Top 10 trips to book in April

Experience a full-on wilderness moment standing atop Sardinia’s highest peak,  Punta La Marmora (1843m). Look out over the rugged, windswept landscape of the Gennargentu Mountains to the dazzling blue Mediterranean beyond.

Walk with an experienced ranger through the Tshukudu reserve, filled with bird and mammal species. These bush experts love to share their vast knowledge of wildlife with eager young animal-lovers, and there is no question too big or small. Return to the lodge after a day's adventure to relax by the pool and soak up the late afternoon South African sunshine.

Stand on the Great Wall and imagine that you can be seen from space!  While it’s actually a myth that the Great Wall can be seen from space, the feeling of being on such a momentous landmark, seeing this huge feat of engineering stretching out into the horizon in front of you, makes it feel entirely plausible.

Stand in Manuel Antonio National Park, looking up in to the trees, and spot sloths, hanging out and relaxing in a way only sloths can. Spend two nights here, with time to relax on the white sand beaches and swim in warm azure waters.

Everything else fades away and time seems to stop still the moment you spot a huge herd of elephant at the river side in Chobe National Park. Head out in the morning and afternoon for the best chance to spot these magnificent animals, along with buffalo, waterbuck, zebra, lion, cheetah, leopard and the rare Chobe bushbuck.