Places That Reconnect Us With Nature

Reaching into the Pacific Ocean from a rocky outcrop, the cozy Wickaninnish Inn neighbors tide pools teeming with life and centuries-old cedar trees where bald eagles raise their young.

White sand running into the aquamarine waters of the South China Sea on one side, deep green jungle on the other—this One&Only in the Malay Peninsula is 128 acres of nature therapy.

On the outskirts of Ubud, where rainforest and rice terraces meet, the hilltop Chapung SeBali is bathed in the sound of the Osh river running below and delicate-winged dragonflies whizzing above the pools.

Across all seasons, the drama of the Dolomites is ever-present. No place frames the angular peaks and alpine evergreens quite like this Lefay Resort and Spa nestled into the mountainside.

In northeastern Sweden, 31 miles from the Arctic Circle, the Treehotel isn’t merely enveloped by conifers, its all-unique suites—including one that’s mirrored to reflect the wild—are perched in them looking out on acres of woodland and the Lule River.

“It was here in Big Sur I first learned to say Amen!” wrote author Henry Miller, and the clifftop Post Ranch Inn inspires even more reverence with its eternal view of the horizon touching the true-blue Pacific.

On Singita Grumeti Sabora Tented Camp‘s proverbial doorstep is the vast grassy plains of the Serengeti to which wildebeest and zebra instinctively return every December on their Great Migration.

On Flores, an island of turquoise lakes and beaches etched out by volcanos, the beachfront AYANA Komodo Resort is also a gateway to Komodo National Park where the real-life dragons roam.

In the heart of Utah’s Grand Circle of national parks, the remote Amangiri sits within an otherworldly landscape of monoliths, mesas, canyons and gulches. Glass doors open wide to the wild outside.

An oasis in the Atacama Desert, this Tierra hotel is surrounded by hot springs, geysers, flamingo-frequented salt flats and one of the clearest night skies in the Southern Hemisphere.

Like something out of Star Wars, the luxury tents of Zannier Hotels Sonop are clustered atop boulders. Oryxes, foxes and leopards roam wild here, so no wonder it’s been deemed Best Adventure Getaway.

Costa Rica knows its pura vida is inseparable from natural wonder and here, in a town where no cars are allowed, Hotel Santarena is between two breathtaking beaches and backed by verdant jungle where Long-tailed Manakins sing their “toledo” duets.