Africa + Middle East Luxury Travel

  • All
  • Africa + Middle East
  • Egypt
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • UAE

The Ritz-Carlton Dubai

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” – Helen Keller A visit to Dubai is quite special, as it’s one of the world’s most intriguing and enchanting cities; and your visit is not complete without a stay at the grand and sweeping Ritz-Carlton Dubai.  Here’s a brief video featuring the Ritz-Carlton Dubai:…

Read On

The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal

“Take only memories, leave only footprints” – Chief Seattle Some of the most memorable and special places I’ve visited have been discoveries while visiting other destinations. I had the opportunity to visit Abu Dhabi during a recent trip to the Seychelles since we flew through Dubai, and we’re blessed to have visited the majestic Ritz-Carlton…

Read On

Safari in Luxury – Lion Sands Game Reserve

“I am an African, not because I was born in Africa, but because Africa is born in me” – Kwame An African Safari has been at the top of my travel bucket list for as long as I can remember. When I was 6 or 7, a relative presented me with a book about Elephants,…

Read On

South African Luxury – The Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff, Johannesburg

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela A profound vitality surges through the streets of Johannesburg, punctuated by the city’s vibrant past and its contribution of the one of the world’s most fearless…

Read On

Cape Town Vineyard Luxury – The Steenberg Hotel & Spa

“This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the Earth” – Sir Francis Drake I haven’t circumnavigated the globe, but I have seen much of it, and I can’t quibble with Drake’s observation. In fact, there’s not a place in the world I’ve seen that…

Read On

A Luxury Safari – The Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti

“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy” – Ernest Hemingway Never has a quote better captured my thoughts and feelings about a place and a property, as I know of the happiness to which Hemingway refers. Resting in the heart of one of the most magical…

Read On

Luxury in Cape Town – The Cape Grace

“I cannot imagine being happy anywhere else in the world but in Cape Town – South Africa in general, but Cape Town in particular” – Christoffel Wiese Cape Town, South Africa pushes out gracefully and adventurously from the country’s southwestern-most point; just north of the exceedingly verdant Cape Peninsula and the False Bay that soaks its…

Read On

Egyptian Luxury – The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo

I’m quite lucky to have the opportunity to write about luxury hotels all around the world. But I’m only one person, and I – to my dismay – cannot be in more than one place at a time. I’m also fortunate that a dear friend of mine John recently traveled with his family to Cairo,…

Read On