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FAMOUS FISH MARKET

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A sneak peak into a very special evening showcasing…

~ The Legacy Untold’s signature travel experiences blending luxury, adventure, special access, and preservation of our planet’s greatest treasures @thelegacyuntold_travel

~ The One&Only’s award-winning resorts, cherished for their remarkable beauty, sophisticated luxury, and distinct cultural charm @ooresorts

~ Clase Azul’s premium tequilas & mezcals and unwavering commitment to exceptional Mexican artisanry and craftsmanship @claseazulofficial

~ And the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, an organization largely responsible for the preservation of the endangered Mountain Gorilla, of whom only 1,000 remain in the wild today @savinggorillas

An inspiring gathering of influential individuals, keen to explore the world in the most meaningful of ways.
#TheLegacyUntold #MyLegacy

A special thank you to @vossworld & @tataharperskincare

The Legacy Untold had the honor of partnering with One&Only and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund to host a spectacular evening that included a five course Afro-Mexican-inspired tasting menu paired with Clase Azul's finest libations, including their Clase Azul Ultra.

The evening transported us around the world from Mexico to Rwanda to Cape Town. Most of all the evening was made special by the most incredible group of 30 friends and clients we were able to share it with.

Thank you to our amazing partners!
@ooresorts
@oocapetown
@oorwanda
@claseazulofficial
@savinggorillas
@vossworld
@tataharperskincare
@wearetailwind

In case you haven’t already heard the good news, after 2.5 years JAPAN is now fully open to international travelers from 68 countries including the U.S.

Our founder @mark_lakin has been named Travel + Leisure’s top travel specialist for Japan every year since 2017. At @thelegacyuntold_travel we have the expertise and an extensive network of relationships in Japan to plan an incredible immersion into this truly unique destination. We’ll also help you navigate any remaining travel requirements (vaccination is required, visas are not).

Japan has a fascinating history and spellbinding traditions you can’t find anywhere else in the world. If you’re thinking of planning a trip to Japan for this year or next, don’t hesitate to reach out to us - we are already seeing a record level of interest. Please email us at Travel@thelegacyuntold.com to start dreaming up the perfect adventure to Japan!

Sakura season only ever lasts about a month, where cherry blossom trees in peak bloom provide a fairytale-like canopy for Nara’s dozing deer.

Most restrictions around travel to Japan have now been dropped. One of our favorite places in the world, and proud to share that our founder @mark_lakin continues on as Travel+Leisure’s Top Travel Advisor for Japan. DM to start planning your next beautiful escape.

#TheLegacyUntold #MyLegacy #LuxuryTravelJapan #CherryBlossom

🎥 @Gabriele_Corno

Conservation efforts, mindful travelling, and the preservation of wild landscapes are all cornerstones of The Legacy Untold’s approach to planning your bucket-list vacation. That is why we are so proud to partner with the Great Plains Foundation as they take over the National Geographic Big Cat Initiative. As of today, the initiative has funded over 150 projects across 27 countries, making monumental strides in protecting all seven big cat species. The individuals you see featured here are the renowned co-founders of the Great Plains Foundation and our favorite iconic couple - Dereck & Beverly Joubert!

@dereckjoubert @beverlyjoubert @greatplainsfoundation @natgeo #thelegacyuntold #mylegacy #bigcatsinitiative #greatplains

Kaikōura, New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to encounter dolphins in their natural environment. It's just you, the open ocean... and Kaikōura's wild dusky dolphins. Dusky dolphins are the most acrobatic of the species, and their sweet and joyful energy is contagious!

DM to start planning your next great adventure!

Check the dolphin at the end doing flips in the background! 🐬 #thelegacyuntold #mylegacy #newzealandtravel #dolphinencounter #kaikouradolphins

Bring the little bitty ones and leave your worries behind - New Zealand is a special place where the animals are harmless and have no fear of humans because they've never been threatened.
#thelegacyuntold
🎥 @zuhauselig

Just Lion Down, Don’t Mind Me

A well deserved rest for a beautiful lioness. Female lions are the primary hunters of the pack, averaging about 30% faster than their male counterparts.

While desert lions aren’t a distinct species or even a subspecies - they are markedly different from lions residing in savannah and grassland areas. The desert-adapted lions of Namibia (where it may rain only 5mm/yr.) are able to withstand long periods of time without water, obtaining most of their moisture from the blood of their kills. Prides are smaller, they have more expansive home ranges and they travel much further - hunger will drive desert lions to take more risks and hunt across remarkable distances in search of their prey. They are leaner and woolier, an evolutionary adaptation to frigid desert nights where the temperature can fall to as low as 32°F, while daytime temperatures can reach as high as 122°F.

To learn more about these fascinating desert-adapted lions and inspire your travel to the oldest desert in the world, we often recommend that our travelers watch “Vanishing Kings: Lions of the Namib Desert” - a shocking documentary of an elusive predator in an unusual environment.

📸 @wearewilderness

Safari in the Kalahari - Check out our founder @mark_lakin on horseback safari in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve - the largest privately protected conservation area in all of South Africa. To be enjoyed by only 28 guests at a time, @Tswalu offers one of the most intimate safari experiences one can have. Pursuant to their mission to restore the Kalahari to itself, Tswalu prevails as THE lowest guest footprint in the country.

DM us to start planning your next great adventure!

Happy Earth Day 🌎

This year’s Earth Day theme is “invest in our planet.” If like us you care about a greener future, you know that the choices we make in daily life have a ripple effect on our ecosystems. At @thelegacyuntold_travel we are proud to partner with hotel properties around the world that take considerable action to support conservation and communities. Our travel clients come to us knowing that when they invest in a bucket list trip, they are putting funds directly into organizations that are committed to protecting the planet, just simply by having the journey of a lifetime!

Get in touch with our team of travel experts to start planning your luxury safari, your honeymoon, your big family trip, or celebratory getaway of any kind.

#earthday #thelegacyuntold #travelbetter #letustakeyouthere

Photo: @oorwanda

Over the water and on top of the world at @ooreethirah in the magnificent Maldives, a place that could not be more postcard-perfect! The blissful Indian Ocean archipelago pairs well with a safari in Africa - a popular combo for many of our honeymoon couples.

Planning a trip to celebrate romance, life, family, or just getting away from it all? Let us take you there...

#thelegacyuntold #dreamtrip #maldiveshoneymoon

Our honeymooners Serop & Cynthia have been having a blissful time in the Serengeti this week, cruising by giraffes and seeing lions in trees (among many other wildlife sightings). What could be better than celebrating love and life in wild and wonderful Africa?

Get in touch and let us make your honeymoon - both the planning and the trip itself - seamless and stress free. Travel@thelegacyuntold.com

#honeymoonsafari #serengetisafari #honeymoonbliss

📷 @skhatch24

Visiting northern Kenya's Samburu National Park is a very different experience than a great migration or big five safari in the Masai Mara. At Sasaab Camp, you'll look out at Mount Kenya and the Laikipia Plateau from the swimming pool, and activities include fly camping, camel safaris and heli rides with a birds eye view like this one.

Sasaab Camp also operates the first climate positive tourist helicopter ride in the world. For every hour flown they plant six trees to help reforest Mount Kenya, offsetting the carbon emissions of their helicopters three times over. This is just one of the property's promises toward a commitment to conservation and sustainability.

If you want to go to East Africa let us plan your trip to make sure you're making the most of your time on your once in a lifetime trip (but trust us... you'll come back).

📷 @thesafaricollection

Anything is possible in Cape Town - outdoor adventures in the mountains or the sea, art and culinary immersions, helicopter rides and meaningful moments at historical places. Is Cape Town on your bucket list?

#thelegacyuntold #capetown #letustakeyouthere

📷: @lovecapetown @gavman18

Being inconspicuous isn’t really an option when you’re a rhino. Which is ironic, since rhinos have very poor eyesight themselves.

Three of the five species of rhinoceros around the world are listed as critically endangered, with their biggest threat due to poaching for their horns.

When you plan your safari with us at @thelegacyuntold_travel we can arrange for you to take part in a special conservation experience with a scientist, like rhino notching. Access to this type of activity is through out network of incredible conservation-first partners on the continent, and while it’s an expensive add-on, the experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity to contribute directly to the conservation of a species in a hands-on way (literally - you are able to touch the animal!)

DM us or email our team of experts to find out more about making your luxury Safari in Africa really spectacular.

#thelegacyuntold #wildlifeconservation #travelwithpurpose

📷: @singita_

If you could transport yourself right now, anywhere in the world, where would you go and what would you do?

Relax on a white sand beach in Madagascar?

Indulge at an Uber luxe resort in Mexico?

Roam over a windswept grassy plain in Africa?

Chase the northern lights in Iceland?

Sail the open waters to Antarctica?

Anything is possible - let us take you there!

#planatrip #luxuryescapes #bucketlisttrips

📸: @timeandtideafrica

This “room with a view” is a mobile tented camp in the Serengeti where you’ll always be in the heart of the action.

Many of our travelers are adventurous thrill seekers who love a more rustic kind of luxury… while others prefer to be a bit more removed.

Whatever your travel style is we’ll find the perfect place - and the perfect pace - to suit your needs.

Thinking about that long-awaited bucket list Safari? Get in touch and let us take you there!

#thelegacyuntold #serengetisafari #letustakeyouthere

📷: @andbeyondserengetiundercanvas

New year, new world, new opportunities for exploration. Whether it’s the open road in Alaska, a hot air balloon over the Serengeti, a heli ride over New Zealand’s snowy peaks, there are so many ways to see this amazing world. Travel can feel challenging these days… let us plan your trip so you can focus on nothing but the magic of the journey.

#thelegacyuntold #letustakeyouthere

Days at Dar Ahlam are long and luxurious. Indulge in a massage under the olive trees or head off for lunch by the river. Spend a balmy evening atop the Kasbah, drinking and dining under the stars. Explore a local Berber village in this off-the-beaten-path part of Morocco where you won’t see other tourists. Dar Ahlam is a digital detox, an immersion in romance, a really special escape… Let us plan your next trip to Morocco!

#thelegacyuntold #moroccoluxury #visitmorocco

Rwanda's Ngungwe Forest National Park is home to 13 species of primates including this slouching, pensive black and white colobus monkey. The Nyungwe forest is also the largest remaining tract of forest in Rwanda, it feeds both the Congo and the Nile rivers, provides 70% of the country's freshwater, and is home to abundant waterfalls, exotic birds, reptiles and butterflies. As impossibly remote as it may sound, it's not impossible to visit, and situated on its borders is One & Only Nyungwe House, a truly one of a kind rainforest resort and the perfect launching point for exploring the magic of the park.

Get in touch and let us plan your life-changing trip to Rwanda!

#worldmonkeyday #thelegacyuntold #rwandatravel

📸: @oorwanda

We found the perfect spot for sunset drinks at @ooportonovi in Montenegro. Let us take you there!

📸: @ooresorts

Is seeing whale sharks on your travel bucket list? In the Maldives of you can swim alongside these massive creatures year round.

Get in touch and let us plan your getaway to an Indian Ocean paradise!

📸: @andbeyondtravel

Travel Diary: Kenya edition via our happy traveler @amyasciutto who was welcomed in Kenya by some very tall new friends 🦒🦒🦒 at @giraffemanorhotel !

At @thelegacyuntold_travel we are experts in the experiential, we are luxury-loving curious nomads and we obsessively seek out the best hotels and travel experiences the planet has to offer. We are passionate about designing and tailoring every trip to the needs and wants of our intrepid travelers.

Get in touch and let us plan your next dream trip!

It’s pool time with a few friendly visitors at @royalmalewane where, in addition to game drives with some of the most experienced guides on the continent, the animals may just come to you when you least expect it! The interiors at this super luxe lodge are just as divine (swipe —>).

#thelegacyuntold #travelbetter #southafricasafari

📸: @missangievilla @jeremyaustiin @theroyalportfolio

With winter on the horizon in the northern hemisphere, the Antarctic season is approaching too. There are multiple ways to travel to the 7th continent, and thankfully most of them offer the ability to see penguins! Is Antarctica on your list for 2022 or 2023? Get in touch and let us plan it for you.

#thelegacyuntold #antarctica #travelfurther

📸: @chrisbettelli via @lindbladexp

To see the Great Migration with your own eyes is to witness one of nature’s oldest and greatest phenomena, when 1.5 million wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, elephant and giraffe follow the rains across the Serengeti and over the mighty Mara River into Kenya’s Masai Mara in their eternal quest for sustenance.

If you want to travel on certain dates, or visit a certain region of Kenya or Tanzania, or see a certain event of the migration such as the calving season or the Mara river crossing, you should really plan your trip up to a year in advance to have the best options. Do you want to tick this amazing event off your bucket list in 2022?

📸: @jimcodingtonphotography and @photoby_ceo

Giant granite formations and calm shallow water in a perfect shade of blue that laps along the powder white sand - these are just some of the things we love about the Seychelles. We also think this exotic archipelago is an excellent choice as a stop on your honeymoon. But our advice doesn’t stop there… wondering where to stay, what to combine it with, when to go? Let us do all the hard work for you.

#thelegacyuntold #seychelles #wheretonext

📸: @jyo_shankar

A morning visitor at Molori takes a drink from the nearby swimming hole. Game drives aren't the only time you'll see wildlife while on safari if you're staying at a property with a great location.

We love booking the Presidential Suite at @molorisafari for our travelers. With a spacious wooden deck, private infinity pool, and retractable floor to ceiling glass doors (and so much more) there are infinite ways to take in the beautiful, wild surroundings.

#thelegacyuntold #southafricasafari #besttripever

Can you think of a better place on the planet for a gorgeous pool to cool off in than in the middle of the world’s oldest desert?

Namibia is a destination where you may find everything you’re looking for right now - an epic escape, wide open spaces, complete privacy, adrenaline pumping adventures, and unusual desert-adapted wildlife you’re unlikely to see anywhere else in the world.

Thinking about a trip to Africa? Namibia pairs well with some of our other favorite destinations like South Africa and Botswana… get in touch and let us take you there.

#thelegacyuntold #namibia #bucketlisttrip

📸: @andbeyondtravel

While summer in Iceland is great for catching pleasant temps and endless daylight, late fall and early winter are an ideal time to catch both the northern lights and also better value at some of our favorite top luxury hotels, like @retreat.bluelagoon pictured here. Imagine soaking in thermal pools while the aurora borealis dances in the sky above?

It’s not too late to plan an end of year adventure in Iceland! Get in touch and let us plan it for you.

#thelegacyuntold #northernlights #letustakeyouthere

The endangered Galapagos fur seal was nearly hunted to extinction in the early 20th century. They are now protected under Ecuadorian law but they still face threats including ocean pollution and climate change.

The concentration of unique wildlife in the Galapagos is unmatched anywhere else in the world, making this remote archipelago a top destination for animal loving adventurers! We plan land and/or sea-based trips for travelers seeking the best of the best... get in touch and let us plan the trip of a lifetime for you!

#thelegacyuntold #galapagostravel #dreamtrips

📸: Eric Melk via @galapagosconservancy

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