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
Yachts docked in Adelaide, Australia

Our Generation’s Vacation Home – The Yacht

The expanding highway systems in the mid-twentieth century helped to create the era of the vacation home. During that time the average family consisted of two adults packing their kids into a car a few times a year and driving…

Exercise on Vacation Gets Easier

Photo credit: K_Gradinger Bike Lane Built for Two via photopin (license) There has been a lot of press in recent years about the Air BNB phenomena and how travel to other cities has become more boutique in general. Yet in…

14 Essential Tips for Driving in Iceland

Image (C) Iceland Tourism While touring Iceland by car is high on most sane peoples’ bucket lists, it’s easy to be a little apprehensive about the idea of driving in Iceland. The crime series “Trapped” probably didn’t help, but it’s actually…