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Located next to the Van Gogh Museum, in the heart of Amsterdam, the Stedelijk is a museum for classic modern and contemporary art collecting works made by artists of international acclaim. Designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman – the architect of the city, the original museum was founded in 1875. The Stedelijk Museum has been reopened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands after an absence of almost 10 years. The museum’s original red brick building has been renovated and enlarged with a curvy white extension made out of bullet-proof material made it one of the most innovative and interesting museums of modern art in the world.

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Jaci’s Lodges are situated in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa, boasting with 75,000 hectares of Top Ten Game territory where you can expect to see a wide variety and large numbers of plains game including eland, gemsbok, waterbuck, wildebeest, and zebra. You can also enjoy sightings of the endangered wild dog, black and white rhino, cheetah, spotted and brown hyena, hippo, and giraffe to name a few, as well as over 340 species of birds.

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Camp Figtree is a wonderful colonial sophistication nesteled in the warm land of the South African Eastern Cape Province. The camp has been designed around the original 1920’s traditional colonial building style, including the distinctive use of corrugated iron roofing and wide, sweeping verandas that create a backdrop of nostalgic elegance reminiscent of the early pioneers.

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Camp Okavango is a spectacular remote destination situated in the heart of the Okavango Delta on Nxaragha Island, Botswana. Its main lodge features a cocktail bar, sitting area and wildlife reference library, with the dining room leading onto an expansive open-air patio where evenings around the fire can be enjoyed.

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Neil South African born and Melanie American born in Stuckenberg has set up camp for good in Limpopo Provinece, South Africa. After several years in the corporate world in the US they wanted to build their future on a little piece of untouched African bush. They focus on giving you a very personal experience of the African bush and its wildlife by limiting the number of guests upto ten at a time. That way, you get exceptional flexibility and personal attention.

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Shumba’s Rest is a game farm adjacent to the Nylsvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa. It is less than two hours’ drive from Gauteng and is located in a malaria free area, which forms part of the Waterberg biosphere. Shumba’s Rest has three dams on the premises with a few species of fish. Roughly 10 species of game range freely on the farm for your pleasure and viewing. These include blue wildebeest, kudus, nyalas and giraffes.

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Kolarbyn Eco Lodge is one of the Sweden‘s most primitive hotels. There is no electricity, nor running water disturbing your wilderness experience. There you can happily fall asleep in front of the crackling fireplace and awake to beautiful bird song. The lodge offer 12 forest huts, each has two hard beds with cosy sheep skin rugs. You may also ask for an extra berth for a child. All huts have a wood heater.

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Kichaka Lodge is ideally situated just over one hour from Port Elizabeth airport, South Africa. Guests can land at the airport, enjoy a comfortable drive in luxury transfer and within the hour be relaxing, cocktail in hand, overlooking the magnificent Eastern Cape bush and Big 5 game. The main lodge is has thatch roof and stone walls which blends seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. It overlooks a large water hole popular with hippo, giraffe, elephant and countless other game.

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Today downtown Detroit, boasts with a spirit of renewal that turned abandoned factories into artist studios and feeding a movement centered around food. The city’s small group of pioneer chefs has spawned an array of exciting new restaurants and urban farms following close behind. And, next year, this gastronome revolution goes mainstream (haters might say lamestream) when Motown gets its first Whole Foods.

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Dinaka Safari Lodge is nesteled in the heart of Botswana, in the Central Kalahari Desert, and offers an explosion of colourful bird life, herds of graceful antelope, and prides of Africa’s fiercest predators, among them the Kalahari black-maned lion. Dinaka Safari Lodge invites you to lose yourself in an African sky – whether you prefer a sunset or a diamond-dotted night sky.

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