THE SOLO TRAVELLER
Your world. Your way.
Learning and Creativity
Learning and creativity deeply enrich solo travel by opening new ways of seeing, thinking, and engaging with the world. They sharpen and enhance lived experiences, shaping how moments on the road, in planning or upon reflection can transform our horizons.
Learning to ski begins gently, and for solo travellers the choices soon become more interesting. We can learn privately and progress faster or join a group and share the experience before being confident enough to head out on our own. Interski Managing Director Robert McIntosh has some reassuring advice for anyone contemplating their first ski lesson: leave your pride at the hotel and do not take yourself too seriously.
A Q&A with Robert McIntosh | 16 September 2026
Tracks became stories, bird calls became clues and wildlife encounters became something to interpret rather than simply observe. For solo traveller Rebecca Draheim, studying to become a field guide in South Africa opened up an entirely different way of experiencing Africa – and ultimately a different life within it.
