Make the start of marriage a real adventure
‘We wander through the palm trees sipping mango cocktails and waving at school children’
FEELING HOT (AND COLD)
BLOW away the cobwebs of wedding day celebrations on a honeymoon that combines skiing in Whistler in Canada with a stay by a beach with great surfing on Maui in Hawaii. There’s also the chance to spot humpback whales and go snorkelling with turtles.
16 nights from £3,375pp including flights and transfers ( skisafari.com).
ANTARCTIC ICEBREAKER
THIS is a marriage initiation for the brave . . . don a dry-suit and take the plunge together into the icy waters of the Southern Ocean on a cruise beginning in Ushuaia in Argentina and continuing to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica. Activities include snorkelling past icebergs and visiting the penguin rockeries (above).
21 days including accommodation, meals and transfers, but not flights, from £15,349pp ( vivaexpeditions.com).
HAND IN HAND IN PATAGONIA
GO HIKING together in Patagonia amid mountains, glaciers and lakes on a fortnightlong trip for adventurous honeymooners. Fly to Buenos Aires, then travel south to Torres del Paine National Park, the Perito Moreno glacier and the lakeland of Tierra del Fuego.
14 days from £3,799pp including flights and hotels ( tucantravel.com).
GO WILD IN BORNEO
EXPLORE the wilds of Borneo while staying at sumptuous hotels and tucked-away jungle lodges on this 12-day adventure that
includes rainforest expeditions to see orangutans and sun bears. And the trip ends at a peaceful beach resort on Gaya Island.
12 days from £4,797pp including flights and some meals ( wildfrontiers travel.com).
TIPI FOR TWO IN GREENLAND
SLEEPING in a tipi is one of the highlights of a honeymoon in Greenland in which you can — if you like — leap in ice-cold Arctic waters (said to be good for your health). There’s also a chance to catch salmon with your bare hands and kayak on fjords on this back to nature honeymoon.
SEVEN nights full-board from £14,500 with flights ( redsavannah.com).
ROMANTIC ECO-PODS
STAY at the newly opened Cosmoledo Eco Camp, on the isolated island of Cosmoledo — about 600 miles from Mahe, capital of the Seychelles. There are eight gorgeous eco-pods at this romantic hideaway. Activities include birdwatching, snorkelling and diving.
13 days from £10,800 pp including flights, most meals, four nights on Cosmoledo and five on Alphonse Island ( reefandrainforest.co.uk).
JUNGLE LOVE
HEAD deep into the Rwandan jungle to track mountain gorillas before flying to Zanzibar for a romantic beach break. In Rwanda you stay in a top-class eco-lodge set in an old volcanic cone, while in Zanzibar you hole up in a cosy lodge on Mnemba Island (pictured below).
11 nights with accommodation and flights from £ 14,000 pp ( black tomato.com).
FIND YOUR INNER TIGER
FLY to Mumbai and back from Delhi on a ten-night honeymoon that includes trips to a tiger park in Pench, Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park, where you stay in a cosy-chic kutiya (jungle hut). Explore Delhi on your last day, staying at a five-star Oberoi hotel.
TEN nights from £3,935pp including flights and some meals ( aber crombiekent.co.uk).
AFRICAN AFFAIR
ADMIRE the spectacular Sossusvlei sand dunes in Namibia before touching down in your hot- air balloon ( right) for a champagne breakfast. The balloon ride is one of the highlights of a trip to this remote, magical landscape with its towering dunes and clear, starry skies.
TEN nights at Little Kulala Resort with flights from £7,500pp ( trueluxury. travel).
LOVE IN A TREEHOUSE
LISTEN to lions roaring on the plains while staying in a super-comfortable treehouse at Lion Sands Game Reserve at Kruger National Park in South Africa. A delicious picnic dinner is provided and it’s possible to sleep beneath the stars. Twice daily game drives are organised. NINE-night breaks with one night in the treehouse, a night in Lion Sands River Lodge and seven nights at the Victoria & Alfred hotel in Cape Town from £4,433 pp including flights, transfers and some meals ( kuoni.co.uk).