March 2020 - May 2020

International Traveller

For the modern explorer

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Editor’s Letter
With recent talk of the world reaching a point of no return in the fight against global warming, we here at Australian Traveller Media have reached our own tipping point. After the summer bushfires here in Australia and with talk of international cit
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INTERNATIONAL Traveller
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Leigh-Ann Pow DEPUTY EDITOR Imogen Eveson ART DIRECTOR Anita Jokovich SUB-EDITING Carla Grossetti DESIGN Julian Jones DIGITAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katie Carlin DIGITAL DEPUTY EDITOR Eliza Sholly DIGITAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER Matt Hobbs DIGIT
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Almost every safari experience in South Africa begins with a list of the dangerous animals you might see. But there’s actually a few surprising things that might convince you to go in another direction... SEE ‘DESTINATIONS’ FOR OUR SOUTH AFRICA GUIDE
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Good And Proper
The Proper Austin is a pleasing new addition to the Texas capital. The 244-room hotel is all tactile natural materials, vintage styling and gold-standard environmental bona fides. Turn to ■
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Wish You Were Here
Finnish Lapland is a vast landscape largely untramelled by humans (there are plenty of reindeer footprints, however; they outnumber the people). This, the largest and northernmost region of the super-sustainable Nordic country of Finland, is blankete
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Pillow Talk
Designed to freeze into the Lule River during winter, and float atop it during summer, Sweden’s Arctic Bath spa hotel is the epitome of treading lightly, with its central over-water bath-house structure resembling a giant bird’s nest, complemented by
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On The Ground: Austin
L’OCA D’ORO: Italian-inspired L’Oca d’Oro (left) celebrates family, community and sustainability. Located in the Mueller District, the eatery’s farm-to-table philosophy extends to handmade pasta, cheese, salumi, bread, vinegars and liqueurs. locadoro
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Kakadu National Park
Why is it that Switzerland is laboriously wheeled out to compare land sizes? It must be tiresome for the Swiss. Perhaps it all started with someone trying to describe the vastness of Kakadu, the largest national park in Australia, a wilderness you co
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Flash Back: 1964
Israel planted a forest in 1964 in order to stop the encroachment of the Negev Desert. Today the forest is Israel’s largest planted forest and the initiative – established between the Judean Hills, the Negev and the Judean Desert – led to the revival
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Sense Check
Six Senses Shaharut sits in the unblemished arid landscape of Shaharut in Israel’s Negev Desert. Apart from the glorious feeling of remove that its prized desert location offers, and Six Senses’ renowned eco initiatives, the resort is a study in how
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The Dish
LOS ANGELES Gucci’s Los Angeles store now features a stunning eatery to match any of creative director Alessandro Michele’s designs hanging on the racks downstairs. Helmed by three-Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura, the restaurant’s menu takes It
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What’s On
THE CENTRE POMPIDOU WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO HENRI MATISSE IN AN EXHIBITION BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THE ARTIST’S BEST-KNOWN WORKS THAT INTERWEAVE ART AND WORDS. THE EXHIBITION WILL MARK THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE FRENCH ARTIST. CENTREPOMP
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Not To Mention...
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Natural Hy(dration)
Flying can be a real drain on your skin – literally. In order to keep a dewy complexion, the skin ideally needs between 40 and 70 per cent humidity; most aeroplane cabins have a moisture-sucking 20 per cent. Hence the reason your skin feels as dry as
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Care Givers
BYRON BAY-BASED PAMPA IS THE PASSION PROJECT OF PARTNERS CARL WILSON AND VICTORIA AGUIRRE, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARTISANS IN ARGENTINA SINCE 2012 TO PRODUCE ETHICALLY PRODUCED RUGS, TEXTILES AND HOMEWARES. ITS TRACEABLE PRODUCTION PROCESS, ENVIR
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Ship To Shore
Scandinavians have a reputation as being more liberal than most, but I never imagined I would be cycling past so many naked figures. Strange beings, too: a nude man lifting a nude woman over his shoulder while nearby another naked fellow wrestles a g
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Why You Should... offset Your Flights
In layman’s terms, the concept of carbon offsetting effectively means that you are paying a price to remove the emissions produced when you fly by investing in programs that have a positive effect on the Earth, thereby cancelling out or neutralising
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Jayne Tuttle
WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY OF TRAVELLING? Tassie (1), aged 11. Big family, two rental cars, one breakdown. Non-stop National Lampoon’s Vacation jokes. WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT TRAVEL? When you arrive somewhere you’ve never been before in the dark o
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Two Worlds
Cradled by deep green mountains and sidling the East China Sea, the historic port city of Nagasaki plays a special role in Japanese history, extending far beyond its storied natural beauty. From the 17th to 19th century, this nascent fishing village
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One Sip At A Time
Single-use plastic water bottles are so pre-climate change awareness. Yet, despite the many alternatives, a phenomenal number of travellers still buy bottled water in places where the local drop is perceived to be unsafe to drink. Now that I travel w
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Six Pack
Discarded plastic cutlery is some of the deadliest ocean trash to sea turtles, birds and mammals according to The Ocean Conservancy. Banish this pernicious killer by toting a handy set of bamboo utensils, $29, with you. seedsprout.com.au When the No
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The Right Stuff
WHY DID YOU SET UP TREADRIGHT? My family and I have always cared about the planet, the world’s wildlife and local communities. It is our responsibility to help protect and preserve the places, people and fragile wildlife we take travellers to so we e
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Hidden Gems
As the former associate editor of Wanderlust magazine, Sarah Baxter was well placed to write Hidden Places (Inspired Traveller’s Guide). Aimed squarely at independent-minded travellers, this alt travel bible transports readers to 25 of the most secre
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Milking Its Heritage
The ethos behind the Roth Bar & Grill in England’s South West is to reflect the heritage of the cowshed it’s housed in as well as the property’s current status as a working farm, with produce sourced from the undulating fields all around. The artwork
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Shifting Gears
Driving tentatively down an unsealed road towards our hotel, we wonder for a moment if we have the right property: we see little around us except for vines. We are in the Alentejo region of Portugal, which is as remote as you can get in a country rou
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Farm And Fodder
Art and food aren’t always best-suited bedfellows. Throw a rural setting and reclaimed farmhouse into the mix and it would have been easy to spawn a threadless, cultural Frankenstein. However, the Roth Bar & Grill – one of a cluster of buildings in t
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Mile High City
With 300 days of sunshine each year, Denver provides plenty of opportunities to enjoy it. Head to 54thirty or The Woods for a rooftop cocktail, Linger Eatuary for alfresco small plates or chef-owned restaurants such as TAG and Rioja in historic Larim
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Buzzworthy
Sixty-six-year-old Julia Common squats and pulls out a wooden frame smothered with hundreds of wriggling bees. It’s the closest I’ve ever been to a swarm and I instinctively step back. Puffing another dose of sage and lavender-scented smoke at the sq
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A Traveller’s Checklist
Air Canada operates daily direct flights from major Australian cities to Vancouver. aircanada.com FAIRMONT WATERFRONT HOTEL is located on Vancouver’s buzzy waterfront, a short walk from the city’s oldest (and hippest) neighbourhood, Gastown. The 528-
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Home O F The Plains
An eye the size of a passionfruit, edged by thick, dark eyelashes and dry, parched skin, is staring directly at me. Our guide, Milton, has cut the engine on our open-sided 4WD and the only audible sound is a long drawn-out swish as elephant trunks sw
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Conscious Traveller
Mara Ngenche Safari Camp comes under the umbrella of Atua Enkop Africa Luxury Camps, which has adopted several strategies to promote positive change through conservation and sustainable practices in Kenya. The camp’s long-term commitments include und
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A Traveller’s Checklist
South African Airways (SAA) has daily flights to Johannesburg from most Australian capital cities (with codeshare partner Virgin Australia) via Perth. SAA flies daily from Johannesburg to Nairobi, Kenya. flysaa.com Bench Africa has a range of Kenyan
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Into The Fold
There is not a breath of breeze in the makeshift stadium in front of the Suwa-Jinja shinto shrine in Nagasaki as a band of costumed dancers takes to the stage, prancing around and high-stepping like marionettes. A few high clouds scud through the sky
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Conscious Traveller
As well as becoming the largest airline in Japan, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been recognised as the first ‘Eco-First’ company in the airline and transport industry by Japan’s Ministry of Environment. Conscious travellers who have Japan in their sig
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A Traveller’s Checklist
ANA flies daily from Sydney to Tokyo (Haneda). ANA also flies direct from Perth with daily flights departing to Tokyo (Narita). There are eight flights a day from Tokyo to Nagasaki. UNZEN FUKUDAYA is a ryokan in Unzen with public indoor/ outdoor onse
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Safari For Good
A holiday to Africa has typically centred on snapping photographs and snapping up mementoes. But today’s conscious traveller requires a deeper engagement with a destination and its community, seeking out experiences where they can at least try to hav
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Making Travel Matter
Even small changes in the way you travel today can have a lasting impact on creating a better tomorrow. That’s why Trafalgar launched Join Trafalgar in 2009 – to transform travel into a force for good. Trafalgar’s Be My Guest experiences started with
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Silence Is Golden
Alight snow blankets the path to the summit of Mt Haguro, in the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu. Japan might have a population of 126 million, but you wouldn’t know it here; I haven’t seen another person for hours. Perhaps they’re not crazy eno
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Details
The TOHOKU SHINKANSEN ( high-speed rail line) covers the 350-kilometre trip from Tokyo to Sendai, in the heart of the Tohoku region, in about 90 minutes. Once there, it’s best to hire a car and explore the region at your own pace. One of the most str
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Conscious in COLORADO
Conscious travel doesn’t require you to perform as grand a gesture as volunteering at an orphanage or building a bridge in a remote community somewhere. Taking it slow, and seeking out experiences that have a positive impact on the communities and en
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Wildlife Warriors
As the natural balance of our world moves towards an unsettling precipice, we’re becoming more ecoenlightened travellers. We’re far less willing to accept a holiday that tramples delicate environments and threatens wildlife. Instead, we want our tour
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Don’t Bust The Crust
Towering red rocks that balance impossibly upon the tip of another, snow-patched trails that lead to the famous 16-metre-high Delicate Arch, rock formations resembling three gossiping ladies and panoramic views of canyons carved by the relentless Col
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Piedmont Pleasures
Northwest Italy can be credited with espresso, vermouth, grissini and Arborio rice. The Piemontese also brought the Slow Food movement to the world, a grassroots organisation that values the good things in life such as a gelato post-passeggiata. Turn
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A Traveller's Checklist
LATAM operates non-stop flights to Santiago from Sydney and Melbourne, with connecting flights to Patagonia. latam.com Tour operator Gran Patagonia is a specialist in the region. granpatagonia.com LODGE DESEADO on Tierra del Fuego offers architect-de
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A Traveller’s Checklist
Thai Airways flies daily from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Bangkok, and has connecting flights from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Thai Airways offers a carbon offset program that aims to minimise the impact of your travel on the environment: you can op
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What Exactly Is Sustainable Tourism?
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism should: 1. Make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to con
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Tenement Museum, New York
This collection of tenement buildings, located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, celebrates the USA’s migrant population. The Tenement Museum, housed in a distinctive brick building with zigzagging fire escapes, is an evocative time capsule of
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Grass Routes
You’ve been to Yendegaia?” Ricardo is looking at me and my friend and shaking his head in disbelief. Yes, he lives in southern Chile’s mind-bogglingly beautiful Aysén region – in a pristine valley where waterfalls stream into turquoise lagoons, with
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A Traveller’s Checklist
Turin, Piedmont’s capital, is a one-hour express train ride from Milan Central. Opened in 1925, the GRAND HOTEL SITEA is a refined option located in the heart of Turin. It is within walking distance from the city’s main attractions including Piazza S
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Revival Instincts
The palette of colours and materials used in the airy rooms of the Perianth Hotel brings a hint of the hotel’s external identity inside. The interiors also introduce a touch of glamour, in keeping with the Art Deco style of the building. Turn the pag
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PRIDE of PLACE
You won’t see any cleavage,” explains Chiara Dolza, quite matter-of-factly. “Well, you might see cleavage if someone has cleavage,” she corrects herself, “but it won’t be … extra.” To give her point clarity, Chiara offers the international sign for ‘
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Natural Habitat
The Route of Parks of Patagonia protects and conserves the 46 species of marine and land mammals and more than 140 bird species that call it home, including: Also known as the South Andean deer, the highly endangered huemul features on Chile’s nation
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Lisbon
Lisbon has evolved as an ecofriendly city for travellers, who can forage everywhere from vintage stores to flea markets to emporiums spruiking Portuguese-made handicrafts. Consumers who are conscious about the origins of their clothing should join
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To Antiquity And Beyond
A temple of Athenian architecture in the belly of the Greek capital, Perianth Hotel is far from a misfit in a city rich with relics. Yet this is no ancient homage to the gods. Instead of crumbling columns and intricate bas-reliefs, the Perianth is a
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What To Do When It Rains In... OSLO
All the Viking ships on display at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo were ocean-going vessels before they were lugged on land to be used in burial rituals for their wealthy owners. The prow of the Oseberg – pictured – aims to emulate a spirallin
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A Privileged Life
It probably comes as no surprise to hear that tourism numbers are on the rise. In fact, in 2018 it is estimated that there was a record high of 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) across the globe, according to the United
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Golden Age
A silent procession of orange-robed figures emerge from the morning mist that hangs over the tropical tree-lined pathway. With shaved heads bowed, they solemnly step into view through shafts of light. I rub my bleary eyes to check that I’m not imagin

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