EXPLORE THE TOURIST-FREE WHITE DESERT

If you are seeking an adventure instead of a traditional commercial tourist destination for your next holiday but do not want to skimp on the 5-star experience, consider exploring Antarctica’s White Desert. Mantis, the World’s Leading Polar Expedition Operator for White Desert, has created a hi-end way to explore the unexplored. First they will fly you into the interior of Antarctica in a 5-hour flight across the Southern Ocean from Cape Town in South Africa to their beautifully designed ecological campsite. You can choose your own adventure which may include an 8 days safari exploring the last great wilderness (gentle treks thru the ice waves, visit the Emperor Penguins, ice […]

DECADENT RESORT TO OPEN ATOP OMAN: 6561FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Boutique Asian hotelier, Alila Hotels & Resorts has revealed its plans to expand into Oman in late 2014 with the opening of Alila Jabal Akhdar. The resort will be set in the Jabal Akhdar mountain range, a region of the sultanate that has seen limited tourist development, two hours’ drive from the capital Muscat. Alila Jabal Akhdar will offer 78 rooms, 6 suites and 2 royal suites as well as a hillside restaurant. There will also be a pool, a spa, a fitness center and an event space. This establishment at an altitude of 2,000 meters (or 6561 ft) above sea level will offer all its visitors a luxurious retreat […]