Arabian astronomy
After dark at Desert Rock, the Arabian sky observed through powerful telescopes, with a night hike or the Luna Trail for those who want to walk under it.
Saudi Arabia, Mountain and Sea
Three nights in the Hejaz mountains, then two on a Red Sea island.
- Five nights
- Two stays
- Saudi Arabia
- Desert, mountains, Red Sea, resort pairing
Two resorts on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, both reached through Red Sea International Airport. First, villas cut into the Hejaz mountains, with via ferrata led by mountaineers, the Ancient Route Trek and the Arabian sky through powerful telescopes, then water villas on a private island above the reefs, where guests can join the experts monitoring turtles, birds and dugongs.
- Length
- Five nights
- Pace
- Two stays
- Style
- Desert, mountains, Red Sea, resort pairing
- Route
- The Hejaz mountains to The Red Sea islands
- The Hejaz mountainsThree nights
- The Red Sea islandsTwo nights
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Days 1 to 4 · three nights
The Hejaz mountains
Golden hour and dinner on the first evening, then a Saudi cooking class, sundowners at The Observatory and, after dark, the Arabian sky through powerful telescopes. Saudi coffee with storytelling, a palm weaving workshop, and the Ancient Route Trek through the mountains. On the third day, via ferrata with the resort's mountaineers, the Wadi Cross Zip Wire and a session on traditional desert survival.
Where you stay
Desert Rock
Desert Rock sits within the ancient rock formations of the Hejaz mountains, 20 minutes by road from Red Sea International Airport, across four million square metres of open land. Its suites and villas are built into the mountain, each with a private pool, and dedicated villa hosts plan each day.
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Days 4 to 6 · two nights
The Red Sea islands
A transfer to the coast and across the lagoon by boat, or a 25-minute seaplane from Red Sea International Airport. Two days on the reef: snorkelling over coral, a dive to a nearby wreck with Galaxea, the resort's diving centre, and a morning with the experts monitoring turtles, birds and dugongs. Kayaking through the replanted mangroves or sailing in the lagoon, and one evening at Gishiki 45 for the omakase.
Where you stay
The St. Regis Red Sea Resort
The St. Regis Red Sea Resort occupies Ummahat Island in the Al Wajh Lagoon, reached by chartered boat or seaplane, with 90 beach and overwater villas designed by Kengo Kuma, each with its own pool. Guests snorkel the coral reefs, dive nearby wrecks and dine at five venues, among them Tilina, an overwater grill.
Arranged on request
Via ferrata in the Hejaz
A climbing route across the mountains guided by the resort's expert mountaineers, with the Wadi Cross Zip Wire to follow.
Coffee, stories and palm weaving
Traditional Saudi coffee served with storytelling, and workshops in palm weaving and areesh building.
Turtles, dugongs and the reef
At The St. Regis Red Sea Resort, guests join the experts on conservation experiences monitoring turtles, birds and dugongs, and the dive school leads conservation and heritage dives.
Omakase at Gishiki 45
At Gishiki 45, the resort's modern Japanese restaurant, an omakase served with live cooking and time-honoured ritual.
Subject to availability.
Ways to make it yours
- A third night at The St. Regis Red Sea Resort, to make six nights in all.
- A longer day of diving with Galaxea, the resort's diving centre.
- A scenic flight over the lagoons and coral.
This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.
Made around you
Most travel is bought. This is designed.
Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.
The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.
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