How to Ask For a Sabbatical

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE IN KENYA It’s fairly easy in our technological age to forget the joys of the great outdoors. To jog your memory, travel to Kenya’s remote Laikipia region, the perfect setting for plenty of al fresco adventures. Dedicate a week here and get back to nature on a big game safari, meet local Samburu and Maasai tribes, make the most of outdoorsy pursuits such as rafting, riding or quad-biking, and learn ancestral skills like animal tracking and navigating by the stars.

It might be something of a clichéd concept, but the fact remains that – consciously or otherwise – we all have bucket lists. Whether you have your own list scrawled on a piece of paper somewhere, or just have several big ideas floating around in your head, a sabbatical is the perfect opportunity to start ticking things off.

Having trouble narrowing down your seemingly endless list? With a long stretch of sabbatical time ahead you can finally take on those big-ticket items, the do-before-I-die moments, the money can’t (usually) buy experiences, the long and leisurely trips that you can never fit in on a regular holiday. They're yours for the taking and ticking off.