The Treeful Treehouse, a sustainable luxury eco resort, will open in Japan's prefecture of Okinawa in Spring 2021 Designed with the concept of bringing its guests closer to nature, Treeful Treehouse will offer secluded private rooms among the jungle canopy alongside a communal Aerohouse space and activities for visitors to explore the local area. L...

​ RAKxa, a new fully integrative wellness & medical retreat, is to open December 2020 in Bangkok's preserved 'Green Lung', a protected jungle-clad island on the Chao Phraya River. RAKxa will deliver wellness programmes designed by certified medical doctors combining advanced medical treatments with holistic therapies. RAKxa's programmes range f...

Cebu in the Philippines Central Visayas region, comprising Cebu Island and more than 150 smaller surrounding islands and islets. Condé Nast Traveler declared Cebu the 'Top Island in Asia' in its 2020 Readers' Choice Awards. Cebu City its port capital is the country's oldest city retains landmarks from its 16th-century Spanish colonial past, includi...

My first two trips to the Himalayas, to Poon Hill and Everest Base Camp, were magical yet inexperience and fear held me back from living them to the full. During my third trip, this time to Mera Peak, I gained all the confidence and experience I needed. That's why I'm going back next year to cover two iconic Himalayan Treks and live them to the max...

Climbing wearily up onto the Deurali La above the small settlement of Goripani we stood amongst lines of Buddhist Prayer Flags strewn among the rocks and fluttering in the morning breeze. This was my first trek to Nepal and the first time I had come upon these flags in the mountains. As Thakur, my guide, told me all about them I found myself contem...

Located near the base of the Joshinestu Kogen National Park, the Jigokudani Yaen Koen (otherwise known as the Snow Monkey Park) is home to a very special troop of monkeys. Created in 1964, the park was established as a conservation area in which the monkeys - Japanese macaques to be exact - would have a refuge within what was already their natural ...