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A World that Calls to You

A New Chapter

To our partners, guests, friends, and fellow travelers,

As we begin this exciting new chapter, I’m thrilled to welcome you to Beckons.

Uniting the internationally-renowned collections of Baillie Lodges and Tierra Hotels, Beckons represents a new ideal in experiential luxury travel – a unified global platform for immersion, discovery, and transformative experiences that go far beyond the ordinary, to set a new bar for the exceptional.

Every stay in the Beckons collection is unique and extraordinary – intimate in scale, rare by nature, alive with possibilities and boundless perspectives, and brought to life by master storytellers defined by a warm and welcoming spirit.

As we begin this new journey, we invite you to travel deeply, indulge your curiosity, and let us help you discover what calls to you.

Warmly,

Michael Crawford 
 CEO, Beckons

Destinations of

nction and Discovery

From the lush coastal rainforests of Vancouver Island to the shimmering salt pans of the Atacama, the Beckons collection offers all manner of possibilities –unique human encounters, perspectives to be shared, flavors to savor, and natural wonders to delight in.

Remarkable Places, Extraordinary People 
 and Unforgettable Journeys

Today’s discerning travelers meet the world on deeper terms. They want connections that stir the mind and the spirit; new perspectives formed in nature’s most inspiring places, and new appreciation of where we fit into it all. They ask to see more, understand more, grow more – and to be thoughtfully cared for along the way. Beckons answers that call.

We are a collection of globally-celebrated lodges, each chosen for and shaped by a singular, unforgettable landscape. All were made to foster immersion and inspire connection – with land and water, with others and self, and with the cultures and communities that we've become a meaningful part of.

From the dazzling vastness of Australia’s Red Centre, to the serene riverine forests of New Zealand’s North Island, to the high peaks and fathomless skies of Chilean Patagonia, Beckons brings together rare experiences in remarkable places. As you travel between lodges, our personalized itineraries are shaped by the people that know each place best, filling each stay with the stories that move you most. Every step reveals more of the landscape, its stories and the people who call it home.

Globally Celebrated

Our lodges – each one of them expertly curated for today’s world-wise explorers and seekers – have been lauded as among the very best in the world, winning multiple awards and distinctions from the most discerning publications and travel experts, including the MICHELIN Guide, Robb Report, World’s 50 Best Hotels, Condé Nast Traveler, and Travel + Leisure.

What
 Unites Us

Places Worth Reaching

Each location was chosen with revelation in mind. It celebrates outstanding natural beauty, illuminates unique cultures in all their nuance, and harnesses the perspective-changing power of wholly living a destination.

Immersion by Design

Our lodges are designed to be in dynamic conversation with their surroundings. Volumes and scale, surfaces and materials, color, light, and shadow: the architecture and interiors conspire to shape unforgettable perspectives.

People-First with Intention

Our people are master storytellers. On a guided walk, a culinary adventure, an exploration of regional art or just an impromptu history lesson shared next to a warm fire over a glass of a local Pinot Noir: their passion and expertise lie in crafting full, rich pictures of the places they know and love deeply.

Seamless Journeys

Working with networks of experts that span the globe, our team, with its collective decades of experience, is adept at making even the longest haul to the remotest place a pleasure in itself.

Intuitive Service that Knows You

Thoughtful; warm; perceptive. Service at Beckons is about small, well-timed gestures that show we’re always thinking about how to enrich any given moment of your journey. Our intuitive approach makes every interaction deeply personal, from crafting your perfect post-hike drink, to creating story-led culinary adventures shaped around you.

Exploring with Care

We are stewards of conservation, culture, and education in the communities in which we operate, ensuring their protection and regeneration. Working with the people who make the place is a long-term investment – one we know creates real, felt connections for our guests.

Shaped for the Landscape

A True Taste of Your Surroundings

At Beckons, meals are grounded in the rhythm of the seasons, guided by the offerings of land and sea, and by the people who cultivate them. Menus evolve daily, using only ingredients that are fresh, gathered or harvested nearby. Our intentional approach creates an experience that’s expressive and connected to the surroundings.

Across the Beckons collection, chefs work with and empower local growers, fishers, and artisans, bringing their terroir to our tables. From our own kitchen gardens, flourishing with native and heirloom fruits and vegetables, to sustainably-sourced seafood and small-batch produce, we select ingredients for their quality and their provenance. It’s a “grower to guest” philosophy that translates into thoughtful, beautifullypresented expressions of the landscape, satisfying body and soul.

Rest and Rejuvenation, Curated by Nature

Wellness at Beckons is shaped by the wild. We let the natural places that our lodges are part of guide our care of you; their unique cultures of nurturing and revitalising inform every aspect of your wellbeing experience. After days spent exploring the outdoors, our lodges’ calming spa spaces soothe and restore mind, body, and spirit, inviting you to recover and reconnect.

Treatments draw on native plants, minerals and traditions unique to each destination. From desert salts and bush medicines to rainforest botanicals and Andean herbs, ingredients bring proven therapeutic qualities and cultural significance to rituals that are grounding, healing, and always personalized.

Days that Stay 
 with You

We believe luxury is about immersion: in nature, landscapes, local cultures – and most of all, immersion in the moment. A stay at any of our lodges is an invitation to share rare and precious experiences and transformative encounters. Our seasoned teams craft personalized itineraries for every day of your journey, while our expert guides bring them to vivid life through rich sensory explorations and captivating storytelling.  Discover some of our signature experiences, each shepherding you deeper into every destination.

A Starlit Dinner at Table

Table 131° sets the scene in a secret location amid majestic red sand dunes; a prime position – yours alone – for the Milky Way’s nightly performance in an ink-black sky. A four-course dinner, paired with fine wines from across the country, showcases modern Australian cuisine, while the lodge’s guides tell captivating stories of the constellations spinning above, alternating between Indigenous creation tales and Greek mythology, as Uluru stands sentinel in the distance.

A Sunset Drink Atop Your Own Private Mountain

A helicopter skims the woods on a scenic ride up to Ursus Mountain's 4,000-foot summit, where an aperitif of sparkling wine and artisanal charcuterie accompanies spellbinding views across Clayoquot Sound. The surrounding days put you on intimate terms with nature – hiking glacier-fed ravines, exploring the Bedwell Valley on horseback, and cruising the sound, spotting black bears, otters, sea lions and orcas.

Backstage Passes to Australia’s 
 Most Revered Wine Region

A stay at The Louise comes with privileged access to the Barossa's most celebrated winemakers and their estates.

Visit historic Seppeltsfield, where you’ll be invited to savor the coveted century-old Para Vintage Tawny; roll through the ranges for a tasting guided personally by the winemakers at Yalumba, and wander amid “grandfather” vines at Henschke, where some of Australia's most venerated reds have been crafted since 1868.

Louise

The Magic of Where the Rainforest
 Meets the Reef

Immerse in one of Australia’s most intriguing convergences of nature and culture, and experience two World Heritage wonders in a single day. On a gentle hike through the Daintree Rainforest – the oldest on Earth at 180 million years – local First Nations Kuku Yalanji guides will share ancestral tales illuminating their connection to their Country, which goes back 50 millennia. The journey continues on the Great Barrier Reef, where experienced guides and dive masters with a profound knowledge of the reef and its extraordinary inhabitants lead you into a rare, fascinating underwater world.

A World-Famous Day Walk at Mount Gower

This eight-hour, sea-to-peak journey across Lord Howe’s World Heritage-listed paradise is renowned the world over. Accompanied by your private guide, you’ll weave through subtropical forests before ascending 2,900 feet to the summit of Mount Gower. You’ll have a 360-degree view of surreal cloud forests, alive with endemic plants and surrounded by the Tasman Sea, before descending to a secluded, reeffringed lagoon teeming with marine life.

Fly-Fishing From Your Doorstep

Committed anglers have made the pilgrimage to Huka Lodge for over a century, lured by the legendarily abundant brown and rainbow trout that populate the Taupō river system. Winter sees the fish teeming here in peak numbers, the perfect moment for the novice to cast a line into the Waikato River – which happens to flow right past the lodge’s stylishly understated suites – with an expert instructor. More experienced guests have access to the Tongariro, or the ultra-challenging Waitahanui, for fly-fishing with one of the lodge’s top professional guides.

An Island of Natural Wonders in South Australia

Journey along a spectacular cliffside boardwalk from Admirals Arch to the historic Cape du Couedic Lighthouse, where fur seals cavort in massive ocean swells around a spectacular natural-grotto sanctuary at the southernmost tip of the island (the next stop is Antarctica). Then explore the wind-sculpted granite monoliths of the iconic 500 million-year-old Remarkable Rocks, their glittering surfaces, streaked with blooms of golden lichen, offering an ever-changing canvas of color in the ocean light.

Front Row Views of Patagonia’s Most Storied Peaks

An iconic Torres del Paine trek that’s challenging and awe-inspiring in equal measure. Your private guide will lead you along the banks of the Ascensio River, through lenga forest and up a few short grades – setting a comfortable pace before the final ascent to the base of the soaring Towers and their glacial lake. You might flush out a shy huemul (a rare Patagonian deer) or Magellanic woodpecker, or happen upon flora found only at these latitudes and altitudes, such as tiny endemic orchids. A reward of delicious soup awaits you at the summit, to warm you while you absorb the majesty of the surrounding landscape.

A Desert Stargazing Amphitheatre All Your Own

Explore some of the clearest and darkest skies on Earth from the comfort of our outdoor stargazing theatre, with your favorite beverage in hand. Our trained astronomers reveal how different cultures have interpreted the same heavens, guiding you through both Western celestial science and ancient Andean cosmology while you admire planets, asterisms, galaxies and nebulae through a high-powered telescope.

Shaped by the People that Call Each Place Home

Service at Beckons is people-first: personal, present, and
 always true to place. Small, perceptive gestures conspire to enhance your wellbeing; they come courtesy of teams with
 the skill, confidence and sensitivity to understand guests’
 needs, and how best to meet them.

Our people are hosts, guides, experts, storytellers. They
 foster an atmosphere where care feels natural and experiences are shaped around you, making every interaction a learning opportunity for the culturally curious. Luxury, here, is being
 seen, understood, and intuitively cared for. So you’re eminently comfortable, even far from home.

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