When Dermot MacCarthy, one of Ireland’s fiercest chieftains, built his fortress in County Cork, Ireland, almost 600 years ago, little did he know that one of the great stones near the very top of the castle would one day become one of the country’s greatest treasures and that millions – yes, millions – of people would come here to visit it.

Smart, cunning, opportunistic, trickster – these are some of the words that come to mind when many of us think about jackals.

Africa is teeming with all sorts of wild animals. It is home to some of the world’s smallest creatures as well as the planet’s biggest land animal, the African bush elephant.

There is so much more to food than just taste. Behind any food is a story – be it of global culinary practices, politics, the contributions of marginalised groups or a history of cuisine development.

Vienna is a city that truly captured my attention. It’s an exquisite place full of stunning architecture, like the Vienna State Opera and the Hofburg Palace, and tree-lined streets running parallel to the mighty Danube River.

Tiger Canyon, one of the most unusual wildlife and safari parks in the world – it has the only expanding population of wild tigers outside of Asia – offers a unique experience to get up close to wild tigers and cheetahs.