Volume 118 of Vacations & Travel magazine is out now
There’s nothing quite like the heart flutters we get from travelling – even better if our globetrotting incorporates activities that lead to a full-on adrenaline rush. A recent State of Travel survey by Tourlane confirms what we COVID lockdown survivors are all feeling at the moment when it comes to booking our next holiday: we want adventure, the wilder the better.
Adventure travel came out on top of the report’s wish list, followed by safaris, vacations in the middle of nowhere, and active holidays – like hiking, mountaineering and skiing. When asked why getting a little wild was so important right now, respondents cited reasons like: “I want to feel unconstrained” and “I want to decelerate amid nature”.
You asked for adventure inspiration, and we’ve delivered in this, our Wild Issue. We take you around the globe to raft, surf, skate down volcanoes, walk with wolves and giant crabs, hike, scuba dive, kayak, cruise with crocs, and fly over ancient rock formations. We visit new frontiers – Ghana or Saudi Arabia, anyone? – as well as perennial favourites, but always with a lens to pushing beyond our comfort zone, and experiencing the world in a way that sparks wanderlust.
“Of course, the definition of ‘wild’ is subjective,” says Vacations & Travel editor Natasha Dragun. “For me, it means checking into a treehouse like Botswana’s Xigera Baobab (on our cover), or enjoying sustainable wild-grown oysters in Virginia (our writers slurped back a few in the name of research).”
And while we’re excited to be taking you around the planet once more, we’re still as passionate as ever about Australia. Discover a new festival on the dreamy Indian Ocean haven that is Christmas Island, eat your way around Queensland’s Scenic Rim, meet the Red Centre’s talented Indigenous artists, and dive a new reef off the Gold Coast, its aim to regenerate coral and enhance the state’s marine biodiversity.
Go forth and discover your own kind of wild in this issue of Vacations & Travel.
The issue, published by Signature Media, is on sale now in newsagents Australia-wide, available in domestic and international Qantas Lounges, leading hotels and resorts and directly mailed to our loyal subscribers.
About Vacations & Travel
Vacations & Travel is Australia’s longest-running travel magazine, inspiring Australians since 1983. Each issue, out quarterly, focuses on first-person travel stories and stunning imagery to inspire the thinking traveller. The magazine contains travel tips and articles on a wide range of destinations, as well as the latest in spas and wellness; hotels and resorts; design; food and drink; cruise; and eco-tourism. Within its pages, readers will find essential holiday ideas and information, curated by our editorial team and a pool of respected travel writers who traverse the globe to uncover some of the world's most interesting emerging destinations.
About Signature Media
Signature Media is Australia's leading independent publisher of travel content. The company’s success was cemented with Holidays with Kids, the first magazine of its kind in the world to address the family market. Since then, the company portfolio has grown to now include a stable of leading travel and lifestyle magazines as well as digital platforms.