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From Monday 19 July, amber listed countries effectively turn 'green' for travellers who have been fully vaccinated, meaning there is no further need for self-isolation when returning home. It's the news so many of us have been waiting for! The Government has declared...

There is still the chance for a summer getaway! Following last week’s travel update, from today Wednesday 30 June, the expanded Green List of countries that can be visited without the need to quarantine on return now includes the following popular destinations: Malta...

With the UK Government indicating that international travel can resume on 17th May - subject to review - the recently published insights from a survey of 20,000 travellers by AITO, the Specialist Travel Association, suggests there will likely be a swift return to...

Following the Government's 'road map' announcement yesterday to ease the present lockdown, we're sure you're as encouraged as we are by the indication that international travel is targeted to re-open on 17th May. Our release from this endless pandemic purgatory...

We hope you are keeping well and making the best of these strangest of times.  We share your fervent wish to get travelling again as soon as it is safe to do so. During the pandemic we are working 9.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday and we’re readily available as always...

It’s been a year like no other.  At Nomadic Travel we have weathered all kinds of geopolitical crises in our 20 year history - wars, terrorism, SARS and even volcanic ash clouds - but nothing compared to what this pandemic has thrown at us. However, despite the agony...

In February, Camilla was lucky enough to be amongst the final few visitors to enter Bwindi National Park and pay homage to its local population of mountain gorillas before the coronavirus outbreak caused the suspension of worldwide travel.   She also fell in love with...

Camilla writes here about her recent trip to Jordan, travelling on a small group adventure with our trade partners 'Intrepid Travel' ... Our BA flight was only a few minutes late departing, we arrived into Amman almost on time and the transfer to our hotel just took...

Abbie writes here about her 10-day honeymoon road trip in Ontario. We flew with Air Canada from Heathrow direct into Toronto. We arrived late into the evening so we jumped into a cab and made the short trip to downtown Toronto, the city skyline was brightly lit and...

Rob has recently returned from 3 weeks travelling with his family in Sumatra and Java in search of coral reefs, orangutans, Buddhist ruins and smoking volcanoes.  He recounts their journey here...   Pulau Weh is a tiny jungle-clad island off the coast of Aceh...

Rebecca writes: I was very kindly hosted by Bamboo Travel to experience and - inevitably - fall in love with this most fascinating and beautiful country. We flew with Vietnam Airlines direct from London Heathrow and had the pleasure of being upgraded to Premium...

Camilla and her partner Tom enjoyed a wonderful week exploring the city of Washington and packed in an enormous amount of sightseeing (and eating, it would seem) in their brief visit. Flying with United Airlines from Heathrow to Washington Dulles was as pleasant and...

Abbie writes: 'I have just returned from what was an incredible trip to Kenya. This was my first time on safari and it exceeded every expectation I had!    I was kindly hosted by Safari Consultants, and I got to experience different conservancies along with the Masai...

Abbie writes: 'I have just returned from a whirlwind week in Nepal, where I was kindly hosted by Exodus. I am delighted to write about my experiences in this captivating country… We began the journey from Heathrow flying via Delhi. After dinner and a nightcap, I slept...

Camilla travelled to Canada this summer with her partner Tom, eager to see as much of the Rockies as humanly possible in a two-week whirlwind trip.   Here she recounts their impressions as first-time visitors to this beautiful region as they made their way as...

Camilla writes: 'I was the first of our group to arrive at Gatwick for our British Airways flight to Lima, perhaps a sign of how keen I was to get to Peru. We checked into a hotel near the airport and were up early the next day to catch our onward flight to...

Rob has just returned from a wonderful voyage around the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen enjoying some amazingly close encounters with polar bears, walruses and arctic foxes whilst journeying on board the much-loved polar vessel ‘Akademik Vavilov.’ ‘Having...

Camilla writes:  Iceland has been on my travel agenda for some time now, so when I was given the opportunity to join a trip run by Intrepid I could not believe my luck. I knew it was going to be a destination that I would enjoy, but I was still blown away by the...

'Mingalabar!  - This beautiful greeting which means ‘auspiciousness’ is well suited to this fascinating country,' says Abbie, who has just returned from visiting Myanmar. 'Having been offered a place on this familiarisation trip with TransIndus back in February 2017,...