Best Hotels & Lodges

This stylish eco-conscious tented camp is situated in the bountiful Linyanti concession, near the source of the Savute Channel, in northern Botswana. Set amongst swamps, floodplains and mopane woodlands, Duma Tau is surrounded by lagoons teeming with hippo and water birds. Duma Tau means ‘roar of the lion’ and, as its name suggests, the camp offers great big cat sightings. Predators aside, it is also known for its large concentrations of elephants, as well as a rich variety of other game. Overall, a high quality facility that roars with offerings.

Pousada da Marquesa occupies a cluster of 18th- and 19th-century buildings around the largest private garden in Paraty's historic centre. The same family has run it since 1989, and it shows — a German grand piano in the sitting room, colonial furniture collected over generations, oil portraits of previous owners. Twenty-one individually decorated rooms, a pool with its own bar, and a colonnaded veranda that's hard to leave.

Gora Hanaougi invites you to spend a luxurious time enjoying the changing seasons of Hakone in your room or at the hot springs. The inside of the hotel is a comfortable space with the slight scent of trees. The tatami floor allows you to relax barefoot after taking a bath or having a meal. Gora Hanaougi is a 3-minute walk from Sounzan Station, the terminal point of the Hakone Tozan Cable Car. It is also convenient for sightseeing in Hakone.

In the wild south-east corner of Sicily, this old farmhouse sits within the Vendicari nature reserve, on a working estate of olive groves and a fragrant lemon orchard. It's a small, unhurried sort of place - light-filled, retro-furnished rooms, a pool ringed by Mediterranean scrub, and a silence you only get this far from a town. A private chef will cook for you if you'd like (breakfast leans on the estate's own fruit and eggs) and a cooking class is yours for the asking. Walk out into the reserve for empty beaches and flamingos, or drive twenty minutes for the golden Baroque of Noto.

Welcome to Hotel Barahi Pokhara, proudly welcoming guests for three decades. Experience Pokhara the Barahi way, and enjoy a blend of traditional hospitality with luxury. Indulge in the assorted amenities: take a refreshing dip in Dhaulagiri pool, relax your mind and body at Arogya Spa and enjoy a gourmet meal at Pokhara Flavour restaurant.

If you’re looking to book a hotel in Pokhara, Lakeside, find everything you need right at the heart of the city, with Hotel Barahi Pokhara.

We guarantee the words "Out of Africa" will pop into your head as you enter Legendary Lodge Arusha, a luxury destination that's popular with visitors beginning or ending their Tanzanian odyssey. Its one fault, most say, is that they wished they'd booked a longer stay. And they have a point. The lodge sits within lush gardens, with a beautiful frangipani tree at the entrance, in the heart of a working coffee farm, and is the perfect place to unwind. Just minutes from Arusha and the nearest airport, you'll be pampered with excellent accommodation, intuitive service and fabulous food.

Welcome to Baber Mahal Vilas, a heritage hotel that is a quaint family-run boutique property set in the existing architectural haven of BABER MAHAL RIVISITED. Guests feel indulged and cared for with splendid luxury, passionate service, generous hospitality and exquisite cuisine.

In an effort to portray the distinct architectural features of Nepal in an blend of architectural design, the property shows 4 distinct styles. The primary design is essentially neoclassical 'Rana Durbar' style, followed by flavors from Newari, Mustang and Terai designs. The new courtyard offers 33 rooms with amenities and services to match. Sharing the neighborhood with Singha Durbar (Lion Palace) and the original Baber Mahal, the hotel is rich in historic significance to its central location in the City.

Nestled in the heart of one of the most famous wildlife conservation areas in the world, Nkambeni Safari Camp welcomes you to Big Five country. Here, in the world-renowned Kruger National Park, thrilling up-close and personal wildlife experiences await you in an exclusive-use 11500 hectare private concession.

Behind an unassuming entrance just minutes from the UNESCO-listed Quadrado, a cobbled path descends through 7,000 square metres of native Atlantic Forest where monkeys scurry between jackfruit trees and bromeliads cling to ancient trunks. This is a boutique hotel that reveals itself slowly - and rewards the patient. Architect Gabriel Garbin designed the villas to wrap around the existing trees rather than replace them (not a single one was felled during construction), and the result is a collection of individually styled hideaways that feel less like a hotel and more like the private home of someone with exquisite taste and a very good art collection. First opened on New Year's Eve 2001, it's become a firm favourite among discerning Brazilians and in-the-know travellers drawn to Bahia's most beguiling cliff-top village a place where the bohemian spirit of the 1970s still lingers in every doorway.

This elegant country house is situated in a historical farming area of the friendly Eastern Cape. The special region, known as the Great Karoo, was once settler country, discovered by the Dutch in the late 1800s. The vast expanse of farmland, which previously supported dense herds of springbok and wildebeest, has once again been reclaimed for conservation. Settle into the lovingly restored homestead for a relaxing “bush” experience.