Cath Botor

Dec 10, 2024 | internationaltraveller.com | Cath Botor

A tour of Yosemite and Sequoia traces the footsteps of the trailblazer behind the formation of California's most iconic national parks. In the dawn - while the stars still twinkle in the clear, cold Californian sky above - I re-read my safety tips, so that they might lodge in my subconscious. Hiking alone and jogging is not recommended. Not here, in mountain lion habitat. But should I choose to - and if I encounter a mountain lion - the best thing to do is: stay calm. Don't turn back.

Dec 10, 2024 | internationaltraveller.com | Cath Botor

In the Salten district of Norway's Arctic North, travel centres on the slow, circular and hyperlocal. and there's no greater luxury. Spitting the snorkel mouthpiece from my bite, I hesitate before popping a Lego-sized sample of freshly plucked, fluffy seaweed into my mouth. It's spongy, saline and unmistakably pungent. "It tastes like truffle, no?" queries my guide, Nord & Ne's Borghild Viem, with a knowing smile plastered across her face. Yes. Uncannily so.

Dec 10, 2024 | internationaltraveller.com | Cath Botor

On a trek to a seldom-visited corner of the subcontinent, the landscape is as forbidding as the locals are welcoming. Usually, a scenic plane ride involves watching the landscape unfold far below me, but all I can see out my window is a jagged line of snow-capped mountains rising up to eye level. Seemingly thousands of peaks stretch into the distance, the space between them cluttered with improbably narrow ridges, terrifyingly steep valleys and broad cirques hidden beneath permanent glaciers.

Dec 10, 2024 | internationaltraveller.com | Cath Botor

A journey through kenya, 30 years since its iconic landscapes and wildlife inspired the Lion King, is a trip of a lifetime and a window into conservation and community. We'd heard lions roar near camp in the morning. Among a dawn chorus of toads, crickets and all manner of birds, the low rumble was unmistakable. So, out on the plains of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, our mission is clear.

Dec 10, 2024 | internationaltraveller.com | Cath Botor

With a collective thirst for global discovery, Australia is home to some of the tourism industry's biggest players whose founders have blazed a path for travellers worldwide. Australians love to travel. You'll find us surfing waves in Indonesia. And sipping espressos in Rome. You'll find us in the world's most remote pockets, trekking to cliff-clinging monasteries in the Himalayas and kayaking amid ice-blue glaciers in Patagonia.