Ultimate Encounter

The Road to Rural Bliss

Nick Walton encounters five very different takes on the New Zealand lodge during a luxury road trip of the North Island.

Nick Walton encounters five very different takes on the New Zealand lodge during a luxury road trip of the North Island.

Accommodation in God’s Country

A luxurious exclusive-use villa located in New Zealand's South Island, Falcon Brae is the perfect base from which friends and family can explore this remarkable landscape. 

A luxurious exclusive-use villa located in New Zealand’s South Island, Falcon Brae is the perfect base from which friends and family can explore this remarkable landscape. 

New Outback Lodge for Australia

A stone's throw southwest of Darwin, Finniss River Lodge is set to open in May as Australia's newest all-inclusive Top End adventure destination.

Located southwest of Darwin, Finniss River Lodge is set to open in May as Australia’s newest all-inclusive Top End adventure destination.

Highly Anticipated Luxury Lodge Sequoia Opens in Australia

Discover a South Australia you never knew existed at Sequoia, one of only two luxury lodges to open in a decade and the first in Australia within an hour of an international airport.

Discover a South Australia you never knew existed at Sequoia, one of only two luxury lodges to open in a decade and the first in Australia within an hour of an international airport. The intimate AU$18 million (US$12.89 million) luxury lodge located on the grounds of South Australia’s Mount Lofty Estate, opens this month, offering … Read more

Aussie’s Wildlife Hideaway

Want to see grazing water buffalo over cocktails or sample food as wild as the landscape? Make for Bamurru Plains, one of Australia’s wildest luxury lodges.

Tracing the Long White Cloud

With a focus on local cuisine, luxury accommodation and breathtaking vistas, travelling through New Zealand’s South Island via its luxury lodges is the easiest way to get under the skin of this unique destination, says Nick Walton.

With a focus on local cuisine, luxury accommodation and breathtaking vistas, travelling through New Zealand’s South Island via its luxury lodges is the easiest way to get under the skin of this unique destination, says Nick Walton. Getting to Treetops Lodge & Estate, one of New Zealand’s original luxury lodges, takes some serious faith in … Read more

Tasmania’s Southern Jewel

Located on the island’s ruggedly beautiful east coast, Saffire Freycinet, Pure Tasmania’s newest luxury lodge, offering a truly lavish Down Under experience.

Located on the island’s ruggedly beautiful east coast, Saffire, Pure Tasmania’s newest luxury lodge, offering a truly lavish Down Under experience.