Elite Traveler March-April 2018

59 elite traveler MAR/APR 2018

FL IGHT LESSONS HAWAII, US

Offered through Four Seasons Lanai, aspiring pilots can learn to fly a Cirrus SR22 and perform basic maneuvers such as takeoff, cruising and landing at the Maui Flight Academy. The flying lessons last two or four hours, during which you can fly directly over an active volcano vent, travel alongside tall sea cliffs to Molokai or go over the lush West Maui mountains before landing in Hana to explore the rain forest. For those who want to extend their airborne time, there’s the Fab 5 package — a full day of flying with visits to five locales: Molokai, Honolulu, Lanai, the Big Island and Maui. Alii Royal Suite, from $21,000 per night, with flying experiences from $3,999. Contact Alastair McAlpine, general manager,

alastair.mcalpine@fourseasons.com, +1 808 565 2889, fourseasons.com

GOLDEN GUN PHUKET, THAILAND Inspired by the 1974 James Bond movie TheMan with the Golden Gun , which made the islands of Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay famous, the Anantara Layan Phuket has launched an exclusive package for 007 aficionados. Board a private jet from Bangkok to Phuket, where a limo will whisk you off to Villa Similan, the largest of the resort’s cliffside villas, featuring an on-call chef, spa therapist and live-in butler to prepare your martini — shaken, not stirred, obviously. The villa’s ‘man cave’ houses the custom-built golden gun from the movie. Handle the celebrated pistol during a wine tasting with Anantara’s wine guru. The package also includes a private yacht cruise around Phang Nga Bay. Back at the villa, take to the cinema room for a private viewing of vintage Bond films. From$55,000 for two people for three nights. Contact Frederic Varnier, managing director, fvarnier@anantara. com, +66 76 317 200, anantara.com

Photo Sven Ellsworth