Amazon:Explore the Amazon by riverboat, dine on food fresh from the rainforest, see dolphins and wildlife (like our friend the arboreal hylid frog, pictured here) and walk the forest canopy. Visit Lima, Iquitos and the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. A nine-day adventure departs October 13th and costs from €2,619pps. Tel 01-2886828; sunway.ie.
Great value city dealsare now appearing for autumn: three nights in London from €216pps, Milan from €262pps, Berlin from €264pps and Madrid from €278pps; ebookers.ie.
La Gomera Walking is taking bookings for walking holidaysin the Canary Islands beginning from November, with a reduction in the single occupancy premium to €100 and no increase in prices, so walking tours cost €699pps including six dinners; gomerawalking.com.
There is still time to squeeze in a family breakat Seafield golf and spa resort in Ballymoney. A two- or three-bedroom courtyard family suite costs €375 for up to four nights. Tel: 053-9424000; seafieldhotel.com.
Sit on the terrace and enjoy the viewsof Wicklow at the Glenview Hotel, where two-night midweek breaks for over 55s cost €109pps and include dinner one night, a picnic lunch and entrance to Kilruddery Gardens. Tel: 01-2873399; glenviewhotel.com.