It’s Monday, you’ve got a diary full of meetings, an inbox bursting with emails and there are 4 whole days to go until the weekend. It’s time to plan the great escape from the office.

A fundraising trip is the perfect justification to turn your ‘out of office’ assistant on. Join Rebecca Stephens, Britain’s first female Everest summiteer,  for a trek through ’Little Tibet’ in India. Follow ancient trails in the secluded Markha Valley and cross the high passes of the Zanskar Range where the flutter of the prayer flags provide a constant reminder of the deep seated Buddhist heritage of the region.

For a cooler option, head to the Antarctic and retrace Shackleton’s voyage from the northern Weddell Sea, past Elephant Island and across the Scotia Sea to the south-western side of South Georgia. No mobile reception here. Perfect.

Spend a week on horseback riding across the unfenced wilderness at the base of Mt. Kilimajaro and cover 30 to 40km a day. You’ll ride between Mt. Meru to the south, Lake Natron game controlled area to the west, Mt. Kilimanjaro to the East and the Kenya border and Amboseli National Park to the North. Each evening when you arrive at camp there will be a large campfire and your tents will be set up. Forget checking your Blackberry, your most important job will be to tie up your horse and make sure your trusty steed gets a well-deserved bucket of water.

Ditch the suit and tie and just pack some shorts, shades and sun cream as you head to Australia for a week of surfing and yoga at Byron Bay. The retreat you’ll stay in is the ideal place to immerse yourself in yoga, eat some amazingly healthy food and refresh yourself in the ocean each day with a surf. Office, what office?

If you love reading but are sick of reading emails, how about a week long booklovers holiday with special guest speakers from the literary world?  A cross between a literary festival and a luxury poolside holiday, you’ll stay in a Spanish country mansion, immerse yourself in the pleasure of books, attend talks by the guest speakers and enjoy great food.

Not everyone wants to swap laptops for long haul flights, so a three day woodcarving course on an organic small-holding in West Cork, Ireland, might just fit the bill.  Immerse yourself in this peaceful setting as you learn the traditional craft of woodcarving with expert Ben Russell.

You STILL sitting at your desk waiting for the next meeting to get booked in? Book a flight instead and get packing….