Luxury Travel Review  

Cape Town’s up and coming gourmet restaurant scene is flourishing. On our team’s most recent visit they dined at two outstanding “house” gourmet restaurants in the city suburbs, The Greenhouse, part of the large complex of the Cellars-Hohenort, and The Roundhouse, a newly opened and very popular hillside restaurant.
Each with its own charms offered quality [...]

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Article by Elena del Valle and photos by Gary Cox
Carl met us at the Kapama Gate and we drove behind him to the camp where we would spend the next two nights. On our arrival, Elsie, his wife and camp co-manager, welcomed us with moist refresher towels. After a few minutes we followed our luggage [...]

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Tucked within the Thornybush Game Reserve near the town of Hoesdpruit in South Africa’s safari country there is a luxury oriented enclave favored by game viewing enthusiasts and the rich and famous. The Big Five game viewing property near Kruger National Park has six luxury suites and an on site spa. There are also two [...]

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Article and photos by Josette King
While I enjoy the comfort and amenities of luxury hotels, I often find them in some way at odds with my commitment to responsible tourism, which requires that “facilities invest time, money and other resources in betterment of the environment, resource use and the welfare of local communities” (per the [...]

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By Elena del Valle

Love at the Mirage
Photos: Cirque du Soleil Love
During a trip to Las Vegas late last year we had an opportunity to see several shows. Our favorite was Love, a mix of Beatles music and Cirque du Soleil magic. The 90-minute performance in the 2,013-seat theater at The Mirage was a fun way [...]

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