This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to Luxury Bucket List. See all stories . A luxury getaway-from-it-all hotel might mean a bit of a journey, but that’s what makes it all the more special.
Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, British Columbia Glorious: Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge. It’s a sedate 40-minute ferry ride from Vancouver to the east coast of Vancouver Island, but getting to the island’s wild west coast is another story. The seaplane ride also takes around 40 minutes, but it is much more spectacular, soaring over snow-capped mountains before descending into the verdant sound that is home to Clayoquot.
At this gloriously luxe tented camp, flanked on one side by the forest and on the other by shimmering water, wilderness adventures abound, as do fine food and wine. See clayoquotwildernesslodge.com Como Maalifushi, Maldives Como Maalifushi is a 60-minute seaplane flight from Male.
Some people, on finally reaching the Maldives after the five-hour flight from Singapore, just want to get to their resort as quickly as possible. If that sounds like you, choose a resort that’s a quick speedboat ride away. Alternatively, sign up for the 60-minute seaplane flight to Como Maalifushi from Male, and you are in for a real treat when you arrive: beautiful villas on a private island surrounded by a coral reef and fabulous treatments at the celebrated Como Shambhala spa.
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