Going green

PLANET FRIENDLY TRAVEL NEWS BY JANE MEMMLER

A new £2million Japanese-themed e-karting experience with F1-style boost control steering

wheels and sound effects has opened at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford. Sessions are available for

under 12s, with twin karts for parents and kids and adult karts that can reach 40mph.

xscapeyorkshire.co.uk

Learn first hand about the delicate eco-system in the Maldives from the new marine biologist at Vakkaru Maldives.

Guests can also adopt a coral frame which will be placed in the coral nursery. There are presentations before diving in with resident expert Diana Vergara for a first-hand journey to discover the underwater world before learning more about the marine life you’ve spotted.

vakkarumaldives.com

■■With the world’s animal population constantly under threat, good news from Zimbabwe.

The Project Rewild Zambezi initiative has been created by The Great Plains Foundation, the conservation and community charity. This will see almost

3,000 animals, from elephants, lions, buffalo, impala and zebra, relocated from the overpopulated Savé Valley Conservancy to the Great Plains’ private concession, the Sapi Reserve in Northern Zimbabwe.

Great Plains Foundation CEO Dereck Joubert said, “When I was approached to assist the Savé Valley Conservancy with what they deem is an overpopulation of wildlife, I knew that this was something we just had to do.”

greatplainsconservation.com

Christmas

Markets shopping getaways are now on sale at Jet2CityBreaks with destinations including Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Prague, Copenhagen and Vienna and

flights available from Belfast International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle. From £279 per person for four nights. jet2citybreaks.

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