January/February

Where to go hang gliding and paragliding in January and February

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On glide in Algodonales. Photo: Fred Gustafsson

Guide to Algodonales, Spain

Start or close your season in this paragliding mecca in southern Spain. A good place to finish off your training or learn to thermal
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Matt Warren in Oman. Photo: Seth Royce

‘Let’s Dance’: Learning to paramotor in Oman

Matt Warren heads to Oman for a winter sun holiday with a difference – a conversion course from paragliding to paramotoring
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Flying the Sierra Madre, with the road to take-off on the far ridge. Photo: Ed Ewing

Guide to Zaachila, Mexico

Come to Zaachila in the Sierra Madre for reliable high-altitude flying, with a wealth of culture to explore when you're not in the air
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The volcanic landscape of tenerife. Photo: Henry Wilder

Guide to Tenerife, Spain

Tenerife is the perfect winter get-away from a winter in northern Europe – take the family and your wing
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Gangtok, Sikkim. Photo: Parvin Singh

Guide to Gangtok, India

Fly Sikkim, one of the Himalaya's 'secret kingdoms', with 8,000m Kanchenjunga as the stunning backdrop
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Drop in on a billionaire for tea. Photo: Fredrik Gustafsson

Guide to Roquebrune, Monaco

Soar above the Mediterranean villas of the super-rich – flying is allowed from Roquebrune between October and April
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Looking back along the Christ Run to launch near Pedra Bonita, the flat-topped mountain. Photo: Nader Couri

Guide to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Come to Rio for spectacular, year-round flying in one of the world's great cities
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Morocco is perfect for a winter getaway. Photo: Melanie Boisselier

Guide to Nid d’Aigle, Morocco

Enjoy some winter sunshine and easy sea-breeze soaring in the exotic setting of southern Morocco
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The big open skies of manilla where Godfrey Wennes pushed the world record to 335km in 1998. Photo: martin Scheel

Guide to Manilla, Australia

Manilla offers safe, easy and relaxing XC for all levels of pilot
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Guide to Manteigas, Portugal

Manteigas is the best XC site in Portugal – you can fly from here all the way to Spain!
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