Six Senses
Zighy Bay, Oman
Enjoy the most relaxing of surroundings at Six Senses Zighy Bay on this spectacular Musandam Peninsula overlooking the sea of Oman. Days of reviving sunshine and sumptuous food make for a perfect holiday and will leave you feeling fully recharged.
Clayoquot
Reserve, Canada
You won’t want for simple yet sumptuous comfort at Clayoquot Wilderness Reserve, but the most wonderful aspect of this natural enclave is its breathtaking wildlife, and the opportunity to recharge yourself in a tented ‘safari’.
Amangiri,
Utah
Ahhh, getting away from it all – there’s nothing like it. Or so we thought. The super-luxury and soul-soothing silence at Amangiri at Canyon Point, Utah, USA is one thing, but getting out there in its 600 acres of rugged vastness is an experience like no other.
Belmond Andean Explorer, Peru
This is new – and there’s nothing else quite like it: luxury sleeper train travel comes to South America for the very first time; the unfolding Peruvian vista is absolutely breath-taking.
Tswalu Kalahari,
South Africa
There's no roughing it at Tswalu, where the accommodation and hospitality is restful and delicious. Just a few metres away, though, is a natural wonderland just waiting to excite and enchant.
Santani,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka joins the world elite of wellness holiday destinations with the exceptional mountain hideaway of Santani, a place where your mind and body will be cleansed of impurities.
Underwater Room,
Zanzibar
Lie in bed and experience a whole night inside a tropical reef. It's a fantasy come true in Zanzibar at the Underwater Room, designed and engineered in Sweden.
Chamba Camp, India
This astonishing hideaway in the northernmost mountains of India is about so much more than 'glamping', as you yield to local culture and enjoy the invigorating outdoor life as it's been lived for thousands of years.
Kasbah Tamadot,
Morocco
Kasbah Tamadot will help you lose yourself in the real Morocco, distanced from the tourist throng while still enjoying the most truly opulent and peaceful of surroundings.
Six Senses,
Douro Valley
Six Senses' Portuguese hideaway is a great place to begin, or indeed expand, your wine expertise. The place itself is gorgeous and the winemaking heritage is all there for you to uncork and savour.
Annandale, New Zealand
On Banks Peninsula, clinging to the edge of New Zealand's South Island, are the four distinctive villas created by the Annandale farm; it almost defines getting away from it all.
Capella Ubud,
Bali
Many people have been visiting Bali for years, loving the relaxation and laid-back atmosphere. But this is a new kind of hideaway - that takes the restorative effects of a Bali break to a new level.
Belmond Savute
Lodge, Botswana
Botswana’s Chobe National Park is a haven for the country’s wonderful elephants. At Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge there is an equally wonderful way to interact with them – at a respectful distance, naturally.
Wild Coast Lodge
Sri Lanka
At the precious axis between the Indian Ocean and the protected wilderness of Yala National Park, the welfare of the wildlife is paramount... although pampering yourself actually helps make it all possible.
The Resort Paws Up, Montana
You'll learn to drive cattle like a proper wrangler, and then land a trout of legendary proportions - in the Montana twilight there will be plenty of opportunity to talk about every activity-filled day over dinner.
Bubble Lodge, Mauritius
At the astounding Bubble Lodge in Mauritius you get to enjoy every last sun ray and all the magical moonbeams an inky-blue sky can muster, as you spend your nights ‘in the open’ and yet cocooned in delightful comfort.
Shipwreck Lodge,
Namibia
Staying in a quirky cabin lost in the wilderness of the Namibian sand dunes, you’ll venture out into some of the most atmospheric of places on the West African seaboard – once a place that sailors viewed with trepidation!
The Retreat, Blue
Lagoon, Iceland
In Iceland, the locals started noticing the amazing effects that geothermal seawater had on their bodies in the early 1980s. The stuff in it is pretty wonderful for you, scientists had concluded by 1995, and today this calming destination lets you benefit in the most exclusive of environments.
Rosewood Luang Prabang, Laos
Rosewood has opened a nature-rich hideaway in Laos, sumptuously crafted by designer Bill Bensley in a style that would have been familiar to travellers 120 years ago. It’s an intriguing new part of a little-known country coming to terms with its past, and keen to beguile today’s pleasure-seekers.
Magic Private Camps, Arabia
The Arabian desert is where the very idea of a night under canvas originated. Now comfortable and delightful Magic Private Camps across the region can be set up just for you and your friends or partners – skilfully pitched so you can savour an authentic, centuries-old lifestyle.
Bisate Lodge, Rwanda
This is the best place on earth to see endangered gorillas and stunning birdlife. Bisate Lodge, opened just over a year ago, oozes opulence while avoiding the garish trappings of modern life with fulfilling ways which you really can help boost Rwanda’s national treasure trove.
Longitude 131,
Australia
Uluru is one of the world’s most spectacular natural vistas. And we fully support keeping it sacred. Which is why the chance to wake up each day in direct sight of its warm glow is an experience you’ll savour. I can plan it as part of a wonderful, outdoor Aussie adventure.
Awasi Iguazu,
Argentina
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The Iguazu Falls are one of the New 7 Natural Wonders of the world. For many visitors, this is just a photo-snapping day trip. The relatively new Awasi Iguazu is hoping to change that. Stay in one of their gorgeous 14 villas, built on stilts in the thick of the jungle, giving total immersion in this pristine rainforest.
Shinta Mani Wild,
Cambodia
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Shinta Mani Wild sits on a waterfall-dotted wild waterside, where three of Cambodia’s national parks converge in a 400-acre river valley. Bensley’s 15, 100sq m tented villas are actually built out on platforms over the water, so guests really are immersed in its rushing, teeming energy.
Wa-Ale Island Resort, Myanmar
You know you’re heading somewhere very special when the last part of your journey is a three-hour trip by luxury speedboat. But that’s the thing about Wa Ale Island in the Andaman Sea, dangling off the southern tip of Myanmar. Its rangy, undisturbed remoteness means it’s a place where the rocks and rainforest can support the wildlife.
Six Senses, Krabey Island
At this wondrous Six Senses location in the blue-green sea off the south Cambodian coast, you have an entire, private 30-acre tropical island at your disposal. But you have to be careful with it. Conservation of the lush vegetation is crucial; that’s why all the island’s drinking water is produced here using sustainable methods, and half a hectare is devoted to an in-house organic farm.
Corocora Camp, Colombia
‘Be prepared for unexpected events, and arrive with a flexible attitude and an adventurous spirit!’ So you know immediately your trip to the stunning backwoods of Colombia is going to be way out of the ordinary. But where else can you round up cattle on horseback with local llaneros (cowboys) or spend your days tracking pumas and jaguars using the latest high-tech cameras?
Tengile River Lodge, S. Africa
Tengile River Lodge is your beautiful – albeit temporary – home in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. It’s not fenced off in any way from the legendary Kruger National Park, but while that legendarily precious wilderness ranges over some 5m acres, Sabi Sand ‘only’ has about 26,000. It’s still plenty to allow thrilling sightings of leopards – twice a day if you fancy it.
Ceylon Tea Trails, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka remains one of our all-time favourite destinations for a travel experience that screens out the brashness and frenzy of the western world – somewhere you can truly relax and unwind while being in awe and deep respect of local traditions. And once you stir in a love of infusions you'll be determined to visit and savour the delightful Ceylon Tea Trails.
The Lindis,
New Zealand
Soaring in a glider above the Ahuriri Valley is one of the most uplifting experiences you’ll ever have. Running it a close second must be pulling a muscle-bound trout from the crystal-clear waters of the river that snakes through it. Admiring and exploring the multiple vistas on offer at The Lindis lodge is New Zealand at its finest; so it could be your very next trip…
Elewana Loisaba Springs, Kenya
There are 10 entire countries around this world that are each smaller than the Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia, northern Kenya. It’d take you months to explore all its 57,000 acres, treading carefully in the homeland of giraffe, elephant and zebra herds, and a big cat population mixing lions, leopards and cheetahs.
Museum Hotel, Cappadocia
There’s a magical place in Turkey where fantasies come to life in vivid splendour. The Museum Hotel in the dramatically rugged Cappadocia region reflects the collecting passion of its founder, whose eclectic taste in antiques means it has a huge selection of artefacts from the Ottoman, Seljuk, Roman and Hittite periods.
Grootbos Nature Reserve, S. Africa
You’re probably aware of the traditional draw to wide open spaces of southern Africa. But for this odyssey into the wilderness you’ll have the privilege of seeing 100 examples of flora that are endangered among almost 800 local plant species… and that includes incredible examples discovered here and found nowhere else.