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Palawan keeps winning “world’s best island” polls, and the limestone lagoons of El Nido are the reason — but the thing to understand before you fall for the photos is the calen …

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Cherry blossom gets the headlines; koyo gets the connoisseurs. Japan’s autumn colour season runs from late September into early December, moving gradually from Hokkaido and the high mountains do …

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The Victoria Falls–Chobe–Okavango triangle is Southern Africa’s greatest hits itinerary, and it lives or dies on one decision most travellers don’t know they’re making: w …

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Peru pulls off a double act few countries can match: Machu Picchu, one of the world’s great archaeological sites, and Lima, home of The World’s Best Restaurant. Maido took the No.1 spot in …

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South Korea is often introduced to Australian and New Zealand travellers as a 48-hour stopover — and that’s a shame. Stay longer and the country opens up into a remarkably varied trip: pal …

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The American West is where the scale of the United States stops being a statistic and starts being a view. Our national parks hiking tour strings the greatest hits — Zion’s canyon walls, B …

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The Great Migration is the most requested safari we book — and the most misunderstood. Travellers arrive imagining a single event; what exists is a year-round, 1,000-kilometre loop of nearly two …

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Vietnam is the destination we most often hear described as “the best trip we’ve ever taken” — and the one where tour style matters most. The same fortnight can be a greatest-hi …

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Here’s the quiet truth about Portugal and Spain: the peak-summer months everyone fights over can be the least enjoyable time for sightseeing, particularly inland. Seville hits the mid-40s in Jul …

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Most Australians and New Zealanders picture one Canada: turquoise lakes, glaciers, the Rockies. It’s magnificent — and it’s only one of three very different Canadian holidays we book …

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It’s the phone call we get every June: “Is it too late for the July holidays?” The honest answer is no — but the list of what genuinely books well at four to eight weeks out is …

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Make a coffee and give this fifteen minutes — it’s the same checklist we run through with every Pack Ya Bags traveller before departure, and it prevents essentially every avoidable travel …

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