ACCOMMODATIONS
Hotels featured on Around the World in Cooperation with World Wildlife Fund 2009

UNITED STATES
Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes, Orlando
Each guest room in this lavish new resort features a spacious and elegant bathroom, hand painted Italian furniture, flat-screen Web TV and a five-foot private balcony with panoramic views of lakes, pool and gardens. Public areas are richly treated in marble, antiques, fresh flowers and plush fabrics. The grounds include a 40,000-square-foot spa and wellness center, and an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed championship golf course.

BRAZIL
Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort, Manaus
This new eco-resort is located on the banks of the Rio Negro, surrounded by surrounded by tropical rainforest and built around a beautiful natural lake. Wooden guest bungalows are built on stilts over the water, and include a loft bedroom, private bath, and large wooden deck. The resort includes a swimming pool, restaurant, water sport center, and amphitheatre. Colorful macaws and monkeys are regular visitors to the grounds.

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Tropical Hotel, Manaus
The largest luxury hotel in Brazil is located on the banks of the Rio Negro. Brazilian woods are used extensively throughout the property, and guests can enjoy a regular pool, wave pool, sports complex, jogging track, volleyball court, tennis courts, game room, and colonial shopping court. Guest rooms are large, decorated in modern or colonial style, and have relaxing views.

CHILE
Hanga Roa Hotel, Easter Island
The Hanga Roa enjoys an enviable seaside location, and its tiled bungalow rooms are the best-appointed on Easter Island. The dining room serves mostly fish fresh from the ocean beyond its window-walls. The grounds include a pool on the hotel lawn.

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Taha Tai Hotel, Easter Island
This modern, comfortable hotel opened in 2000. The guest rooms offer basic amenities and terraces. The Taha Tai, which features a pool and seafood restaurant with sweeping ocean views, is conveniently located within walking distance of the museum and handicrafts market.

SAMOA
Aggie Grey's Lagoon Beach Resort & Spa, Apia
This beachside resort with its own turquoise lagoon is nestled amid 50 acres of tropical gardens. Bordered by an 18-hole championship golf course, the resort also offers an extensive water sports center, infinity pool, and spa utilizing ancient Polynesian treatments. The resort’s architecture and décor are open and airy, making a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor.

MALAYSIA
Sabah Hotel, Sandakan, Borneo
This modern and clean rainforest hotel features large guest rooms with basic furnishings. There are several dining options and extensive recreational facilities including health club, tennis and squash courts, jogging track, spa, steam room, sauna, and free-form pool. The staff is eager to please.

LAOS
Pansea Phou Vao Hotel, Luang Prabang
Sitting imposingly atop Phou Vao (Kite Hill), this luxurious French-managed hotel is surrounded by gardens and has stunning views of the city below. The huge guest rooms are finished in spare, modern, Asian style and feature four-poster beds, large baths, day beds and shaded balconies.

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Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane
The tallest building in town, the luxurious Lao Plaza is decorated in local style and offers complete modern facilities. It is used for the most important guests of the Lao Government, official state visits and social events. Located near the Lao National History Museum, it was renovated in 2003, when a new fitness club and spa were added.

NEPAL
Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu
This city resort hotel is set on 37 acres overlooking Bodhnath Stupa, the most holy of Tibetan Buddhist shrines outside Tibet. The courtyard lobby features replicas of nine 11th-century shrines. Hotel amenities include floodlit tennis courts, a high-tech fitness center with jogging track and a complete spa with Ayurvedic massage.

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Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, Royal Chitwan National Park
The public areas of this famed outpost have thatched roofs, rustic beams and historic photographs. Wildlife treks depart on foot, in canoes or Land Rovers, or on the backs of elephants. The simple tree house or bungalow guest rooms are constructed from natural materials and feature ceiling fans and simple baths with solar-heated showers.

MADAGASCAR
Antananarivo: Carlton Hotel
One of the finest hotel properties in the city, this hotel overlooks Lake Anosy. Guest rooms are air-conditioned and feature warm colors with Malagasy accents. Each room has a view of Lake Anosy or the outdoor pool – Tana’s largest. Leisure facilities also include tennis and a fitness club with whirlpool, sauna, massage and Turkish bath.

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Anjajavy-l’Hôtel
Built on a peninsula over a wide bay and backed by more than 1,000 acres of nature reserve, this resort blends into its beautiful surroundings. Each of the solid rosewood, palm-roofed villas has a large patio overlooking the sea. The Oasis, a garden designed by a famous Parisian landscaper, features a wide variety of Malagasy plants and animals.

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Gite d’Etape Hotel, Berenty Reserve
This remote, 30-room hotel offers basic, comfortable accommodations. Built in the colonial French style, the property is next to expansive sisal plantations. There is a large restaurant, an outside eating and a small shop. The rooms are spacious but basic, equipped with ceiling fans to cool the warm days.

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Vakona Forest Lodge, Périnet
Accommodations at the Vakona Lodge consist of comfortable bungalows with mini bar and en suite bathroom with hot water. The lounge/game and open restaurant are built around a fireplace. Board games, snooker table, swimming pool, horse riding and table tennis are available.

NAMIBIA
Swakopmund Hotel, Swakopmund
This German-colonial-style hotel is built around a renovated 1907 railroad station and features a rustic German-theme tavern, cinema, small shopping arcade, and casino. The courtyard comes complete with a pair of dolphin fountains. Colorful guest rooms are decorated with blond woods, wicker, and blue and yellow accents.

UGANDA/RWANDA
Serena Hotel, Kampala (Uganda)
Each of the Serena’s guest rooms, individually re-styled in 2005, features a unique blend of colors, décor and artifacts. Serene public areas showcase the skills of Uganda’s celebrated wood-carvers with the inspiration of her weavers. A state-of-the-art health spa offers a wide range of relaxation options.

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Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
Mweya Lodge commands beautiful views of Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Ruwenzori Mountains. The lodge has been completely renovated with spacious air-conditioned guest rooms with balconies, as well as a restaurant and bar area. From the infinity pool, guests can watch buffalo, antelope, and elephant drinking from the channel.

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Gorilla Forest Camp, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda)
Blending seamlessly into the natural surroundings, this luxury tented camp perches on a mountainside in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Guests are accommodated in platform tents, with beds carved by Ugandan artists, spacious wooden decks, and baths that overlook the forest. A bar and dining cottage overlooking the rain forest, and a raised natural platform hosts open-air dining. Guests can sit around the campfire at night and watch the stars.

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Virunga Lodge , Parc National des Volcans (Rwanda)
The Virunga Lodge, opened in 2004, is set on the tallest hill overlooking Bulera Lake, the Virunga volcanoes and terraced farmlands. Guests stay in comfortable bandas with modern amenties. The lodge offers gorilla tracking in the park where Dian Fossey conducted her research.

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Gorillas Nest Lodge, Ruhengeri (Rwanda)
Gorillas Nest Lodge, nestled in a clearing of eucalyptus trees in the green hills of northern Rwanda, is just a few kilometers from a rare mountain gorilla park. The rustic but well constructed lodge has Rwandan grass thatched roofs. Comfortable guest rooms are set amid gardens, and feature original artwork and en-suite bathrooms. The grounds include a volcano-view golf course and clubhouse.

UNITED KINGDOM
The Dorchester, London
With views across Hyde Park, this grand 1931 hotel blends old-world style with 21st-century comforts. Guest rooms are richly furnished and accented with paneling, thick carpeting, and polished woods. Immense marbled baths include deep tubs and walk-in showers. The elaborate health club offers an excellent gym, health and beauty treatments, saunas, tanning beds, and whirlpools.

 Orlando, Florida – Day 1

 Amazon Rainforest, Brazil — Days 2 & 3
 Easter Island, Chile — Days 4 & 5

 Apia, Samoa — Day 6

 Cross the International Date Line — Day 7

 Kathmandu & Tiger Tops, Nepal — Days 13, 14 & 15

 Madagascar — Days 16, 17 & 18
 Walvis Bay, Namibia — Days 19 & 20
 Uganda or Rwanda — Days 21, 22 & 23
 London, UK and Home — Days 24 & 25

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