Intrepid Travel has unveiled a range of new premium adventure tours, tailored to the discerning traveller. Showcasing 70 new trips available for departures commencing in January 2022, the Intrepid Premium range spans over 40 counties, with each itinerary including a feature stay and signature experience. Feature stays range from a cave hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey to an eco-lodge in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and signature experiences include the likes of a sand dune dinner under the stars in Pushkar, India and a community stay in Peru, which includes a visit with the indigenous Ese Eja community. For more info on the premium tours, visit www.intrepidtravel.com/premium

With closer-to-home voyages high on the wishlist for many travellers, Norwegian Cruise Line has unveiled a new collection of South Pacific Itineraries for 2022. The new voyages will set sail aboard the recently refurbished Norwegian Spirit, taking in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, American Samoa, French Polynesia and Hawaii. For more information on the South Pacific sailing season, head to https://www.ncl.com/au/en/

Byron Bay fashion icon Spell Designs is making masking up a little more stylish and reimagining dead stock material as face masks. Made at their certified factories across the world using a triple layer of 100% off cut printed cotton from past collections, each pack contains two reusable and washable masks with elastic. Each mask helps to minimise their waste footprint by reusing excess fabric which would otherwise have become landfill. https://aus.spell.co/

Self-care Sunday is so last year, 2021 is the year of the self-care staycation. Thankfully Australia’s newest spa destination is ready and waiting. Ahead of opening Sequoia Lodge later this year, Mount Lofty House has welcomed Gate Keeper’s Day Spa. Set in one of the estate’s original cottages overlooking the Adelaide Hills, it is home to three treatment spaces, a post-treatment garden and holistic menu of rituals and treatments. gatekeepersdayspa.com.au/

Lovers of wines and good times rejoice, there’s a new lifestyle concert series coming that will put you up close and personal with Australia’s greatest winemakers and iconic musicions. Chant Du Vin will travel Australia, visiting premiere wine regions and sharing stories of music and wine, along with exclusive performances by some of Australia’s favourite musicians, including Jack Jones, Mahalia Barnes, Sarah McLeod and Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe). The first series is set to run over 16 dates through the Hunter Valley, Mudgee, Griffith and Canberra, with the Hunter Valley dates commencing on April 29th and wrapping up May 9th. Tickets will be extremely limited, with physical distancing restrictions in place at each event. More details on the NSW Riverina and Canberra regions are expected to be announced soon. www.chantduvin.com

Miss travelling internationally? Australians will be able to take their minds, eyes, souls and tastebuds to Italy this April, courtesy of Academy Travel’s Italy Week. From April 6 – 9 2021, the leading provider of small group cultural tours will virtually transport travel enthusiasts and Italophiles through Italy’s past and present with an online program that includes keynote interviews with leading Australian experts, Live on Site walking tours of key sites led by experienced local guides, stand-alone lectures and short courses. Bookings are available now. www.courses.academytravel.com.au/italy-week-april-2021