Hastings B&Bs never used to be like this. It’s as stylish as any “boutique” hotel. There’s even a menu for breakfast. From £90.
01424 430014
swanhousehastings.co.uk.
Tented rooms with private pools and amazing views over the Rift valley. Walking with local guides, canoeing and night drives. Lots of game and no other vehicles around. And revenues are shared with the local villages.
A thirty-minute private charter flight from Nairobi
www.shompole.com
It’s Masai-owned, eco- and family-friendly and cheaper than most with a very untouristy cultural village.
Three miles south of Porec on a peninsula looking out to blue sea and a scattering of islands; inland is rocky and forested. Sporty four-star site with two swimming pools, lots of volleyball and boating and its own Blue Flag beach.
00385 52 410551, plavalaguna.hr.
Stunning site like a little village right on the beach with tents under trees, a mini mart, a tourist office, internet cafe and a bar and taverna.
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