Nepal

We’re looking at where to travel in May, a balmy, sunshine-in-a-bowl sort of month, particularly for the northern hemisphere. Here’s where you should be booking for sunny days and good times.

When people asked what I was planning for my honeymoon, I can guarantee ‘hiking in Nepal on a small group tour’ wasn’t the answer they were expecting.

When you’re hiking you are achieving something. It’s at a different pace than the usual hustle of home life, and I love the quiet but certain sense of achievement you get with each step.

Besides learning that, yes indeed, women can do anything, I also came back down to sea level with a handful of other valuable life lessons tucked under my belt and scribbled in my journal.

Trekking to Everest Base Camp is no mean feat, but with a good dose of grit and a decent fitness regime, almost anyone can stand triumphant at the roof of the world.

We quizzed this Intrepid leader on all things Base Camp-related, and here’s his top tips for conquering the camp.

While we firmly believe that Everest Base Camp is for everyone (at whatever age), there’s a couple of persuasive benefits to hitting the trail and conquering it before your 30th birthday.

Just in time for International Women’s Day, we’re bringing you four new Women’s Expeditions.

It will challenge you. It will change you. And it’s a trek you will never forget.