Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa

A serious safari experience has finally arrived down under with Emirates airlines’ newest conservation-based resort, a three-hour drive west of Sydney. Here, freestanding 890-square-foot cottages (with indoor-outdoor plunge pools and verandas) offer views of Wolgan Valley’s rugged Grand Canyon–like setting, game drives go in search of kangaroos and wallabies, and five-course dinners are served in the central timbered homestead, constructed by local craftsmen.