Reservations

Luxury Travel

Reservations

Luxury Travel

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Footage from frozen worlds, tips for sustainable travel, a journey through an ancient civilisation and a trip across an entire continent.

This is a feature from Issue 12 of Charitable Traveller. Click to read more from this issue.

Frozen Planet II
BBC One

This landmark sequel is the result of four years of expeditions by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit to the Earth’s frozen frontiers – the Arctic and Antarctic, plus areas of tundra, boreal forest and high mountains. It shows off animals in their natural habitats as never seen before. Narrated by David Attenborough, the series has an accompanying song – Take Me Back Home – performed by Camila Cabello and multiple Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Eleven years after the first series, Frozen Planet II will feature unchartered new worlds and pioneering technology, capturing new behaviour and showing how much these icy worlds are changing and the dramatic impact this has on wildlife and the whole planet.

The Ethical Traveller:
100 Ways to roam the world (Without Ruining it)

By Imogen Lepere

Illustrated by Julia Murray, this book is a guide to exploring the world and having life-changing experiences, without ruining it for everyone else. Looking at impacts on the environment and the communities we visit, Lepere argues that we all have the power to make a difference and that taking conscious decisions on our journeys can positively change the planet. The Ethical Traveller offers one hundred tips, all aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, that will help you protect the planet, support communities, and explore the world, preserving everything that makes it so special.

into Iraq
By Michael Palin

n March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq, a region that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but has more recently witnessed turmoil and bloodshed. Filled with Michel Palin’s characteristic warmth and humour, Into Iraq investigates a complex country that few outsiders see, taking in its long and dramatic history and the author’s encounters with its people. A journey of sharp, often brutal contrasts, it sees Palin exploring the streets of Baghdad and the ancient ruins of Babylon, as well as the war-torn city of Mosul. This is the journal he kept during his trip, illustrated with photographs to give a vivid and varied portrait of a complex country. The TV series is will be on Channel 5 this autumn.

South America
BBC Two

In this new five-part series, Simon Reeve travels the length of South America as he completes the second part of his epic journey down through the Americas. The trip starts in Venezuela in the north and ends in the frozen wilds of Tierra Del Fuego in the south. Reeves encounters an incredible range of environments and characters and visits great cities and remote communities. Adventures include raiding a cocaine lab with Peruvian Special Forces and staying with a remote Amazonian tribe. The journey was interrupted by the pandemic, and also examines the impact of Covid-19 on this vast continent.