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Once in a Lifetime

Hotels so extraordinary they exist in a category of one. Not merely expensive, not merely beautiful — places that are genuinely irreplaceable, where the experience cannot be replicated at any price. No hotel enters this list without a member of our editorial team having stayed there.

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Once in a LifetimeWakatobi Dive Resort, Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi·Diving & Snorkeling

Wakatobi: The Resort That Turned a Reef Into a Legacy

In a remote corner of Southeast Sulawesi, a Swiss founder built a resort around one principle: a fish left in the water is worth more than gold. Thirty years later, Wakatobi protects 20 kilometres of the world's finest coral reef — and offers snorkelers the most ethereal drift experience on earth.

Wakatobi Dive Resort
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