At Yala National Park, Sri Lanka’s dry southeast unfolds in a patchwork of thorny scrub, open grassland, rocky outcrops and shallow lagoons. Safari tracks wind through this sun-baked landscape toward waterholes where elephants gather, crocodiles lie almost invisible at the edges, and spotted deer move cautiously through the trees. The animal most closely associated with Yala
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The Zanskar River cuts through one of Ladakh’s most dramatic landscapes, carrying rafters between sheer canyon walls, barren mountains and remote settlements that feel almost completely removed from the road network above. The scenery is stark and immense, with the river carving a narrow passage through the high-altitude desert before eventually meeting the Indus near Nimu. The
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Just beyond Kohima, steep forest trails rise into a landscape of rolling green folds, bamboo-covered slopes and clear mountain streams. In summer, the valley is scattered with wildflowers, including the rare Dzükou lily, found only in this region. Dzükou itself sits at roughly 2,450 metres, a broad, quiet basin where trails disappear between grassy ridges and low
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The Knuckles Mountain Range feels far removed from the tropical image most travellers have of Sri Lanka. East of Kandy, the road gives way to mist-covered ridges, dense forest and small mountain villages, with trails disappearing into one of the island’s wildest highland landscapes. Paths climb from cultivated valleys into cloud forest, cross streams and grasslands, and emerge
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The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek moves through a landscape that feels almost too composed to be real—broad alpine meadows, high passes and a succession of glacial lakes tucked beneath rugged Himalayan ridges. Beginning in the Sonamarg region, the trail climbs quickly away from the road and into open country where each day brings a noticeably different valley.
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There are few Himalayan trails where the mountains remain with you for quite as long as they do on the Sandakphu–Phalut Trek. The route follows the high Singalila Ridge, slipping between India and Nepal through rhododendron forests, small mountain settlements and long stretches of open ridge. On a clear morning at Sandakphu, the enormous Kanchenjunga massif forms the celebrated Sleeping
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Cross from the lush Kullu Valley into the stark landscapes of Lahaul on one of Himachal Pradesh’s most dramatic Himalayan crossover treks.
Take on the rapids of the Ganga through forested Himalayan foothills on India’s best-known white-water rafting adventure.
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Cycle across the Indian Himalaya from Manali to Leh, crossing remote valleys, vast high-altitude plateaus and some of the highest road passes on Earth.
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Surf Sri Lanka’s famous east coast breaks while exploring tropical beaches, lagoons and the laid-back surf town of Arugam Bay.
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