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‘Tis the season to give and receive, but finding the perfect gift for the person who has everything (along with impeccable taste) can be harder.
To up the gift ante, we’ve curated a list of over-the-top, unique experiential gifts sure to please the most discerning people on your list. Even better, this experiential gift guide includes a philanthropic element to help spread holiday cheer. Happy holidays—and happy gifting!
Headline Mountain Holidays
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ICE CAVE DINING IN WHISTLER
For a twist on a winter wonderland, gift someone a dining experience in an ice cave. The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler and Head-Line Mountain Holidays have teamed up to create a culinary experience in an ice cave dubbed ‘The Blue Room’.
Kick off the adventure with a helicopter ride to Canada’s largest, southernmost ice field, where wilderness experts will offer insight about the terrain. Inside the ice cave’s grand hall, guests will sip Champagne before tucking into a five-course menu that includes pumpkin-and-truffle soup and grilled long-bone rib-eye. The experience is weather- dependent, and prices start at $20,000 CAD for two adults, or $14,193 US.
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A LUXURIOUS AND SUSTAINABLE TRIP TO SOUTHERN AFRICA
Abercrombie & Kent offers high end trips to a beautiful destination—South Africa. This 10-day trip, priced from $9,000 per person, has an itinerary that can be fully customized to your own vision. Go on a safari, charter a luxury boutique boat and more on this ultimate vacation.
MIR Corporation
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GO OUT OF THIS WORLD WITH A RUSSIAN SPACE TOUR
For the person who says they have been everywhere, an experiential gift to space may be in order. Well, a space station at least. MIR Corporation offers a behind-the-scene tour of Star City, Russia’s top cosmonaut training facility with their Inside the Russian Space Program tour. Starting at $13,995 per person, guests can train like a cosmonaut with a zero-gravity flight or partake in space-walk training in the Orlan Space Suit Lab. At the remote Russian launch facility, guests can mingle with space veterans and family members of the space crew as they witness the launch of the Soyuz on its way to the International Space Station. The 10-day trip travel from Moscow to Baikonour, Kazakhastan and back again.
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Milk & Honey Distillery
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OWN A PIECE OF DISTILLING HISTORY
For the whisky lover in your life, forget about Scottish and Japanese distilleries for a moment. Instead, consider Milk & Honey, Israel’s first-ever whisky distillery. The company is offering whisky lovers a chance to own (and sip) a piece of Israeli history by purchasing a full-sized cask of its earliest edition whisky. The 200-liter, ex-bourbon casks are limited edition and will be offered at around $9,500 each.
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For the Golf Lover
If you have a golf lover in your life who has hit the links everywhere from Scotland to New Zealand, here’s something new. Up his (or her) golf game with a private XOJET luxury jet charter from Los Angeles ($46,570) or New York ($79,570) for up to four guests to Pebble Beach Resorts. The group will arrive in a chauffeured Lexus SUV for a three-night stay in a Fairway One Cottage Suite. There they’ll enjoy “First Off” tee times for two rounds on the legendary Pebble Beach Golf Links, private lessons at Pebble Beach Golf Academy, and a private chef wine-tasting dinner in their cottage. A golf concierge is on-hand to arrange additional services.