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he hippies will tell you just how important it is to soak up the vibes at Stonehenge, man, to let Mother Earth’s energies wash around you high on Salisbury Plain. There’s no denying that Stonehenge is an incredible monument, but forget sitting cross-legged on the grass, we want to experience it with white-knuckles and a grin stretching from ear-to-ear. Give us a helicopter ride every time.

If you can recover from the mind-blowing buzz of whizzing around in a helicopter at 100 mph for just a few seconds then you’ll be treated to unbelievable views down onto the mighty Neolithic Stonehenge and the numerous burial mounds dotted around the ancient Salisbury Plain. Who knows, from this unique vantage point you might even shed light on why Stonehenge was built.

And Wiltshire being Wiltshire, there’s no shortage of other interesting sites to take in on your journey. From Salisbury Cathedral’s mighty spire to a summer crop circle or two – once you’ve seen these complex patterns from above, it’s hard to believe that they are the handy work of high-spirited students and not some higher being.

Combining James Bond adventure and the most exhilarating sight-seeing tour imaginable, it certainly beats the bananas out of meditating in the mud.