Relax and rejuvenate
Sand – glorious, wave-washed sand – often provides the finale on journeys into the most thrilling natural environments imaginable. You could soak off the dust from a safari deep into the Ngorongoro Crater in a shoreline lodge in Zanzibar, or wake up to views of golden sand and turquoise shallows of Lankayan Island, Borneo, having seen orangutans swinging through the trees the day before. Indian Ocean alternatives include snorkelling in the warm waters of the Maldives after an exhilarating pursuit of leopards in Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park and lazing on the beaches of Nosy Be, Madagascar, after trekking through the thick forests amidst the rustlings of lemurs in the leaves above.