Backpacking Holidays

You might be wondering what conservation volunteering has to do with backpacking, well quite simply put, conservation volunteering, is a way of seeing parts of the world you wish to see, while doing something good for the planet or the wildlife. In exchange for your help with the project, you get all your accommodation [...]

You’ve set a date for departure and your flights are booked, and now the decision of what to pack into your rucksack becomes your main focus. Travelsupermarket.com recently conducted some research into what celebrities men and women would most trust to do their packing. For men the top pick was Daniel Craig and for women the [...]

The wide variety of transport within Australia is essential to the ultimate backpacking experience as it enables you to truly explore the country and visit a vast amount of sights on offer. The range means you are able to pick transport which is appropriate to your travels and the sights which you wish to see. [...]

Turkey is a beautiful country located on the Anatolian peninsula and has now become a very popular holiday destination due to it being relatively close to mainland Europe, virtually guaranteed weather and good value for money. When planning a holiday to Turkey many people choose to go to Istanbul, which is the largest city in [...]

Many people come to Sharm, which is located on the southernmost tip of Egypt to experience a holiday like no other. One of the main attractions here is the Red Sea where people who are experienced at diving love to jump in and will be amazed at the incredible marine life that lives here. There [...]

This travel guide has been provided by Netflights who offer cheap flights to Bangkok in addition to many more backpacking destinations. Thailand is a great place to back pack, independent travel around this country is easy, and there is plenty of cheap accommodation that’s easy to find. The country is very westernised and that means [...]

TEFL is about teaching English as a foreign language, and the teflengland.co.uk website is all about how this works and how you can take a course to give you a qualification that will let you become a teacher of English as a foreign language. TEFL has over 25 years of experience in teaching abroad, in the [...]

If you want to work abroad while traveling, an important thing is to check with each country you plan to travel to and find out what its rules are for a working holiday or temporary work visa. Every country is different in its requirements, and sometimes those change as often as month to month. But [...]

As more UK backpackers are travelling to areas of the world where malaria is rife, the number of people coming home having contracted malaria is increasing even though this disease is very preventable. Malaria is a disease which is caused by a parasite and carried by mosquitos. It is passed to humans when the mosquito [...]

When backpacking a mobile phone can be an incredibly useful tool to have with you. It’s not just a phone it can be your map, route planner, and guide to what’s available where you are amongst other things. If you have a phone that will support them, there are some brilliant aps now [...]