Some of the most spectacular places in the world could also be your next vacation destination. These locations are pristine and unspoilt, untamed…
The resorts we have selected offer the best of the best. An escape to a world that is truly “far from the madding crowd”. Of course, we are Luxury Travel Diary, so each retreat is far from civilization but is also ultra-luxury.
I have been to the luxury wilderness lodge of the Sal Salis in Australia. Set in the dunes that border the beach and the Ningaloo Reef, this is a resort that I hope to return to and share with my son. Red kangaroos graze amongst the dunes around the resort, humpback whales breach just beyond the reef, and you can swim with reef sharks and turtles just steps from the shoreline. There is nowhere like it.
Amangiri is also a favorite of mine in Utah in the United States. I am an Amanjunkie and am compelled to try all the Aman Hotels eventually. The level of luxury is something else and desert escapes don’t get better than this.
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Spectacular Wilderness Resorts
Review: Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, Thailand
Bring out the adventurer in you by heading to the Golden Triangle in Thailand in Four Seasons style. Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle also features in our best luxury tented camps in the world. Book via our luxury travel concierge, which is an official Preferred Partner agency of Four Seasons hotels. We prioritize room upgrades for you as well as adding breakfast and resort credit to your stay for no extra cost. Guests can go off the grid with Four Seasons in the dramatic environs of northern Thailand, bordering Myanmar and Laos. Located within 40.
Review: Manhaussen Island Resort, Nordland, Norway
If you are looking for a completely unique wilderness retreat, hotels do not come more remote, and at some times of the year, desolate, than Manhaussen Island Resort. Manshausen Island is situated in the Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Northern Norway. Positioned between bleak mountains and the Barents Sea this resort is both incredibly beautiful and, at times, stark and lonely. Manhaussen Island Resort is an adventure and exploration resort like no other. The area is home to the world´s largest population of Sea Eagles and the fishing is spectacular.
Best Wilderness Lodges In The World: Southern Ocean Lodge
I can't imagine anywhere more remote than Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia. Covered in old-growth vegetation, webbed with farmland but little else in the way of human development, and enclosed by wave-pounded limestone cliffs and headlands. At its far western tip, granite formations – The Remarkables – have been sculpted into strange shapes, like something out of a Dali painting. Kangaroo Island is a pristine wilderness which lies off the mainland of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Over a third of the island is protected in nature reserves.
Best Wilderness Lodges In The World: Longitude 131, Ayers Rock
Ride a camel and sip champagne while watching The Rock’s sunset glow, Uluru is all about adventure and outback escapism. Longitude 131° offers luxury tented pavilions floating over rust-red dunes. It’s an unrivalled location, and it really comes into its own at sunrise and sunset. Unlike most visitors to Uluru, there’s no need to travel to reach a viewing platform: you can watch the shades of the rock deepen and change with the light from the daybed on your balcony. Or beside your own crackling fire pit.
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