10 unusual adventure holiday ideas to book in August

Set off at dawn and watch the annular eclipse as the sun and the moon align to create a blazing ring of fire in the Arabian sky. The rippling dunes of the Wahiba Sands glow orange in the low light and the air feels cool as wildlife begins to stir among this arid wilderness. This is a sunrise you’ll never forget.

The intricate ice sculptures that portray mythical creatures, grand buildings and popular movie characters are a spectacular sight. With so much to see at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, you’ll certainly need a full day to explore this chilly snowscape. Take a moment to warm the cockles and quench your thirst with a delicious hot drink at a bar made entirely of snow and ice - a coffee break with a difference.

Get set for a wild camping experience like no other. Explore the vast plains of the Moremi Game Reserve, on the look-out for crocodile, antelope, hippo and an assortment of exotic birds. After a day's wildlife watching, we’ll sleep under canvas in the company of inquisitive elephant, and sense the fierce presence of lion and leopard close-by.

As we pedal through the bicycle-friendly city of Berlin, along the route of where the Berlin Wall used to stand, we hear first-hand tales about what it was like to live behind the Iron Curtain. Your guide, who grew up in East Germany, will recount their experiences of the imposing divide and reveal how different life is 30 years on since the momentous fall of the wall.

Ubiquitous in Burma, a cheroot is a type of small cigar, packed with flavoured tobacco and rolled inside a leaf. Entering a small floating house on Inle Lake, the smell of sweet, sticky tobacco hangs thick in the air. Greeted by one of the village elders, we are shown how cheroots are still rolled by hand here, at a rate of up to 1,000 per day one of the locals proudly claim!