There may be some doubt about the composition of the Nine Wonders of the World, but there can be no doubt that visiting nine likely candidates aboard a private jet makes for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Nine World Wonders by Private Jet, an exclusive holiday package organised by US travel agency
Abercrombie & Kent, starts in Miami, Florida, and circles the world visiting ancient sites in Central America, the South Pacific, Asia and the Middle East. It ends in New York City. The three-week adventure spans the world of antiquity. In Central America, you will visit Mayan temples, learning about the ancient tribes of the region from eminent archeologists. On remote Easter Island you’ll have cocktails over the sea near Ahu Tahai, a burial site guarded by the island’s three renowned stone heads.
At Cambodia’s Angkor Wat you will see stone remains of one Asia’s great extinct cultures, returning in the evening to the Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, a luxury hotel built in the early 20th century for wealthy French travelers. In India, you will visit the majestic Taj Mahal before heading to Egypt, where you dine under the stars looking out over the great pyramids.
The plane itself is also somewhat of a wonder, a Boeing 757-200ER passenger
jet equipped with just 48 seats – in commercial service the 757 normally
carries 186 passengers. There is plenty of room to stretch out and every
passenger enjoys the comfort of a lie-flat first class seat. For less
sedentary passengers there is a lounge area for mingling.
On the ground there is only more of the best. Abercrombie and Kent stresses, “We’ve chosen accommodations that are not only the best, but the best examples of the spirit and style of each stop along your way.”
The price tag for this exclusive holiday? A cool US$69,875 per person based on double occupancy. The next tour is tentatively scheduled for January 13 to February 6, 2008.
