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Top 10 Travel Gift Ideas

By Surabhi Manjrekar

The Christmas holidays are creeping up, and there’s barely any time left.

Wondering what to gift to your loved ones..

Flowers, Sweets, Maybe a bottle of Champagne?
That was easy wasn’t it? But what if that person is someone who values travel over luxury..?
What are some good gift ideas for travelers? It’s a common question that everyone gets lost with.
 Fret not my friend we have got you covered.
Since it’s clear that traveler get them something that will make their experience better — by making things easier, more fun or really just upping the awesome factor.
 

Here is a list of 10 Awesome things you could gift your travel enthusiast friends, family member or anyone who loves to travel.

1. Scratch Map World

We travelers love to mark off where we’ve been and plan where we want to go next. These scratch-off travel maps make it easy to see exactly which countries we’ve visited by having brightly colored countries appear where we’ve scratched off. For years this has been a popular gift with many travelers and thankfully there are a number of different options.

Get This Here at 649.00 Rs 

2. Bag Organizer Packing Cubes for Travel

For some, packing a suitcase is an art form. For others, an essential part of routine travel plans. Either way, the Amazon Basics packing cubes help keep your belongings neatly stored and conveniently organized. Best of all, the fabric containers protect garments against wrinkles, reducing the need to iron once you arrive at your final destination.

Get It Here at 999.00 Rs

3. Wanderlust Travel Memory Foam Neck Pillow

What kind of experience can it bring to you? This premium neck pillow is an exquisitely niche product made for those on the go, so if you are planning a trip that includes traveling by car, bus, plane or train, or you are considering to have a pillow for your afternoon nap at work, your search for the best pillow is over.

Get This Here at 699 Rs

4. Travel Swiss Knife

 

This multipurpose compact tool is considered as the base full length Swiss Army Knife, and has been one of the bestsellers among the “Swiss Army Knives”. The tool incorporates a feature-set of 12 functions, catering

many day to day utilities to the active outdoors person

Get it Here at 1410.00 Rs

5.  Travel Sleep Mask

This Blind Fold and Sleep Mask is soft and comfortable. It is made up of mulberry silk. It helps you get a complete and peaceful sleep and also helps while meditating.. Its a perfect travel gift.

Get it Here at 310.00 Rs

6.  World Tapestry

Get this stylish world map tapestry which you can hang in your room or any other place. It will always remind you of your travel memories.

Get it Here at 789.00 Rs

7. Multipurpose cable holder organizer

This cable organizer will assist you to sort out and arrange all your jumbled up cables in an elegant manner. Since this cable winder is fabulously lightweight, you can take it along with you whenever you are travelling. They are easy to use and have a long shelf life

Get the Here at 379.00 Rs

8. Dry Bag Sack 

Ocean Pack dry tube bag is good for storing your dry gears when the outside is wet. It’s 100% Waterproof Ocean Pack for wading,drifting,swimming,outdoor traveling. Bigger Space: you could put all your small items like phone, cash, tissue, keys, watch, etc, inside it.Suitable for hiking, camping, rafting, sailing and any other outdoor activities.

Get it Here for 639.00 Rs

9. Travel Journal 

Travel journals are a place where you can write about trips you have taken, what you learned during and the experiences you had. It is a collection of adventures, stories, memories and discovery.  It doesn’t matter where you’re going or who you’re traveling with, an online trip journal can come anywhere.

Buy the Here at 799.00 Rs

10. World Map Pendant

The perfect necklace to project your globetrotter experience of a traveller! It has an intricate cutout map available in golden and silver colour

Get it Here at 249.00 Rs

Have a whale of a time!

By Srinivas Krishnan

How about going to a remote spot in the Canadian Arctic? A place so remote that you need to take a private chartered flight from Yellowknife in the Northwestern Territories, fly for 1,500 km, then walk about one kilometre across the Tundra, and follow it up with a short raft ride across the Cunningham river.


A journey that will have you mesmerized by four-and-half hours of stunning aerial views and wondering at the majesty of nature unfold ground-level. Your eventual destination? The spectacularly located Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge on Somerset Island in Nunavut.
It’s so remote that you can watch the unique Beluga Whales frolic without inhibition in the water. It’s remote enough to spot that shy giant called the Musk Ox which seems to actually enjoy living in this brutal environment. Also remote enough to watch the antics of the mischievous Arctic Fox, fondly called “clowns of the Tundra” as if they are performing for you.


Again, remote enough to observe all the birds and animals that thrive in this harsh, frigid temperatures: Peregrine Falcons, Arctic Terns, Eider Ducks, Plovers, Snow Geese, Jaegers, Sandpipers, Snow Buntings, Loons, Rough-legged Hawks, and of course, Ring Seals, Bearded Seals and the magnificent Polar Bear.
But not so remote that you sacrifice creature comforts! The Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge is a unique destination that mixes camping luxury with the arctic wilderness, adrenaline-inducing adventures with moments of great calm and quiet introspection, sumptuous gourmet food and drink in the midst of a hostile environment and the warmth of terrific knowledge and hospitality at 805 km north of the Arctic Circle!

This is a different kind of experience than what you perhaps are used to, because when it comes to polar experiences, every day is different and every day offers a new adventure – and you get 24 hours of daylight to make the most of your time there… So many things to do, so many things to see, that you’ll wonder how 10 days just went past.
What makes this remote part of Planet Earth rather special and unique is that the Cunningham River estuary is a Beluga Whale migration site. These wonderful white whales are rather endearing because they communicate with each other using sounds like clicks, moos, whistles and clangs. Not just that, they tend to mimic sounds they hear. You know what that implies, right? It includes the sounds of human speech! Because of the variety of sounds they produce, Belugas are famously known as “canaries of the sea.”

There’s no better spot on the Planet to watch these majestic, friendly and intelligent creatures in action. The proximity of the Lodge to the Beluga Whale migration site as well as their density makes it so. You can see them and even hear them while standing on the river banks and using the hydrophones supplied by the guides, you can even eavesdrop into their conversations.

During your stay here, you will have the opportunity to understand more about the flora and fauna of this land from experts who spend entire lifetimes researching about the natural history, geography and the intersection of man and nature in this part of the world.

For example, on the ATV ride to Cape Anne, you will visit some ancient Thule sites, the Thule people were Bowhead Whale hunters and are ancestors to today’s Inuits. On this ride, while you will be gobsmacked not just looking at the scenic Arctic vistas and the monstrous icebergs, but also the ancient campsites and prehistoric whale bones.

And on a trip to the Somerset Island canyons, which were formed because of shifting fault lines, you will wander wonderstruck looking at the steep walls and the millions of fossils of prehistoric plants and animals scattered around the ground. You’ll get the opportunity to intimately observe the nesting sites of the local birds, watch Arctic Fox cubs at play, witness the mighty Musk Oxen pass by and a unique gull rookery.

During this time, you will enjoy driving all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) around the landscape, go paddling in kayaks around the Cunningham Inlet, experience the immense capability of the legendary Mercedes-Benz Unimog four-wheel drive truck, go rafting on the crystal-clear water of the gentle rapids as well as hike in the stunning landscape to reach spots that are mind-blowing. You’ll have a whale of a time, that’s a promise!

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