DATAI LANGKAWI: PIONEERING ECO-RESORT WHERE PRISTINE RAINFOREST MEETS TROPICAL BEACH

July 18, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

A natural paradise where rainforest meets tropical beach. Monkeys play outside luxurious villas, with wellness and eco-activities on the doorstep.

FOGO ISLAND INN, NEWFOUNDLAND – Luxury Sustainable Design Hotel Dangling on the Remote North Atlantic Coastline

February 7, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

An architectural wonder, this luxurious eco-centred inn hovers on the Newfoundland coast, built on stilts to look out over Arctic icebergs and whales. With strong links to the local community and a genuine effort to minimise carbon emissions, this resort is a pioneer in responsible travel.

CALA LUNA BOUTIQUE HOTEL, COSTA RICA

February 7, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

From jungle to beach, this upscale boutique resort has sustainability at its core.

ARKABA CONSERVANCY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

February 7, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Wild bush luxury in the Australian outback for only ten guests.

Japan: Experience a Traditional Tea Ceremony in Osaka

February 13, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Osaka is Japan’s second largest city and the birthplace of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Maikoya, a former geisha house, hosts professionally taught introductions to this ancient cultural pastime. Visitors, sitting on tatami mats, wear authentic kimono robes and learn to make the unique green match tea. Japanese sweets, specially made to complement the flavour […]

The Family Gap Year: Nomadic Sabbaticals with the Kids

January 16, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

The ‘hamster-wheel’ of suburban life is losing its appeal. Families are struggling with traffic-clogged morning commutes, fighting for places in decent schools, blindly pushing their kids through rigid and irrelevant subject curriculums and then having to pay double for a packed-out Majorca week during inflexible school holidays … just to get a brief rest. To […]

Trip of a Lifetime: Trekking to the North Pole

October 30, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

The North Pole is a geographical concept; a frozen point on an ever-moving slab of sea ice forming and moving with the seasons. Sadly the Arctic is warming as global oceans heat up and melting sea ice reveals darker water which absorbs more solar radiation. Higher temperatures are melting this frozen landscape with record lows […]

Prana by Atzaro: Indonesian Island-Hop on the Ultimate Phinisi Super-Yacht

October 10, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Owned by Atzaro, the luxe Ibizan hospitality group, this stunning Phinisi super-yacht is the largest of its kind in the world. Voyages explore the remote Indonesian Coral Triangle, following the trade winds to some of the world’s most inaccessible and dreamy islands. Designed to reflect the ancient Indonesian double-masted Phinisi sailing vessels, this 180-foot ship is entirely handmade […]

Great Train Journeys: The Qinghai-Tibet Railway

October 4, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

The ‘Sky Road’ runs 1956 kilometres across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau connecting Chinese Xining with Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. As the world’s highest railway, reaching a literally breathtaking 5231 metres at the Tanggula Pass, this incredible engineering success spans an area known for earthquakes, low atmospheric pressure and freezing temperatures. The line opened in 2006, after engineers […]

Authentic Safari: Mountain Gorillas at Bisate Lodge, Rwanda

October 1, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Rwanda, previously torn apart by genocide, is now one of the most talked about safari hotspots in the world. This remote, intimate and peaceful East African country is still essentially under-the-radar of mass tourism. To come here on safari feels like having Africa all to yourself; just you and the wilderness. The environment is pristine […]