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

Wonderful Things to See and Do in France

When talking about travel Proust implied it wasn’t the destination that mattered, but how we perceive it. And this is an excellent way to approach the concept of travel and holidays. How we experience something often matters more than where…

No Lift Needed: Cross Country Skiing at Mont Tremblant

Photo credit: Langlauf 2 via photopin (license) Sure, Mont-Tremblant’s an amazing hub–one of Canada’s finest–for topnotch downhill skiing and snowboarding. But the fun’s not confined to the Laurentian runs: far from it. In Mont-Tremblant National Park, you’ve got stunning backcountry…

5 Reasons to visit Japan

If you’re feeling Asia’s pull but have already visited its most frequented spots, why not set your sites on Japan? This fascinating country is a land of opposites, where remains of its ancient civilisations, lie side-by-side with its hyper-modern technologies,…

Orlando: There’s more to it than theme parks

Photo credit: 20120121-IMG_1684_HDR via photopin (license) In 2014, Florida broke a record of 97.3 million visitors to the area according to local newspaper, the Orlando Sentinel. That same year, the city of Orlando broke a touristic record in the entire…