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sleeping in tents or local rondavels – circular huts with a thatched roofs – at one with the animals. GO: This 14-day Kruger to Vic Falls truck-based itinerary is for groups of up p to 25 people and includes most st meals, for £947. See tucantravel.com. travel.com. Flights to Johannesburg over Christmas from £673, see traveltrolley.co.uk.
Ding dong merrily Oban, Scotland
Instead of fairy lights, see twinkling stars. And you do not have to cross the world to get away from Christmas, you could retreat to a remote croft on the West Coast of Scotland.
Tigh Beg Croft holiday cottage near Oban
THE Silverstone Experience has opened at the UK’S Grand Prix circuit, where a Second World War hangar has bee been transformed to tell the st story of motor sport.
Learn how to design a racing car in n its Tech Lab and check out Barry starred sta in the film Ring of Bright Water back in 1968 19 and is the perfect spot for otter-watching. It is set in some 50 acres of informal hill land and an shore line giving you some spectacular walking wa country.
Expect E Atlantic sunsets and fresh seafood, and limited lim local acknowledgement of the festive season. sea New Year – Hogmanay – is more important imp to the Scots.
GO: Tigh Beg sleeps four and seven nights over Christmas costs £1,070. See oneoffplaces.co.uk.
Sea angels Red Sea, Egypt
Swap the wreaths for coral reefs in Egypt.
And there is good news from the Red Sea at the moment, with h
Sheene’s 1979 Suzuki bike, which is on display alongside his leathers and helmet, featuring a hole that let him smoke while wearing it.admission from £20 for adults, £10 for children.
See silverstone-experience.co.uk. the Foreign Office advising that Sharm el-sheikh is once again safe to visit.
For the past couple of years, Egypt’s mainland coast around Hurghada, with all its wonderful offshore diving, including angelfish and manta rays, has been the main focus for British travellers.
But the endorsement of Sharm el-sheikh will see travellers returning to the Sinai peninsular, where the natural world is, if anything, a bit more pristine pristi and the undersea world that bit more div diverse.
The big hotels will all know it is
Chri Christmas, of course, but the undersea world wo does not, and on the surrounding hi hills you are unlikely to see much in the way of snow!
GO: GO A week over Christmas in the Coral Se Sea Aqua Club in Sharm el-sheikh, all inc inclusive, costs from £1,191pp, including fligh flights. See lastminute.com.