World’s best stays, says Traveller

Editors of Condé Nast Traveller UK have released their picks for the best hotels of 2013, choosing properties across categories such as best beach, wilderness, design, city and country hotels. From cocktail bars that hang dramatically over the edge of a Balinese cliff, to a Kenyan wilderness lodge embedded high within African conservation lands, and a quintessentially French countryside inn carved out of village rock and set in the heart of Provence, CN Traveller’s list of 25 best hotels for 2013 strays from the usual suspects of opulent, five-star locales in favor of roads less traveled. Meanwhile, readers of Travel + Leisure helped the magazine curate their own list of […]

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 […]