1. See the great migration
2. Track mountain gorillas
3. Amazon rainforest
4. Meet orang-utans
5. Go whale-watching
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The World's best beaches1: Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia Bondi
is here, proudly representing the World's 'super beaches'. Don't complain that
you don't see Copacobana, Cape Town, Ipanema, Venice Beach etc in here; we've
gone for variety over reputation and sheer weight of Speedos. Bondi wins just
because of its importance to the gap year thing. Get yourself down there on
Christmas day and party with tens of thousands of other backpackers. Stick a
turkey on the barbie, crack open a stubbie and have a ball. Bondi is great all year round of course; somehow chilled and vibrant at the same time. Not a great spot for learning to surf as it gets a bit crowded, but overall a bit of a beach icon. There are plenty of hostels in the Bondi area, but if you're coming from central Sydney, either take the bus from Circular Quay (380, 382 or L82), or take the train to Bondi Junction and a bus from there (they leave every 10 mins during the day and the alternative is a 2km walk in the blazing sun). Click here >> for Australia info Click here >> for round the world flights including Sydney Click here >> for our recommended hostel in Sydney 2: Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia Sticking with Australia again, we've gone for
Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands for sheer take-your-breath-away
eye-watering gorgeousness. It's a bit of a looker. You can't party here, the
surf is rubbish and half the time you can't even swim in the sea without a dorky
neoprene stinger suit (thanks to stingers), but it really is one of the most
perfect spots on the planet.You get here from Airlie Beach, a small resort on the Queensland coast, north of Brisbane. Most people visit as part of a three-day live aboard sailing trip, but you can also take day sailing trips or high-speed options such as 'Ocean Rafting' or a fly-past in a bubble helicopter. Multi-day sailing starts at around AU$220 (£90ish), day trips at about AU$100 (£42ish), Ocean Rafting will costs AU$97 (£41ish) and the bubble 'copter starts at AU$39 (£16 or so). Click here >> for Australia info Click here >> for round the world flights including Australia Click here >> for our recommended hostel in Airlie Beach 3: Maya Beach, Phi Phi Le, Thailand This beach is 'The Beach' beach, which not only
helps us break some kind of record for word repetition, but also kind of tells
you everything you need to know about the place. It's where Leo and crew filmed
and now, like Whitehaven Beach, it's a bit of a hub for day-trippers. Again it's
all about the beauty that takes your breath away, rather than the excellent
facilities and sea-front cuisine, but when you see those jungle-clad outcrops
framing the crystal clear water and azure sky, you'll know why you made the
trip. Koh Phi Phi is off the coast of Krabi province in Thailand. Although it was decimated by the Tsunami in 2004, the tourist industry is up and running again and your visit is appreciated. You can organise a boat to Phi Phi Don (the inhabited one of the two Phi Phi islands) from Krabi itself and sort out your trip to Phi Phi Le (a national park) from there. It's Thailand, so it's all cheap as chips. Click here >> for Thailand info Click here >> for round the world flights including Thailand Click here >> for our recommended hostesl in Thailand 4: The Skeleton Coast, Namibia Okay, so maybe not really a beach as we'd usually
understand it, but it is where sand meets sea, so the basic boxes are ticked.
What the Skeleton coast has to offer beyond gaudy beach towels and sand in your
crack are some weird and wonderful sights and a good measure of inaccessible,
inhospitable difficulty. There's a vast colony of cape fur seals, lions, rhinos,
giraffe, elephants, huge shifting sand dunes and a number of ghostly, desolate
ship wrecks. It's not Blackpool, there aren't any donkey rides and you couldn't
really bring your Nan here for a nice day out, but you've got to admit, it's a
beach that you'll remember... It's not easy to get to, as it's an internationally-important conservation area, so your best bet is to join an overland tour, or book a safari from Swakopmund (Namibia's second largest town and the centre for its adventure industry). Flights to Namibia are expensive, so you might be better off to take an Intercape bus from South Africa. Click here >> for Namibia info Click here >> for round the world flights including Africa Click here >> for overland and adventure tours in Africa Click here >> for Intercape buses 5: Muri Beach, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Your stereotypical, perfect, paradise island
beach. Probably not quite Whitehaven Beach in terms of sheer beauty, but it is
at least a proper beach where you can lounge all day, drink cocktails and wander
unsteadily to the bar when the sun goes down. The Cook Islands are miles from anywhere in the middle of the South Pacific, so you'll probably only go here as part of a round the world trip. There are backpackers lodges nearby and Muri is the largest, most obvious beach on the island. You'll find it, don't worry. Click here >> for Cook Islands info Click here >> for round the world flights including the Cook Islands Click here >> for our recommended hostel in the Cook Islands |
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