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Most people know Dharavi from a film or a headline: “Asia’s largest slum”. Walk through it for a morning and a different word keeps coming to mind – workshop. This guide covers what Dharavi is, how it grew, the trades that keep it running, the redevelopment now under way, and how to visit Dharavi in a way that respects the people who live there.
Blue lanes in the north, intricate medinas, a road south towards the dunes, and Marrakech beyond the mountains: this journey brings several very different Moroccos into one holiday. Its twelve days make room for full days in Chefchaouen and Fes as well as the distances between them.
Kyrgyzstan is one of those countries people rarely consider until they see a photograph of Song Kul at dusk. Then the questions start, and for women planning the trip they tend to be the same ones: is it safe, what should I wear, what are the nights in a yurt camp actually like? Here is an honest answer to each, alongside how Omaya’s ten-day women-only journey from Bishkek is put together.
Packing for Song Kul is easier when the essentials for a day at the lake are close to hand. This checklist focuses on clothing and personal items; the camp’s bedding, heating, bathrooms and charging arrangements need confirmation for your departure.
Both Bulgaria journeys spend eight days travelling from Sofia through monasteries, mountain villages and historic towns before returning to the capital. The central choice is the group format: a classic small group or a women-only departure.
One of the largest protected areas in the Sahara, home to 600-metre red dunes, 8,000-year-old rock art, and Tuareg nomads who still live as their ancestors did – here’s what you need to know about visiting Tassili n’Ajjer National Park and its most spectacular corner, the Tadrart Rouge.
Bulgaria’s most sacred landmark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the most breathtaking places in the Balkans – here’s everything you need to plan your visit.
If you’re planning a trip to Bulgaria, it can be surprisingly hard to decide where to go first. This is a country where Roman cities sit beside mountain monasteries, rose fields stretch across entire valleys, and remote villages still keep centuries-old traditions alive—often just a short drive apart.
High in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, at 3,016 metres above sea level, Song-Kul Lake feels like another world. There are no towns here. No paved roads circling the shoreline. No permanent settlements. Just open pasture, grazing horses, scattered yurts, and the slow rhythm of nomadic life continuing much as it has for centuries. It’s the kind of place that makes you realise how rarely you actually feel free. For many travellers, Song Kol is the highlight of Kyrgyzstan and here is what you need to know before you visit it.