Andy Higgs

Andy Higgs

I know what it's like to go from being a crazy backpacker without a care in the world, via being a vaguely sensible parent to being an adventurer once more. In other words, evolving into a Grown-up Traveller. Like everyone else, I love to travel, have visited a lot of countries and all that but my big thing is Africa. I also own and run The Grown-up Travel Company as a travel designer creating personalised African itineraries for experienced adventurers

Top tips for planning a Christmas overseas

Photo credit: Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits Christmas in Strasbourg via photopin (license)  If you’re planning on spending Christmas overseas this year, I’ve put together a selection of great tips to make your festive break even better. Whether you’re heading…

Fall in Love With Tenerife

Photo credit: lsten Sunset at Punta De Benijo via photopin (license) Tenerife is one of the beautiful islands that make up the Canary Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean just off the northwest coast of Africa. The seven islands make…

How to choose your safari travel style

The unpredictability of nature makes a safari holiday one of the trickiest trips to plan. For many, an African safari adventure is a once in a lifetime experience, so of course, you want it to be everything you hoped it…

Visiting Orlando’s theme parks

If you have children (or a still a child at heart) then at some point the idea of visiting theme parks is almost guaranteed to come up in conversation. I actually hadn’t expected it to do so, as I was…