Make a meal of it

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9 SEPTEMBER 2004
Reef encounter in Australia
Take a trip Down Under for the lunch of your life at the Great Barrier Reef. Board a helicopter to skim the reef and spot the turtles before touching down on your exclusive sandspit in the middle of it all.

Go snorkelling among iridescent coral and tropical fish then indulge in a champagne lunch. Polish off the perfect day by flying over the rainforest to a secluded waterfall where you can swim in a freshwater pool.

A passage through India
On a tour of southern India spend some time away from dry land to drift among the water lilies on the Kerala backwaters in a luxury converted wooden rice barge.

A world away from the stresses and strains of normal life, you’ll glide past coconut palms and rice terraces, thatched villages, colourful little Hindu temples and white pantiled churches.

And if all that inactivity gives you an appetite, on a table set with banana leaves your private chef will serve dishes rich in the flavours of southern India – a feast for all the senses.

REPORT: JILL CRAWSHAW