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If you’re planning a number of trips, a Japan Rail Pass (bought prior to arriving in Japan) makes life much easier, as you avoid having to buy tickets on the day of your trip. you can plan your routes and then go to the ticket office with the train times written down.” "Remember that the word for yes in Japanese sounds like "hi". “Enoshima is a fantastic day trip from Tokyo with plenty to do and has a great change of pace from the big cities and usual haunts. Populated mainly by scarecrows, which harvest the fields, sit at bus stops and ‘repair’ phone lines, they outnumber the human population by 10 to 1.”

Exodus Travels offers a 14-night Highlights of Bolivia tour from £4,099 per person, including a 4X4 tour of the Salar de Uyuni, flights from London, B&B accommodation, all transport, and an expert tour leader throughout. Costa Rica Revealed’ tour takes guests to see all the highlights of Costa Rica and is priced from £1,821 per person including accommodation, some meals and internal transport. Reef and Rainforest offers a 16-day 'Natural Guyana Off The Beaten Track' tour priced from £5,252 per person including international flights, internal transport, accommodation and most meals. Chile specialist TravelArt offers a new 12-day tour entitled the “Heartbeat of Chile“, which journeys from Santiago, to the Elqui Valley; known for its dramatic starry skies and viticulture, Isla Damas, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sewell; an uninhabited Chilean mining town located on the slopes of the Andes, and the dramatic Torres del Paine National Park.

To Visit On The North Coast 500 Stunning coastal scenery, magnificent Munros, historic castles and vast lochs, Scotland’s version of a road trip will leave you in awe… Launched in 2015, the North Coast 500 encompasses over 500 miles of wild scenery, secluded beaches and historic castles in Scotland’s northern highlands. From exploring the castle or a taking a riverside stroll to trying out the city’s mouth-watering Scottish cuisine, make this the first highlight of your NC500 road trip. Even if you don’t plan on climbing Stac Pollaidh it is still worth heading to the small car park and walking a short way down to Loch Lurgainn for an uninterrupted view of this famous Scottish icon. As you begin to make your way east from Durness on the north coast of Scotland, you will eventually reach the charming village of Tongue.

That’s exactly what you’ll find in Kubah National Park, where the aptly named Waterfall Trail leads you for 1.5 hours through the rainforest to a set of wide falls. Like Kudah, Gunung Gading National Park has a dedicated Waterfall Trail, although this one takes in not just one set of falls, but a whopping seven. In the far east of Sarawak, around half an hour’s drive south of the town of Lawas, sits the Penawan Waterfalls Eco Park. This lovely protected area is famous for its ten waterfalls, which you can explore by following the park’s gentle hiking trails along the river – as you go, be sure to keep an eye out overhead for colourful hornbills, the national bird of Malaysia.