FOUR ideas from Explorations Company, specialising in luxurious trips that well and truly take you away from home, are equally compelling when seeking an escape from the quotidian over the spring months of March through to May.
Treehouse accommodation in Peru
In Peru, the dry season is about to begin and verdant landscapes beckon. A stylish trip begins with sightseeing in Cusco and its annual Holy Week pageant, paying homage to the Lord of the Earthquakes, before travelling into Amazonian rainforest to experience a new luxury treehouse in the forest canopy and returning to visit the awesome citadel, Machu Picchu, built by the Inca.
The island of Astove in the Seychelles
There are over a hundred islands in the Seychelles and Alphonese and Astove are two relatively untravelled ones that promise off-the-scale opportunities for snorkelling, diving and swimming alongside turtles. Comfort comes at the chic Astove Coral House and the option to fly to Alphonse for more luxury island experiences.
Angkor in Cambodia
An eleven-day journey introduces you to wildly diverse cultural aspects of Vietnam and Cambodia, from art galleries in Saigon to the temples of Angkor, from Hanoi’s manic markets to the calm of historic Hoi An – but with customisable itineraries that focus on what accords with your interests.
A spider monkey in the Amazonian rainforest
A trip to Cape Town before flying north to Tswalu Kalahari Reserve combines urban pleasures, accommodation at One&Only Cape Town, a farm in Franschhoek surrounded by vineyards and orchards and, for spotting Kalahari wildlife from aardvarks and aardwolves to cheetahs and oryxes, the new Loapi Tented Camp.
by Sean Sheehan
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