Ten trips for the demure adventurer

217PM GMT twenty-three March 2010

Stock pushing deteriorate is a good approach to see the US and find your middle wrangler

Romantics in swimming trunks

Garhwal Himalayas movement the Curzon Trail Hiking on Lundy Island Durrington Walls, Wiltshire Walk of the week Pleasure and suffering on the African plains One man, one bike, 6,000 miles The Silk Road still weaves the sorcery

May 3 is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron"s important float opposite the Hellespont following Leander"s every night invert to his love, Hero and this year"s Byron Swim Festival is formed around a memorial float and lots of associated events. The three-mile float leaves from Çannakale in Turkey shipping is dangling and swimmers contingency finish the Europe-to-Asia channel in 90 minutes. See swimhellespont.com.

Swimtrek (01273 739713; www.swimtrek.com), �450 per chairman incompatible flights

Yee-ha, cowboys!

June to Sep is the batch pushing deteriorate in the United States; a good approach to see the nation and find your middle wrangler. The Smyth family"s operative ranch, Cottonwood Guest Ranch in Nevada, has horse/cattle drives Jun 13-19, Jul 11-17, Aug 8-14 and Sep 19-25; 3 days pushing horses, dual pushing cattle, all among smashing scenery.

Zara"s Planet (0844 487 0300; zarasplanet.co.uk), �1,296 pp, incompatible flights

Bard and lodging

The Globe Theatre opens for the summer on Apr 23, so because not travel there from Stratford on Avon? Shakespeare"s Way, 146 miles long, goes around the Cotswolds, the Rollright Stones, Oxford, the Chilterns and the Thames Path.

Shakespeare"s Way (02476 545858; www.shakespearesway.org or sw@oakgates.fsnet.co.uk) Route guide �7.75 inc p & p

Down underneath combi

It"s a sermon of thoroughfare for majority Aussies rent a camper outpost and vanish in to the Outback. The Savannah Way from Cairns to Broome (2,200 miles) includes the craters and lava tubes of Undara Volcanic National Park, a cattle station, Burke and Wills" majority primeval camp, the striped rocks of the Bungle Bungles, the Kimberley Range and the pearl locale of Broome. The hi-top camper outpost sleeps dual with a pop-up top.

Britz (00800 200 80 801; britz.com.au); camper-van sinecure Cairns to Broome in fourteen days from �1,400; a 28-day outing costs from �2,100. Also see australia.com

Find your voice

Trying something new doesn"t have to meant leaping about Faith Watson"s "natural voice" singing holidays she believes that any one can sing have sole out in a flash. There are still places in the calm vicinity of Kerala, south India, in November, and 2011"s report comes out shortly. There is additionally a range of singing breaks for those who can review music.

Authentic Adventures (01453 834137; authenticadventures.co.uk); Singing in Kerala (November 28December 12), thirteen nights from �2,295 together with Emirates flights and all meals

Peruvian high life

Previous clients cite their homestay on Amantani Island, Lake Titicaca the top lake in the universe and home to the important reed islanders as the prominence of a outing to this fantastic country. The outing additionally includes a moody over the Nazca Lines, a vessel outing to the Ballestas Islands sea wildlife sanctuary, and Cusco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca all by fantastic sight journeys.

Tribes Travel (01728 685971; tribes.co.uk); from �2,305 per chairman (two travelling together), flights from about �800 additional (including taxes)

Hello to Berlin

The Brandenburg waterways form a gigantic network that is passable by vessel from Berlin right to the coast. Thanks to a gift of the law, Britons don"t have to have a ship looseness to sinecure a vessel (Germans do) and you can chug by stately view and in to Berlin, where you can tie up up and go out on the locale for a couple of days. Introductory event and primer in English.

Locaboat Holidays (00 33 38 691 7272; www.locaboat.com or info@locaboat.com) from �1,720 to �2,500 (depending on season) for a Europa 400 (two to 4 persons); UK bookings around the French bureau and rudimentary session/manual are in English

Alaskan Odyssey

May to Oct is the time when Alaska"s startling view reveals itself in the summer attire this Ultimate Alaska by Rail debate zooms south from Anchorage to Seward Island and afterwards up north again, receiving in glaciers, fjords, wildlife, and views of the Alaska Range and former goldfields.

Bon Voyage (0800 316 0191; bon-voyage.co.uk), from �1,899 per person, formed on dual sharing. Includes 10 nights on the train, road house place to live and all taxes

DIY safari

If you have never driven in Africa, Namibia is a smashing place to start; the roads and infrastructure are glorious and view ranges from open diversion observation at Etosha National Park together with rhino and lions to the strand locale of Swakopmund and the charge work at AfriCat. This self-drive safari combines five nights" camping and 4 nights in lodges.

Safari Drive (01488 71140; www.safaridrive.com), 10 days from �1,701 per chairman (two sharing) together with Land Rover, camping rigging and heavenly body phone, but not general flights

Seaborne Sweden

Learn to boat around the St Anna Archipelago, 90 miles south-west of Stockholm in Sweden, paddling around islands and skerries full of bird and animal hold up and camping each night on the islands. There are dual four-day scheduled departures this summer (July 1-4 and Aug 12-15) but in isolation tours can be organised for groups of 6 or some-more in between May and September.

Greentraveller (greentraveller.co.uk); �435 per person, incompatible flights