My son used to hate hiking. After visiting 40 national parks, I've found the tricks for making it fun for him.

The Transportation Security Administration screens around 4 million passengers per day at 450 U.S. airports. In 2023 alone, the agency processed more than 858 million passengers, 484 million checked bags and 1.9 billion carry-on items.

Montana's Glacier National Park typically sees over 2 million visitors between May and August each year. Although I love taking in the park's beauty in the warmer seasons, this spike in visitation can often lead to long lines to enter the park.

Nov 21, 2024 • 6 min read

I moved to Italy in my 20s after a summer study abroad in Rome during my senior year of college.

It just got easier to hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park thanks to an extensive renovation of a popular trail that leads to the park’s tallest waterfall. 

Visiting Joshua Tree National Park will soon cost more when the popular California spot raises reservation fees.

Nicole Sunderland first caught the travel bug over two decades ago when she sold magazines door to door around the country.

I can barely leave the house without relying on my iPhone and Apple Watch to help me get where I'm going, let alone travel. I've long used Apple Maps for driving and walking directions when navigating a new city. Last year, the tech giant introduced a handful of features that made my devices even more indispensable while traveling, including offline maps and easier-to-navigate maps in several major cities.

The Matador Network team isn’t always shackled to a desk. This year, we’ve explored around the world on memorable trips to places like the volcanic archipelago of the Galapagos, the Northwest Coast of Norway, and stayed in hotels breaking ground on sustainability measures. While doing so, we’ve tested truck loads of gear, from the latest apparel and luggage from leading outdoor and travel brands, to gadgets and packing aids that make our journeys more comfortable, to on-the-road essentials to keep our kids entertained. This year’s gift guide compiles our favorite products — items in our travel tool kits that have become indispensable. Whether you’re looking for a stocking stuffer, an affordable present for a white elephant gift exchange, or something special for a loved one who enjoys traveling as much as we do, our tried-and-tested suggestions will make your holiday shopping a walk in the park.

As the Toyota Land Cruiser begins its trek up to TAASA Lodge in the northern part of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, the sound of voices grows louder and louder.

Before there were seven continents, there were proteas. Related to sycamores and to the sacred lotus, they’re native to what’s now Australia and South America, as well as to South Africa, where they’re most abundant in the Cape Floristic Region, a biodiverse swath of land in the country’s southwest. Wanderers of its peaks, valleys and dunes might miss the Protea nana, also known as the , or “shy flower,” because its bell-shaped blooms advance downward into the brush, but there are plenty of other species to see. (The name “protea” comes from the shape-shifting Greek god Proteus.) There’s the Pink Mink, whose petals are tipped with black hairs; the spiky-soft pincushion protea, with its dome of protruding styles; and the King protea, characterized by an oversize inflorescence featuring a ring of bracts surrounding an orblike grouping of velvety florets.

With his return to television in The Day of the Jackal, Eddie Redmayne got to multiply the stamps in his passport collection—or, at times, he pretended to. As the world’s most notorious assassin-for-hire, Redmayne's Jackal treats Europe as his playground, hopscotching across borders like stepping stones. “For me, one of the elements of the original Frederick Forsyth book and Edward Fox movie was a celebration of Europe,” the 42-year-old actor tells Condé Nast Traveler of the 10-part series based off of the 1971 novel and 1973 political thriller. “You could sit in your living room and dream of those places and the romance of the hidden elements of these parts of the world.”