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By The Editors - 12th May 2020
The 2020 Legend Awards are meant to serve as inspiration for future travel—when it is safe to do so. Learn more about this year's awards on our methodology page. When unparalleled luxury meets adventure, the limitations on travel nearly cease to exist. Besp...
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By Juliet Kinsman - 27th April 2020
Now is the time to delay your travel plans, not cancel them completely. Changing the date of that booked holiday could be the kindest thing to do right now. Rather than seeking a refund, simply postponing plans might be a greater help than you could imagine...
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By Jackie Caradonio - 2nd April 2020
The trailblazers—from architecture to politics—who are challenging the status quo. If you’re anything like us, thoughts of the deteriorating environment have permeated your consciousness. Reading recent studies on the alarming effects of plastic pollution a...
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By Emma Reynolds - 12th March 2020
Giving back while traveling allows you to connect on a deeper level with the planet, local communities and philanthropists aiming to improve the world in which we live, Elite Traveler has rounded up the best resorts and lodges around the globe that allow gu...
By Maggie Shipstead - 11th February 2020
Gallop alongside giraffes, warthogs, and more on a riding safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta. “Be able to gallop out of trouble.”
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By Nikki Ekstein - 23rd October 2109
Fred Swaniker, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant and Stanford business grad, isn’t your conventional eco-warrior. But he’s radically reshaping the strategy to preserve Africa’s wild expanses through his African Leadership University, where the curriculum’s...
By Claire Ballentine - 12th August 2019
While many couples go all out on their wedding day, the average U.S. pair spends $4,466 on their honeymoon, three times the average amount for a typical vacation, says Trip Savvy. For luxury honeymooners — who make up 15% of the $12 billion a year industry ...
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By Brian Jackman - 10th July 2019
Telegraph Travel’s safari expert Brian Jackman on the Kenyan plains which inspired Disney’s writers, his own fascinating lion encounters, and ten of the best lodges in Africa to have yours.
By Kristen Shirley - 1st July 2019
Take a break from game drives during your Tanzanian safari and fly by helicopter to Ol Doinyo Lengai, an enormous active volcano whose lava moves more quickly than a person can run (good thing you’ve got a chopper on standby), to enjoy the most dangerous gla...
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By Francisca Kellett - 27th June 2019
These days, luxury travel is as much about hands-on engagement with a destination as it is opulent escapism, and increasingly that means conservation and community. The smell of burning rhino horn is exactly the same as the smell of burning human hair. I kn...
By Jackie Caradonio - 26th June 2019
Nicola Shepherd has been going to Africa for 30 years, exploring new destinations and taking clients on trips of a lifetime. Now she’s introducing the “off-piste safari,” a truly bespoke bush experience. While on a jaunt from South Africa to Rwanda to Kenya...
By Emma Reynolds - 4th April 2019
You’d be remiss to mention Africa’s exceptional wildlife, game reserves and breathtaking views without thinking of Kenya’s Saruni Samburu property — a luxury lodge comprised of six eco-villas overlooking the Kalama Conservancy and Mount Kenya. This intima...
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By Laurie Werner - 31st March 2019
I’ve always thought that if you go on safari in Africa and don’t feel a five year old’s sense of discovery and excitement, you should re-examine your life. The primal thrill of this experience, of wildlife in their natural habitat in the lush environment of...
By Samantha Coles - 22nd March 2019
The Congo might not be the first location you think of when considering gorilla trekking (most head to Uganda or Rwanda), but western lowland gorillas can be found in the Republic.
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By Francisca Kellett - 10th February 2019
Zanzibar and Pemba Island offer an extraordinary mix of culture and watery
wonderlands, from the Arabian history of Stone Town in Zanzibar to the practice of voodoo on Pemba, with a good smattering of brilliantly white beaches washed by startlingly turquois...
By Brian Jackman - 31st January 2019
Whatever your budget, situation or level of ability, there's a wildlife holiday waiting, and for animal magic you can't do much better than Africa…
By John O'Ceallaigh - 18th January 2019
It’s a very good time to consider a holiday to Namibia. One of the least densely populated countries on Earth (second only to Mongolia), it last year attracted international attention with the opening of a spread of distinctive luxury lodges.
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By Francisca Kellett - 9th January 2019
You love the idea of being out in the wild. The stars overhead, the wind in your hair, while you bed down with nothing but a sheet of canvas between you and that pride of lions you saw earlier.
By Nikki Ekstien - 2nd January 2019
The destinations that will be especially hot this year—and the data you need to plan your trip. This year, treat your travel bucket list like your office to-do list and tackle the timeliest items first.
By Justin Ocean - 3rd December 2018
Billionaires, am I rite? They didn’t get to where they are by wasting money on frivolous things, which means the task of buying a present for one can feel especially fraught.
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By Sophie Goodwin - 1st December 2018
The Explorations Company matches its clients to adventures that get the heart racing while also contributing towards vital research and conservation work. In Tanzania’s Saadani National Park researchers have studied elephants and the prides of lion that roa...
By Jackie Caradonio - 8th October 2018
These philanthropic travel experiences are sending donors on unforgettable journeys. Nicola Shepherd won’t take you on safari unless you’re willing to work for it. The founder of the UK’s Explorations Company has been organizing travel to Africa for nearly ...
By Lisa Grainger - 15th September 2018
I feel as though I’m in an opening sequence in David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. I’m in a 12-seat Cessna, soaring over a vast watery wilderness that has been set aside exclusively for wildlife. There aren’t many holidays in which the journey is as thrillin...
By Livia Hoosen - 25th August 2018
This 12-day safari immerses guests in the conservation efforts happening across the Kenyan bush—endangered rhino and giraffe sightings included. Seriously over-the-top safaris seem to be swinging into our viewfinders more than ever. With everything from exc...
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By Alice Grahns - 29th June 2018
From São Tomé and Principe – “Africa’s Galápagos” – to the world’s largest water fall, Iguazú Falls, Alice Gråhns reports on some secluded holidays for nature lovers. Principe erupts from the Atlantic, vertiginous incisors of jungle-clad rock spiking toward...
By Samuel Gebre - 27th June 2018
An incredible mix of culture, history, and wildlife makes this a destination unlike any other. Ethiopia is racing toward a bright, modern future. It’s one of the world’s fastest-growing economies; the capital, Addis Ababa, is expanding at breakneck pace; an...
By Jackie Caradonio - 23rd May 2018
Chad, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan are all on the brink of tourism booms. Who’s coming with us? It wasn’t long ago that 2020 sounded more like the title of the next science-fiction blockbuster than a year we’d actually live to see. But as the 21st century’s teen...
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By Financial Times Journalist Lucia Van Der Post - 3rd May 2018
The first time I went to Tanzania’s famed Serengeti – some 40 years ago now – I was awestruck by what I found there. We stayed in simple government lodges, which, apart from some mobile camps and a couple of small private ones, were all there was. Butter an...
By Jackie Caradonio - 30th April 2018
If the royal couple have an adventurous streak—then a trip to Chad is just the honeymoon trip to scratch the intrepid itch. “The dreamy, Bedouin-style Camp Nomade in Zakouma National Park is so exclusive and in such high demand, most people have to wait unt...
By Francisca Kellett - 19th April 2018
To celebrate Earth Day on April 22, here's our pick of the most glamorous, green and groovy hotels on the planet. Run by the lively ex-mayor of Quito, Roque Sevilla, Mashpi Lodge is a labour of love hidden high in the Ecuadorian cloud forest. The 3,200-acre...
