We are always looking for new hotels, lodges and destination management companies to partner with so that we can offer our clients the best deals, and are therefore pleased to announce that Red Carnation Hotels has become our latest partner.

I’d always wanted to visit Iceland since studying Old Norse at university. It was the language of the Vikings, of the famous Old Norse sagas, and of Norse strongman, settler and explorer Leif Erikson – son of Eric the Red – who rowed himself and his hardy crew to Newfoundland, Canada, around AD1 000.

The malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve is located on South Africa's northern border with Botswana, in a semi-arid area characterised by red sands, open grasslands and sparse bushveld.