Bawah Reserve is the recently reopened paradise in the Anambas, an archipelago in northern Indonesia.

A series of six secluded private islands play host to 35 luxury suites, all boasting panoramic views of the ocean. Overwater bungalows and beach suites are the go here—the sort of barefoot luxury you dream about from your desk at 3pm every Thursday. There’s access to an ‘Aura Spa and Wellness Centre’, plus hiking, snorkelling, stand-up paddle boarding, stargazing, a beach cinema and an unquantifiable number of places to swim. There’s even a chance to sail off into the sunset on an island cruise.

From AU$2600 per night

This might just be the ultimate party house.

If you manage to round up a few of your best mates for a week at Oasis Kalua in Colombia, your life has surely peaked.

Kalua is a four-bedroom, thatched roof, tropical paradise surrounded on all sides by the Caribbean Sea, about an hour by boat from Cartagena. By day you’ll be faced with such tough decisions as whether to lounge in the cabana or on one of the many sunbathing decks, and whether to swim in the pool or the crystal-clear sea. By night, its coronas, Piña Coladas and dancing in your own private Casa de Fiesta. Salud!

AU$3,620 per night

Live like a Japanese samurai warrior for one night in this newly converted private guest room at Hirado Castle on Hirado Island in Nagasaki Prefecture.

The contemporary golden interior design of the private quarters are juxtaposed against the rough, ancient exterior of what was once a very regal and traditional Japanese castle. Once home to the famous Matsura clan, the castle was first constructed in the 16th century. The bathroom has sweeping views over the Sea of Japan and the Hirado bridge below. Open to just a pair of guests each night, you’ll also get a kagura show and tea ceremony on arrival. But it’s definitely a very pricey cuppa.

From AU$11,700 per night

On Aman New York’s website they give ‘how to get here’ directions from Teterboro Airport. An airport that only serves private jets…

And private jet people are exactly the sort of people that are gonna be frequenting the Aman, which has been dubbed ‘the most expensive hotel in New York’ at an eye-watering AU$3,400 per night.

What does this price get you? Absolute total luxury in Manhattan’s famous Crown Building (around the corner from Central Park), including a spa which takes up three entire floors, and suites of extreme opulence that look straight out of HBO’s Succession.

From AU$3,400 per night

Ambiente™ Sedona describes itself as the first ‘landscape hotel’ in North America. What’s that mean? They allow the environment to take centre stage.

We’re not arguing given the way the hotel blends seamlessly into the dramatic red rock of its surrounds. Staying here feels less like looking at pretty scenery and more like you’re an active participant in the landscape.

Floor-to-ceiling windows bless each room with epic vistas of ancient waterways and the Brins Mesa mountain range. This place is stunning, and so cool. FYI we really thought ‘ambiente’ was going to be Spanish for ambient, but it’s Spanish for environment. Makes sense we guess.

From AU$1,300 per night

This ain’t no ordinary, Old McDonald kind of farm; Deplar Farm in Iceland’s far-north is like a farm from a dream world.

Turf-roofed houses accommodate you in five-star interiors, but its outside where the magic is here. Deplar is pushing the boundaries of what luxury is: guests are encouraged to take on mental and physical challenges that get them out of their comfort zone. This might be Heli-Skiing under the midnight sun, the far north’s propensity to stay light for 24 hours in summer combined with this area’s constant snow, mean that you can shred around the clock. It might mean salmon fishing, sea kayaking and mountaineering, or something more left of field like axe-throwing or ‘sensory-deprivation’ night walks. Or it might just mean chilling in the farm’s hot springs as the northern lights dance majestically above you.

From AU$6,926 per night

Dorothy once said ‘there’s no place like home,’ except hers was in Kansas and this one’s on the dusty plains of Australia’s Northern Territory.

Affectionately called a real ‘home in the outback’, Bullo River Station is every bit as breathtaking as the 400,000 acres of privately owned rugged wilderness it sits on is vast.

Promising a raw insight into life on an authentic cattle station, as well as your pick of the property’s twelve cozy rooms to rest in after a long day on the land, living out your McLeod’s Daughters fantasy has never been so realistic.

And when there’s cascading waterfalls to admire, natural water holes to cool off in, Aboriginal rock art to marvel at and captivating animals to spot (think kangaroos, dingoes and the station’s 2,000 Brahman-cross cattle), a stay here is a bit like a choose-your-own-Aussie-adventure. Note: cork hat not included.

From AU$1,350 per night

The perspicuously named Sun Ranch, in Byron Bay’s hinterland, is 55 acres of California meets Australia. 1970s meets today.

Retro furnishings seemingly taken from the Californian ranch homes of 1970s movie stars sit inside plush wood panelled rooms. There’s record players, tiger-print wraparound sofas. And probably a martini making station, we bet.

There are also massages and yoga, kayaking and Zooz e-bikes. Oh, and horse riding. There’s a pool overlooking the famed hinterland, and a restaurant boasting ridiculously succulent open-fire meals from famed chef, Pip Sumbak. Parts of the ranch are totally off-grid, but the whole ranch is pretty light on when it comes to eco footprint. This really is the best of both worlds.

From AU$1,700 for two nights