Kris Madden is a multiple award-winning travel writer and editor whose articles have appeared in numerous Australian and international print and online publications including National Geographic Traveller; The Australian; Australian Geographic; Sydney Morning Herald; The Age; Sun Herald; Sunday Telegraph; Cruise Passenger and Australian Traveller, Discovery Channel and Yahoo! amongst others. She is a former managing editor of the monthly travel trade magazines Traveltalk and TravelBulletin. Kris won 'Best Trade Story' in the 2012 Australian Society of Travel Writers Travel Journalism Awards and was also a finalist in the Best Responsible Travel Story' category. She has also been a finalist in the Australian Federation of Travel Agents 'Best Travel Writer' award for the past four years. She has also worked as an expedition leader and guide in Antarctica, Russian Far East and the South Pacific. Her travels have taken her to more than 60 countries.
Very little has changed since Captain Cook proclaimed Tonga ‘The Friendly Isles’ more than 200 years ago. With more than 170 islands (only around 40 inhabited) scattered across 740,000 sq. km of ocean, the Kingdom of Tonga has just about everything you could desire in a South Pacific paradise. Visitors can get active with diving and whale watching; explore coral...