Tasmanian island for hire, new Senegal guidebook, and David Bowie retrospective: Travel agenda

Where to go and what to know

Discover the World new Iceland flight launches (Arctic Image)

Gone to Iceland

East Iceland will be easier to reach next summer, thanks to Discover the World's new direct link from Gatwick to Egilsstadir, which will operate twice-weekly from 28 May to 24 September 2016. It will be exclusively chartered by Discover the World and can be booked only as part of the tour operator's packages.

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LGW card gain

Pay-as-you-go using Oyster and contactless cards will finally cover rail journeys between London and Gatwick airport from the New Year. The deal covers Southern and Thameslink, as well as the premium Gatwick Express service. A single non-express peak-time trip will cost £14; cash fares are 10 per cent higher.

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Up in smoke

The city state of Singapore has banned e-cigarettes. Visitors to the country who bring e-cigarettes, vaporisers, e-pipes, e-cigars, or refills in are likely to have them confiscated and could be fined or sent to prison.

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Hot hideaway

A Tasmanian island, never before accessible to the public, is now available for hire. Satellite Island, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, can only be reached by catamaran, helicopter or seaplane. Its 34 hectares have two places to stay: the Summer House, which sleeps six, and The Boathouse (four). Nightly hire rates begin at A$,1050 (£491) per night for a couple.

satelliteisland.com.au

David Bowie retrospective

Ziggy with it

The “David Bowie Is” retrospective opens at the Groninger Museum in Groningen, Netherlands, on 11 December and runs until 13 March next year. This is the last chance to see the exhibition at the end of its two-year tour. It incorporates some 300 objects from the past five decades of Bowie's career.

davidbowie-groningen.nl

Crater camp

Nomad Tanzania is to open a new camp, Entamanu Ngorongoro, at 7,500ft on the Ngorongoro crater rim next summer. Eight rooms will open in June 2016 and 10 rooms the following year. It will be the only camp to offer views of both the crater and the Serengeti. Rates are from US$655 (£437) per night.

nomad-tanzania.com

Jail ale

London Dungeon will unveil its interactive Victorian tavern on 12 December, replicating a dodgy boozer where visitors can order drinks and listen to music hall tunes on the piano.

thedungeons.com

Go west

Bradt Travel Guides has issued the first dedicated book on Senegal, which was declared Ebola-free on 17 October. The book was written by Sean Connolly, who first travelled to West Africa in 2008. It has sections on trekking, bird-watching, and wildlife, as well as offering 35 detailed maps of the country. The book is now available for £17.99.

bradtguides.com