IN THE COLD
Race star Martin Bell will offer high-intensity instruction on his second White Heat camp this year. From March 2, join him for a four-day skiing course with video analysis in Davos, Switzerland, for £345pp, excluding accommodation, which can be booked for an extra charge. Book with White Heat. Details: 020-7193 4793, www.whiteheatski.biz.
Leave on February 5 for a week’s skiing trip to Courmayeur, Italy with Directline Skiing. The price is from £260pp (usually £340pp), with accommodation at the three-star Astoria Hotel on a half-board basis and flights from Gatwick. Details: 020-8239 3399, www.directline-skiing.co.uk.
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Learn to ski in Méribel at half term with the Méribel Tourist Office. A week’s stay at the Chandonelles Apartment One from February 11 is £815. The price is based on four sharing, but excludes flights. Méribel has great ski and snowboard facilities. Details: 00 33 479 00 50 00, www.meribel.net.
Six can share a three- bedroomed luxury chalet in the Humber Valley Resort in Canada from £712pp (saving £149pp). Through Barwell Leisure, the week’s skiing trip begins on February 3. The price includes accommodation, ski hire, lift passes and two-hour lessons a day for a group of six. Details: 0870 0493095, www.barwell.co.uk.
Ski Line has a week’s skiing break to Aspen. Stay at Chalet Cottonwood, which sleeps eight, from £1,067pp (based on full occupancy). The price includes breakfast, afternoon tea, a three-course evening meal on six nights, and flights from Gatwick. Regional airports are available. Details: 0870 9504420, www.skiline.co.uk.
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IN THE HEAT
Track chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains and seek out the buffalo, elephant and hippo of Katavi on an eight- night Abercrombie & Kent trip to Tanzania. The holiday includes one night in Arusha, three nights in Katavi and four nights in Mahale. The price is from £4,449pp with departures until the end of March, including most meals, accommodation and flights from Heathrow. Details: 0845 0700611, www.abercrombiekent.co.uk.
Save £246pp on a two-week trip to the Dominican Republic with Odyssey Holidays. The revised price is £699pp with all-inclusive accommodation at the Fun Royale Beach Resort in Playa Dorada and flights from Gatwick on February 25. Details: 0870 4295090, www.odysseyholidays.com.
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Book by the end of January for a five-night luxury break to Dubai from £809pp with Letsgo2. Departures are from February 16 until March 16, with accommodation at the five-star Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort & Towers and flights from Heathrow. Details: 0871 2080093, www.letsgo2.com.