Sundowner: Spring/Summer 2019
Lone ranging: solo travel is on the rise but there's no need to always go it alone. Botswana nirvana: a paradise for animal lovers. Places to go: 2019's eight hottest travel destinations.
Lone ranging: solo travel is on the rise but there's no need to always go it alone.
Botswana nirvana: a paradise for animal lovers.
Places to go: 2019's eight hottest travel destinations.
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S/S <strong>2019</strong> £4<br />
A PARADISE FOR<br />
ANIMAL LOVERS<br />
<strong>2019</strong>’S EIGHT HOTTEST<br />
TRAVEL DESTINATIONS<br />
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DEAR TRAVELLER<br />
Happy new year and welcome to the latest issue<br />
of <strong>Sundowner</strong>. Animals abound in this edition<br />
of the magazine – in the upcoming pages, you’ll<br />
spy species from mighty mountain gorilla to<br />
adorable Adélie penguin.<br />
Experiencing wildlife in its natural habitat is<br />
one of travel’s greatest rewards. As I read reports<br />
such as the WWF’s most recent, which states<br />
that humanity has wiped out 60 per cent of<br />
mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles since 1970,<br />
my desire to conserve our world’s wildlife is<br />
reaffirmed anew.<br />
Every holiday you undertake with us<br />
contributes funds to A&K Philanthropy<br />
and its excellent animal conservation and<br />
local community benefit programmes. It’s a<br />
simple and easy way to help protect animals<br />
including rhino and leopard, and benefit<br />
local communities, while you enrich your life<br />
through experiential holidays.<br />
Wishing you happy (animal sighting-filled)<br />
travels in the year to come.<br />
Founder, Chairman and CEO,<br />
Abercrombie & Kent Group<br />
Follow me on Instagram @geoffrey_kent<br />
Front cover: Exploring a bamboo<br />
forest in Kyoto, Japan<br />
Editor: Alicia Deveney<br />
Deputy editor: Faye Wiltshire<br />
Design: Debbie Edkins & Louise Maggs<br />
Contributors: Ian Belcher, Janet<br />
Brice, Graeme Bull, Ianthe Butt, Katy<br />
Calderwood, Nina Caplan, Nick Curtis,<br />
Jane Dunford, Sacha Harrison, Jan<br />
Masters, Joe Meredith, Penelope Rance,<br />
Amanda <strong>Spring</strong>er, James Treacy, Philippa<br />
Turner, Sue Watts, Charlotte Wells<br />
<strong>Sundowner</strong> is Abercrombie & Kent’s<br />
magazine, St George’s House,<br />
Ambrose Street, Cheltenham, Glos,<br />
GL50 3LG. Advertising enquiries to:<br />
gbradvertising@abercrombiekent.co.uk<br />
SUNDOWNER SPRING/SUMMER <strong>2019</strong><br />
SPRING/SUMMER <strong>2019</strong><br />
Lone ranging<br />
SOLO TRAVEL IS ON THE RISE BUT THERE’S<br />
NO NEED TO ALWAYS GO IT ALONE<br />
BOTSWANA<br />
NIRVANA<br />
PLACES<br />
TO GO<br />
CONTENTS SPRING/SUMMER <strong>2019</strong><br />
4 BUSH TELEGRAPH<br />
All the latest from A&K and the wide world<br />
of travel<br />
6 IN THE KNOW<br />
The most exciting hotel openings<br />
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8 48 HOURS IN MATERA<br />
A weekend in <strong>2019</strong>’s European Capital of<br />
Culture offers ancient culture and fine food<br />
10 THE HOTTEST PLACES<br />
TO TRAVEL IN <strong>2019</strong><br />
A&K’s experts choose the best places to<br />
explore in the year to come<br />
14 DOG DAY AFTERNOON<br />
In Botswana, Sue Watts discovers that every<br />
(wild) dog has its day<br />
18 OPEN FOR BUSINESS<br />
How hurricane-affected Caribbean islands<br />
are bouncing back<br />
20 TIME TO WINE AND DINE<br />
Nina Caplan is driven to delight in Victoria<br />
and South Australia’s vineyards<br />
24 DUE SOUTH<br />
Our top 10 reasons why now is the time to<br />
visit Adelaide and South Australia<br />
28 ALOHA HAWAII<br />
An island by island guide to the US’s 50th state<br />
32 MEET THE GUIDE<br />
Having conquered Africa, the world’s top<br />
safari guide, Garth Hovell, is turning his<br />
attention further afield<br />
34 ANOTHER SIDE OF SPAIN<br />
In search of Iberian idiosyncrasies,<br />
Penelope Rance takes a tour of Andalusia<br />
38 YEE-HAW!<br />
Our favourite five places to play cowboy<br />
40 FAMILY TIES<br />
Keen to bond with her niece, Jane Dunford<br />
heads to Costa Rica to have an adventure<br />
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42 BEACH BABES<br />
The European boltholes that combine the<br />
advantages of a villa with all the perks of a hotel<br />
44 GRAND DESIGNS<br />
Ianthe Butt details five head-turning hotel<br />
properties that aren’t simply raising the bar –<br />
they’re reinventing it<br />
48 JORDAN’S SOUTHERN STAR<br />
How new flights to Aqaba are opening up<br />
this Middle Eastern country’s Golden Triangle<br />
50 PUMA PURSUITS<br />
Jan Masters ventures into the wilds of<br />
Patagonia in search of elusive big cats<br />
54 PARTY OF ONE<br />
With the support of an escorted tour group,<br />
Japan is the ideal place to fly solo<br />
56 ANIMAL ATTRACTION<br />
An African safari veteran, Nick Curtis is still<br />
blown away by Tanzania’s wildlife<br />
60 ALTERNATIVE INCA TRAILS<br />
Finding the path less-travelled in Peru<br />
62 OUR FAVOURITE VILLAS FOR <strong>2019</strong><br />
40 sumptuous retreats and dream hideouts<br />
66 POLE POSITION<br />
Paying tribute to the first explorers, who<br />
braved the Southern Ocean 200 years ago<br />
68 ACCESS SOUTH-EAST ASIA<br />
How to enjoy VIP hospitality in the region,<br />
with a little help from us<br />
72 THE JOURNEYMEN AND WOMEN<br />
Take a tour through India with our experts<br />
78 A TO Z OF SRI LANKA<br />
Experiences on the teardrop island that span<br />
the alphabet<br />
82 THE WATER’S EDGE<br />
How A&K Philanthropy is helping more than<br />
40,000 people in two countries access clean,<br />
safe drinking water<br />
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