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Uncover the Ancient Mysteries of Egypt on This Bucket-list Cruise Down the Nile

1 week ago | qantas.com | Kendall Hill

May 30, 2025By Kendall Hill | Photography by Matt Dutile The banks of the Nile ebb and flow like the river itself. At times the shore is far away, a soft-focus silhouette spiked with date palms. At others it’s close enough to watch vignettes of delta life unfold from my balcony. Children leaping into the water, shrieking and waving as we pass. Farmers tending crops on floating meadows. Clouds of pure-white ibis exploding from wetlands. The unexpected intimacies of a Nile cruise.
One of New Zealand's Most Impressive Stays Is Back—With 20 Suites Set Along the Country's Longest River

3 weeks ago | travelandleisure.com | Kendall Hill

Porch chairs set up in a guest room courtyard. Credit: George Apostolides/Courtesy of Huka Lodge Huka LodgeThe lodge is set on 17 acres of wild-meets-manicured gardens, filled with birdsong and anchored by the mesmerizing Waikato River. Arriving guests are ushered straight to seats by the river and welcomed with charcuterie platters and Louis Roederer Champagne.
The Best “Soft Adventure” Experiences to Have in Australia

2 months ago | qantas.com | Kendall Hill

Like beauty, adventure is in the eye of the beholder. Wherever you sit on the thrillseeking scale, we’ve found 18 new ways to (gently) test your limits. Want to combine the best views of Brisbane/Meanjin with an adrenaline rush? Try the Story Bridge Adventure Climb. The city shines brightest at dawn and dusk, when these 90-minute tours capture the shifting light and sweeping outlook to the Glasshouse Mountains, Moreton Bay and the Scenic Rim.
This Hike Through Catalonia Could Be One of the World’s Most Beautiful Journeys

2 months ago | qantas.com | Kendall Hill

March 28, 2025By Kendall Hill | Photography by Rubén Plasencia Related contentWhere to Drink, Eat and Stay in Rioja, SpainInside the World of San Sebastian's Gastronomic Secret SocietiesSpainGrand Hotel Central – Hotel ReviewHotel Arbaso Donostia – Hotel Review Discover where you want to go next: trending destinations, new openings and our favourite places
Add These Once-in-a-lifetime Cruises to Your Bucket List

Mar 4, 2025 | qantas.com | Kendall Hill

More than a century after Douglas Mawson’s heroic Antarctic expeditions, Australia is once again a pioneer in South Pole adventuring. The Australian-owned Scenic Discovery Yacht Eclipse II will chart a course for rarely visited East Antarctica this summer, retracing Mawson’s path – but this time in 21st-century luxury. The impeccably equipped Eclipse II has suites (with balconies and butlers) for 200 guests, a total of 18 bars, lounges and restaurants, plus a spa – with added Pilates studio.
Stay in Devigarh palace in India’s oldest mountain range

Mar 3, 2025 | afr.com | Kendall Hill

Kendall HillMar 4, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Before the other guests wake, just after sunrise, I like to climb to the highest point of my seven-storey palace and watch Devigarh come to life. I park myself in the bay window of a hanging balcony among the ringneck parakeets and watch staff busily ready the grounds for another impeccable day.
I stayed at Chanoud Garh, a 335-year-old fort-palace in Rajasthan, India

Jan 30, 2025 | escape.com.au | Kendall Hill

"A place like ours isn’t a hotel,” says Jairaj Singh as he welcomes me to Chanoud Garh with a garland of frangipanis and a cooling glass of tamarind and cumin juice. “It’s a home with a soul.” His 335-year-old family pile – part palace, part fort – towers above the small village of Chanoud, roughly midway between the tourist drawcards of Jodhpur and Udaipur in Indian’s northwestern Rajasthan state.
Top destinations to visit (and avoid) in 2025

Jan 23, 2025 | escape.com.au | Kendall Hill

January is Where-to-Go month, when publications around the globe reveal their travel recommendations for the year ahead. Given it’s my job to keep abreast of travel trends I’ve selflessly read through all the 2025 commandments so you don’t have to. In this, my master edit of all the other editors’ lists, I won’t clarify anything and probably won’t give you any useful advice about where to venture this year. If anything, trend-followers will be more confused.
I spent 2 days in Busselton, it wasn't enough

Jan 17, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Kendall Hill

This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser From the compact airport I head straight to the new By the locals’ own admissions, Busselton/Undalup was never much of a tourist magnet in WA’s southwest summer playground. “Busselton was just a place you drove past to get to Dunsborough or Margaret River,” one tells me. “It was like a bathroom break,” says another. “For years, people just drove past,” a local chef observes.
This once sleepy beach town now WA's hottest spot

Jan 17, 2025 | couriermail.com.au | Kendall Hill

By the locals’ own admissions, Busselton/Undalup was never much of a tourist magnet in WA’s southwest summer playground. “Busselton was just a place you drove past to get to Dunsborough or Margaret River,” one tells me. “It was like a bathroom break,” says another. “For years, people just drove past,” a local chef observes. But since direct flights launched in 2022 from Melbourne, and last year from Sydney, Busselton’s got a definite buzz going on.