unlikely evolution

                A person standing on a paddleboard in open water, paddling near rocky cliffs under a dramatic, cloudy sky, with mountainous terrain visible in the background
              • Friday, 8 November, 2024
                Travel
                Hotel review: Puqio, a glamping retreat in Peru’s Colca Canyon

                Key Notes | Boutique hotel group Andean’s latest venture features lavish tents on the rim of the deepest canyon in the Americas

              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                Special ReportInvesting in Argentina
                Patagonian tourism numbers sparks concerns over sustainability

                A clutch of luxury operators are trying to demonstrate that visiting the region can be managed responsibly

                A couple sits in a transparent, pod-shaped capsule suspended on the side of a steep mountain cliff, with snowy landscapes and rugged terrain in the background
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                FT SeriesWhere to go this autumn? The HTSI travel guide is here to help you make that booking
                Aspen, where art, aspiration and altitude collide

                Still going to the Colorado mountain town for the skiing? You’re missing the main event

                Prayer flags at the edge of the winter ski area on Aspen Mountain in Colorado
              • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
                FT SeriesWhere to go this autumn? The HTSI travel guide is here to help you make that booking
                Why First Nations tourism is flourishing in Canada

                Meet the new dreamcatchers of British Columbia

                Kayaking on Desolation Sound in British Columbia
              • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
                Travel
                Following a family mystery to Iceland’s remotest village

                In his grandfather’s footsteps, Oliver Smith heads to a tiny off-grid community at the tip of the Hornstrandir peninsula

              • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
                FT SeriesPink Snow 2024: a winter sports special
                Skiing’s northern frontier: the wild slopes of Svalbard

                A small but growing number of skiers are discovering the joys of Svalbard’s remote mountains – just watch out for the polar bears

              • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
                In the footsteps of . . .
                Mishal Husain: recreating my grandparents’ epic journey into remotest Pakistan

                Guided by an account written 70 years ago, Mishal Husain heads deep into the mountains of Hunza and Baltistan

                A woman with long brown hair wearing an anorak smiles as she leans over a wall and looks along a wide brown mountainous valley with a river snaking through it
              • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
                FT WealthRhymer Rigby
                How do the one per cent spend their holidays?

                There is a tendency to stick with your tribe and vacation only where other wealthy people are

                Four individuals wearing blue flight suits walking away from a spacecraft after what appears to be a successful space mission or landing
              • Friday, 23 August, 2024
                HTSIThe HTSI summer motoring special
                A watchmaker and a racing driver get into a Gullwing

                Jacky Ickx and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele have just completed their 15th Mille Miglia. They talk careers and classic cars

                Jacky Ickx (left) and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele with the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing behind them
              • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
                Travel
                On the road again: rediscovering freedom on a drive across America

                Thirty years after she and a friend drove across America, Samantha Weinberg hits the road again

                Two women with blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, knee-length skirts and boots, stand on top of a large boulder with arms extended. Joshua trees and a clear, blue sky are in the background
              • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
                HTSI
                HTSI’s favourite outdoor adventure shops

                Where to find the best kit for hiking, sailing, motorbiking, running and more

                Mountaineering boots on display at Mountaineer, Keene Valley, New York
              • Friday, 16 August, 2024
                Travel
                The hut-to-hut Alpine hike gets a five-star makeover

                A US company is attempting to reinvent the hut-to-hut Alpine hike, with guides, gourmet food and luxed-up mountain refuges

                People outside a stone hut in the mountains as the sun rises
              • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
                HTSIHTSI’s favourite outdoor adventure shops
                An Adirondack institution for adventurers

                The Mountaineer has all the kit you need before heading off into the wilderness

                Store owner Charlie Wise
              • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
                Travel
                Scotland’s magic mountain

                For centuries, the mystery and beauty of Schiehallion have drawn visitors in pursuit of enlightenment both spiritual and scientific

                A mountain with colourful sky and clouds above
              • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
                Travelista
                Four awesome African escapes

                Ultra-private wilderness in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique

                A herd of wildebeest in Grumeti in Tanzania
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