Thresholds Into The Big World
Nature Unplugged @ A Little Dressed Up
From South Africa to the North Atlantic, Patagonia and La Dolce Vita In Between - Lodges Speak A Specific Language That Bring Our Spirits Home In The Wild
Sandibe Lodge Botswana
Nature workshops just happen when you choose to stay in a delicate and courageous spot surrounded by uncontrollable creatures and landscapes. Just being somewhere that makes you think more than twice about where you step, how loud you talk, how fast you breathe, has a ripple effect. The animals feel it, the land gives way, and if you are lucky enough to travel into the belly of nature, lodges allow us to surrender to the ways of a place. Game drives, forest foraging, rock climbing, scuba diving, hiking or wandering in certain places require trust. As much as uncertainty is part of the fun, a lodge can act as learning center, home, design inspiration, refuge & new family. It is the shelter that lures us out off the path and the guides, hosts, chefs, rangers, teachers make the experience.
Care of the Land, Wildlife and People
At The Edge of the wild North Atlantic
As nature's fragility is amplified, so is the need to experience it. Here are some places that lure people from all over the planet to sample the world. Through the artistic lens of a lodge and all of the inspired minds that play, work, thrive and dwell there, here is a small exploration of some big places.
A Bit about Fogo
The Inn, located on Fogo Island, off the remote northeast coast of Newfoundland, is perched on the furthest edge of the Earth and surrounded by whales, seabirds, and icebergs. The 29-suite property stands on crooked pilotis on the dramatic and rocky coastline, providing panoramic views through its wall-to-wall, floor-to- ceiling windows.
www.fogoislandinn.ca
The opening is a milestone in the work of The Shorefast Foundation and its founder, visionary Zita Cobb. Following a career in the high technology industry, Cobb returned to Fogo Island, her birthplace, to invest millions of her own money – with support from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Canada – to reinvigorate the waning economy. The local economy was bruised after a 1992 moratorium on the traditional cod fishery. One of the goals of the foundation is to create jobs while fostering cultural resiliency; the Inn is operated by a staff of 70 – most of whom are Fogo Island residents.
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Interpretations in the wild from jungle to alpine delights, we see you
Nature links us and places inspire us. Lodges in the wild elevate and celebrate place with their unique flavor. The heritage and lineage of a lodge can be long with deep roots and family narratives or daring and raw perched the edge of the world like an open book. You get the idea and you get to write the story.
These splurges are worth it when you go large and into the wild. If you fly across the world to a remote place, chances are that place is doing something helpful (or I won't mention it here), for the land, the people, the imagination and wildlife. Think of a trip to an incubator of inspiration as an investment in the world and yourself. It's not all about the lodge or you but they make you feel like it is.
This is Really About Wellness
Londolozi South Africa
Legacy Lodges For The Next Generation
It's a Family Affair
Listen to their story
Live Guided from Londolozi on Vimeo.
Each bring something to our internal compass and craving to explore. Whether a young innovative architect from a completely random entry point (and country) creates a structure that interprets the land, or a legacy family or steward extends a life long passion for conservation through a deep rooted relationship and history, lodges take us in.
My time @ Londolozi
When I traveled with my Aunt to Africa, my maiden voyage was with an 80 year old mama lion in the incubator of Londolozi,which taught me that nature is the ultimate equalizer inspiring spirits from any age across the world. Generations play in the fields of nature with the help of a Land Rover Defender and a good cocktail!
Londolozi
Italy Gives Experiential Nature Based Travel It's Own Style In The Wild....
The Soul Gets A Reboot & Architecture
Romances Our Need for New Ways to
Experience
ALPINADOLOMITES
A beautiful lodge hotel in the Italian Alps where wellness and nurturing the urge to merge in nature has modern intelligence.
vigilius mountain resort.
An island in the mountains at 1 500 m above sea level, a modernist chalet, a mountain hotel in South Tyrol with 5-star design that satisfies longings: many people interpret the vigilius mountain resort as a fallen tree which integrates into the landscape as naturally as if it had always lain there. You have come here with the desire to follow the rhythm of nature, your own nature, to feel your very own strength and be totally in tune with yourself, to spiritually arrive. Others compare the vigilius mountain resort to a tree house: a child’s secret hiding place and welcome refuge where they can float above the rest of the world and throw all of their everyday worries over board with a laugh, where they don’t have to be anyone but can simply be. And for some, the vigilius mountain resort is a mother hen who sits on her nest and places a protective wing over them. You value the sincere warmth of the people here. Take your time.
As a result, the vigilius mountain resort is an island in the mountains for everyone. Where everything unimportant is left down in the valley. Life can be so simple.
Italy's Simple Magic Composed in a dreamy lodge
A sustainable hotel respects the wisdom of nature, as well as the desires of the people who come here. Some are searching for a long-lost time where they can turn their attention to things that are really important to them – and last but not least to their own, perhaps hidden desires. Some, in turn, long for a simplicity that is now just a fond memory to them. For peace and tranquillity, not having to do anything, being able to do anything, the delicious feeling of freedom and contemplating life.
And then they take the cable car up to the Monte San Vigilio/Vigiljoch and thus take the decision to let go of the hustle and bustle of everyday life, to draw new strength and energy from the silence and immediacy of nature. As a sustainable hotel, the vigilius mountain resort contributes to this in a variety of ways at once: as a “green hotel” and an A-class ClimateHouse, which works economically and using only renewable resources. As a place that models simplicity, which is reflected in the design and also in the people who work here – roughly 40 employees from a range of different nations gather here every day to simply be your personal host.
Storytelling The Wilderness Lodge Experience: Wilderluxemedia.com
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