ACCOMMODATIONS
Hotels featured on Around the World Wonders by Private Jet 2009

UNITED STATES
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Florida
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.

GUATEMALA
Hotel Camino Real, Tikal
This resort is located in the lush Petén jungle, adjoining the famed Tikal archaeological site, and is part of the Cerro Cahui protected wildlife area. Guests stay in thatched-roof bungalows with modern comforts and balconies overlooking Lake Petén Itzá. Extensive recreational facilities include swimming pools, tennis courts, and a private yacht.

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.

COOK ISLANDS
The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa, Rarotonga
Rarotonga's best large resort has a host of recreational choices including a swimming pool with a waterfall, tennis courts, water sports, large lagoon-side deck beside the beach, and full-service spa. Several restaurants and bars are also onsite. Guest rooms feature tropical woods and mat walls, and either a patio or a balcony.

AUSTRALIA
Sails in the Desert Hotel, Ayers Rock
This premier hotel derives its name from sail-inspired roofs that keep interiors cool in summer and warm in winter. Public areas are distinguished by polished red granite floors, picture windows, and a reflection pond. Guest rooms are spacious and comfortable. The restaurant serves local specialties like crocodile, barramundi, and kangaroo.

THAILAND
Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai
Set on a hillside overlooking rice paddies, this resort offers breathtaking scenery from its open-air buildings and pavilion suites. Guests can enjoy an infinity pool, exquisite spa, steam room, sauna, whirlpool, gym, aerobics classes, lap pool surrounded by frangipani, and a Thai cooking school. Lavish accommodations incorporate large, open-air relaxation rooms, vast bedrooms, and sumptuous baths that include stall showers and glassed-in soaking tubs overlooking private gardens. Elegant Thai fabrics, rugs, and handicrafts warm each room.

CHINA
Shangri La Golden Flower Hotel, Xi'an
This hotel is the most comfortable in Xi’an, with large guest rooms, sitting areas set into bay windows and quality furnishings. An elegant lobby, excellent dining options, well-equipped health club, large indoor pool and whirlpool are just a few of the amenities available to guests.

INDIA
Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur
This former maharaja's palace spreads out over impeccably landscaped grounds. Receive a "royal welcome" on the formal front garden, greeted by painted elephants and festooned camels. Spacious guest rooms feature roomy closets, marble baths, high ceilings and plenty of period furnishings and architectural detail. The tennis and squash courts are well maintained, and the original pool with stained-glass windows evokes an ornate bathhouse.

JORDAN
Mövenpick Hotel, Petra
Located a two-minute walk from the Petra entrance gate, the Mövenpick blends Middle Eastern craftsmanship with Western design in one of the country's most luxurious hotels. Notable features include an excellent gym and hammam (Arabic steam bath), opulent restaurant, well-stocked library and spacious, contemporary guest rooms.

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InterContinental Aqaba, Red Sea
Situated on Jordan’s Red Sea, the InterContinental Aqaba has its own private beach. All guest rooms have balconies with spectacular views overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba. On site are several restaurants, as well as a spa, 24-hour gym with ten cardiovascular machines, Jacuzzis, steam room, squash court, and outdoor pool.

EGYPT
Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Cairo
Rising from the Corniche on the banks of the Nile, this elegant property features three lushly landscaped rooftop pools, expansive spa, and state-of-the-art health club with whirlpool, sauna, and steam room. Guest rooms are large and bright, with panoramic views of the Nile or the 12th-century Citadel. Natural wood finishes, contemporary furnishings, and baths with soaking tub and separate shower encourage guests to relax.

TURKEY
Four Seasons Hotel, Istanbul
Created from a century-old neoclassic Turkish prison, this intimate hotel is close to the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace. Guest rooms frame an enclosed courtyard and feature full marble baths, oversized towels and thick terry-cloth robes. Recreational facilities include a health club, spa and sauna.

 Orlando, Florida – Day 1 

 Tikal, Guatemala — Days 2 & 3
 Easter Island, Chile — Days 4 & 5

 Rarotonga, Cook Islands — Day 6

 Cross the International Date Line — Day 7

 Xi'an, China — Days 13 & 14

 Jaipur, India — Days 15 & 16

 Petra & Wadi Rum, Jordan - Days 17, 18 & 19

 Cairo & the Great Pyramids - Days 20 & 21
 Istanbul, Turkey / Depart for Home — Days 22, 23 & 24

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