On visiting a women-only surf and yoga retreat, Elisabeth Easther found everyone on the same wave length.

Scott Kara takes his family to Fiji's Coral Coast where they experience two extremes of island life.

Judy Bailey takes a soul stirring cruise down the Murray River.

Manuel Meyer takes a close look at beautiful fish off the Spanish coast.

Each week, Flight Centre's team of experts answers your travel question

Suzanne Morphet enjoys more than the bear necessities on a wildlife-filled wilderness cruise in British Columbia.

Hayden Donnell hops on a bicycle to explore the newest trails around Queenstown.

Graham Reid finds flavour through goats and a stark desert where the West's latest beauty "must-have" grows.

Thoughts of cycling in India probably conjure up images of intensely congested streets, teeming with all modes of traffic and sharing limited space with free range animals- a reasonable or enjoyable holiday activity?

Island time A walk in Atiu jungle feels like scuba-diving, says Jim Eagles.

Kiwi Helen Steemson saw Sri Lanka up close when she joined Habitat for Humanity.

Alex Robertson and award-winning travel photographer Babiche Martens get to grips with a complex and beautiful land.

With help from a local, Graham Reid goes in search of an elusive meal on Niue.

Adventure tourism inherently carries risk, writes Martin Sneddon. But the customer has a right to expect that avoidable risks are eliminated.

With stand-up paddleboarding an emerging global craze, I figure the best place to learn is in Hawaii, where the sport began.

Hundreds of runs offering challenge to skiers of all abilities give Sarah Ivey the experience of a lifetime.

If Niseko is the crown jewel of Japanese skiing, then Rusutsu is one of its most lustrous, and least known, diamond clusters.

Chris Reed escapes the rat race to find splendid isolation on a road trip through Outback Queensland.

Going on safari is becoming an increasingly popular option for adventurous honeymooners.

Black fingers claw at your neck. The zip of your windcheater is yanked away from your red raw chin.

Jeff Turnbull tackles Australia's adventure capital - Tropical North Queensland.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest, a new book published this week collects photographs from the other New Zealander in the 1953 British Everest Expedition.

Lonely Planet's experts have picked out the top dive spots on the Great Barrier Reef.

Tash McGill takes on a range of adventure challenges over four thrilling days.

Brian Armstrong, an Australian filmmaker with a penchant for strange liquors, has travelled to the most isolated and dangerous corners of the world.

Seat-of-the-pants expedition filmmaker Brian Armstrong has an eye for weird and wonderful alcoholic concoctions.

China mesmerises and intrigues Leanne Rinne.

Ewan McDonald rambles on about a group of Aucklanders taking a walking holiday with a few differences.