Adventure is something from when you were young. Backpack, peeling travel guidebook, budgeted train ticket and then just see where the wind blows you. But even when you are older and richer, adventure is still an attraction, only more comfortable.Text: Ivo Weyel
Online Editor: Mical Joseph
Adventure is something from when you were young. Backpack, peeling travel guidebook, budgeted train ticket and then just see where the wind blows you. But even when you're older and richer, adventure continues to draw, only more comfortable. No more nights under the bare sky or an overweight backpack, but luxury camping in the ultimate bucket list destination. White Desert will fly you to the South Pole for a week for $53,000 per person. The gin and tonic served as an aperitif in the dining tent is chilled by ten-thousand-year-old ice, and the sleeping tents have heating and running water. That $53,000, by the way, is an entry-level price. For $250,000 you'll be in the real deal, landing in a private jet from Cape Town on the glacial plain and there you can hike and crawl through ice tunnels and rappel down ice cliffs and cruise around on spiked bikes and windsurf and bond with penguins or just read a book in front of your tent with some ten-thousand-year-old gin and tonic in hand.
The annual book LXRY List 2022 casts a glance into the distance, where new opportunities shine. Entrepreneurship with a view to a better world. For example, Rewilding Europe is committed to helping disappearing species by making space for true wild nature. And De Apostelhoeve is taking advantage of global warming by growing wine on the hills of Limburg and gaining international recognition for it. In addition to these burgeoning economies, there is also a focus on sustainable initiatives. Like Cartier's new Tank Must, a watch that runs on solar energy. And a lamp against light pollution. But the list also includes an over-the-top hotel stay at Château Versailles. Après nous, le déluge? No, but even in the new world there may be room to enjoy and experience.
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