Sarah Paterson Travel Counsellors

25/10/2024

The most amazing stay at The Bvlgari hotel in Bali. Based on the south part of the island, this resort is a complete oasis. Such a special stay with in house activities such as a purification ceremony with the local priest, complimentary yoga lessons, painting using traditional methods and learning to make the offerings. 🧘🏼‍♀️

24/10/2024

Beautiful Bali. Last week staying at Como Uma in Ubud. A peaceful and stylish hotel with an excellent spa just outside the hustle and bustle of central Ubud. Activities include Temples, hikes, sampling the specialty Babi Guling and a great cooking class at Cafe Wayan 🍛🥗

30/09/2024

Earlier this month I travelled to South Africa to take part in the incredible Gold Travel Counsellors trip. We started off in Johannesburg and then flew over to Hoedspruit to the . We stayed in the Kapama River lodge. Everyday on the game drives we spotted so many animals. Absolutely amazing. Thank you to for organising 🦓🦏🐘🐆🐊🦛

05/09/2024

Summer holiday to Ikos Odisia in Corfu. Beautiful all inclusive resort perfect for families 🩴🏖️.

07/07/2024

Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi, Zambia 🇿🇲. One of the best safari camps I’ve been to. Stylish but homely on the Zambezi river with the arrival via boat. Saw hyenas, leopards, buffalo and elephants on drives. Staff amazing and a bush bbq made the stay even more memorable.

06/07/2024

Shawa Lodge in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia 🇿🇲. An amazing location where we spotted leopards, lions, wild dogs, elephants and giraffe. A great start to our Zambian adventure. Shawa Lodge is a beautiful place based on the Luangwa river, full of noisy hippos 🦛!

29/06/2024

The next part of our Sun Siyam trip was the incredible . This is a Maldives resort like no other. Water villas all have slides, a giant water park, go karting, horse riding (with impressive stables), live bands, restaurants from around the world and a spa that feels as though you’re in a village in Bali! The island is so large you are transported around by a shuttle bus with bus stops named after world cities! 🩴🏖️🐎.

28/06/2024

Last week I was invited to experience some of the Sun Siyam resorts in the Maldives. First stop was the 4 star Sun Siyam Olhuveli, accessible by speedboat. A great resort with plenty to do. It consists of 3 islands, one of which is adults only and one that is great for families. The food and beverage was amazing, with some of the best food I’ve tasted in the Maldives! 🏖️🩴

03/05/2024

Last month we started our Japanese holiday in Tokyo. We stayed at the centrally located Tokyo Palace hotel. Cherry blossom 🌸 was starting to appear on the trees. The highlight of the trip was watching the Sumo wrestlers early morning training in their stable. 🍣

19/03/2024

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18/03/2024

Since watching the BBC programme ‘Amazing Hotels - Life Beyond the Lobby, I’ve wanted to visit JOALI. Last week I was so lucky so be invited to come and experience the resort for myself. I was even more excited when my Jadugar was Thithi who was the star of the programme! The resort has the most stylish and impressive villas I’ve seen in the Maldives, so many thoughtful touches. With so many activities to do, including art and ceramic classes, padel, cooking classes, water sports, there was no time to be bored. The highlight for me was snorkelling to see the work they have done on regenerating the coral that was bleached by sea temperatures rising in 2014. Plenty of restaurant choices too with Italian, Mediterranean and the two star Michelin Saoke. 🪸🏝️🩴🍣🤿. My only complaint was leaving!

15/03/2024

What an incredible place. So lucky to have spent a few nights at The Nautilus in the Maldives. Only 26 villas so the service is so personal it almost feels as though you are on your own private island. Their concept on eat what you want, when and where is so unique. Fancy breakfast at 3pm? No problem ☺️🏝️

13/02/2024

Last weekend I fulfilled one of my bucket list dreams, to be up close to Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda. A night in Kigali first before heading over to the One&Only Gorillas Nest near the Volcano National Park. After an arduous trek up the volcano through the jungle we came across the Muhoza family. Utterly incredible 🦍 ❤️

28/01/2024

Last month I was invited to visit the idyllic island of Amilla in the Maldives. Spacious villas, house reef and a choice of restaurants 🏝️✈️.

09/01/2024

🚨 New hotel opening in Ras Al Khaimah! The Anantara Mina Al Arab has finally opened it doors last week. I had a site visit today to look around the rooms and the over water villas. A great addition to the RAK hotel portfolio.

14/11/2023

Yesterday I was invited to have a tour around Celebrity Edge whilst in dock in Dubai. An impressive ship with 28 bars and restaurants and a beautiful rooftop garden. 🚢 🇦🇪

02/11/2023

Four Seasons Tented Camp at the Golden Triangle in Northern Thailand. Looking out to Burma 🇲🇲 and Laos 🇱🇦.

09/10/2023

Last month was the annual Gold Travel Counsellors trip. This time it was Thailand to visit the rehabilitation of elephants and then relaxation 🇹🇭 🐘