Finding freedom

Shoals of tropical fish swim past. From time to time, a blacktip reef shark comes into view, wriggling its tail at me. You might be thinking I’m at an aquarium or out snorkelling. But no, I’m having a

There are three big advantages to a twin-centre holiday. The first is that instead of one long, tiring flight, you get a midway break. Then there’s the fact that when you come to the end of your ‘firs

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Exciting ways to get away from it all

Rupert Uloth travels to Madagascar’s north-east to marvel at the extraordinary abundance of flora and fauna–much of which is found nowhere else on Earth

It’s a top tourist destination, but Jane Anderson hoped to find its more legendary charms. Here’s how she got on…