Six of the best... Anti-Valentine's tours

This epic challenge might well be an ambition that’s not shared by your loved ones, so keen hikers might be better planning their own trip. On the Lemosho Trek you’ll camp for a week before reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, arriving with an amazing sense of achievement but in need of a shower! It’s the perfect trip for solo travellers as lifelong friendships are formed helping each other reach the summit and celebrating when you get there.

While a voyage to the end of the earth sounds romantic, it’s far from cosy. Take your clothes off here and you might just risk painful ice burn! Instead, stay wrapped up and enjoy the wonders of Iceland, Greenland and Eastern Canada as a solo traveller. Keeping your clothes firmly on, you’ll stay cosy and comfortable in your very own room, and able to discover this final frontier in the company of likeminded explorers. The three-week trip travels from Iceland to southern Greenland, and down the East coast of Canada, past dramatic scenery, where you can spot polar bears and caribou.

In Benin, Voodoo is the national religion. While sticking pins into effigies is a Hollywood interpretation rather than a real Voodoo practice, the culture here places great importance on death and spirits as a transition to the invisible world. On the Benin & Togo Discovery trip we’ll visit a fetish market, which is almost the exact opposite of what you might expect from a market with this name. On sale here is a most unusual collection of items – you'll find goat skulls, hippo feet, whole chameleons, dead cats and dogs amongst other things. A fascinating and colourful African scene, but not one to celebrate a new relationship perhaps.