Our Team Picks for 2023

Now, with the final quarantine requirement ending this week, we are dusting off our passports and grabbing that bucket list we made to kick-start our adventures again! From new hotels to experience, and destinations un-explored, there is no shortage of places to see. 

Charlotte's Top 9:

#1: The Maldives: my honeymoon is still posponed from 2020!

#2 Oman: dying to go wadi bashing, find hidden oasis in the desert and explore

#3 Namibia: Skeleton Coast looks Out.Of.This.World.

#4: Galapagos Islands – the animals!

#5: Istanbul & Cappadocia – because Ewan and I keep talking about it and now I really want to go!

#6: Now waiting for China to fully open again because there's so many places I have yet to visit; Zhang Jia Jie, Lijiang are both top of the list.

#7: I did this when I was a kid, so I’d love to take Sophie caravan-ing around New Zealand. I have fond memories of it and would love for Sophie to have the same

#8: Tasmania: oyster-chucking and eating them fresh from the water.

And last but not least: a few years ago I missed Elton John at the Luccaa Summer Festival in Tuscany and we were kicked ourselves because we were right there! Now every time I travel, I make sure to look out for music festivals in the area. Especially Elton John!

Louen's List:

#1: Patagonia, Chile

#2: Golden Eagle Festival, Mongolia

#3: Guatemala

#4: Ladakh, India

#5: Al Ula, Saudi Arabia

Ewan's Escapes:

During Covid my travel preferences and needs changed drastically from mainly city-centric trips to more nature and experience-based. Now that borders are once again open, I intend (hope) to get the chance of experiencing some of the following destinations:

#1: US Pacific Northwest road trip and US National Parks during the summer

#2: New England: absorbing the Autumn colours

#3: Finally go and explore Egypt (during the cooler months!)

#4: Partake in the Road to Mandalay cruise in Myanmar

#5: Bhutan: and FINALLY meet with our Charlotte Travel team in person!

#6: Right when Covid restrictions started, I was scheduled for a return to my African roots and explore the Okavango Delta in Botswana – the richest game place on earth. I fully intend to go back.