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Travel Daily News
19 hours ago
- Health
- Travel Daily News
Wilderness Bisate to launch new wellness sanctuary
Wilderness Rwanda will launch The Sanctuary at Bisate in December 2025, offering immersive, nature-based wellness experiences rooted in holistic travel. Wilderness Rwanda is set to elevate the concept of holistic travel with the launch of The Sanctuary at Wilderness Bisate in December 2025 – a dedicated wellness haven, open to guests of both Bisate and Bisate Reserve, and embraced by the natural beauty of Rwanda's volcanic highlands. More than a spa or a collection of services, The Sanctuary reflects Wilderness' core belief that wellness is not a moment in a schedule, but a philosophy threaded through every part of a guest's journey. 'At Wilderness, wellness is not an added layer defined by trends or treatments, but a natural extension of place – an invitation to pause, reconnect, and rediscover the restorative power of nature. It lives in the care of our people, in the connection fostered between guests and guides, and in the deeply nourishing food served across our camps. It is felt in the absence of distraction – the lack of noise, light, and air pollution – and in the sensory reawakening that takes place when one is truly present in nature. Simply being in the wild becomes a form of healing in itself', said Alexandra Margull, Wilderness Chief Operating Officer. The Sanctuary has been purposefully designed to offer a grounding space where guests can re-center and unwind. Here, every element has been considered to promote deeper rest – from curated soundscapes and signature scents to the natural materials and gentle design language. A heated, salt-water indoor lap pool provides both relaxation and quiet reflection, while a steam room and ice bath introduce the revitalizing benefits of contrast therapy. Cocoon-like meditation pods offer moments of solitude and stillness, enhancing mindfulness in a truly serene setting. A fully equipped gym and yoga area allow guests to continue movement practices at their own pace, while dedicated body treatment rooms offer signature massages and beauty treatments. Thoughtfully positioned fireplaces add to the comforting atmosphere, inviting guests to linger and transition slowly between rituals of restoration. While The Sanctuary will debut at Wilderness Bisate and Wilderness Mombo in Botswana, its launch signals a broader evolution in the brand's guest journey. In the coming months, wellness will be more deeply embedded across Wilderness camps, from immersive activities and sustainably sourced cuisine to opportunities for intentional disconnection.
CBC
5 days ago
- Politics
- CBC
Vancouver Island groups call for forestry reform on private land
Wilderness advocates on Vancouver Island are calling on the province to reform forest practices on private land. They say conservation is taking a back seat to industrial uses in these areas. As Claire Palmer reports, some say it poses risks to nearby communities.
Business Wire
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Wire
Blue Buffalo Wilderness Partners with Actor and Outdoorsman Taylor Lautner for Summer Adventure Series and Sweepstakes
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just in time for summer, Blue Buffalo, the nation's #1 most loved and trusted natural pet food brand, is partnering with actor, producer, and devoted dog dad Taylor Lautner to show how his pups stay energized with the brand's high-protein, meat-rich Wilderness line. Lautner will capture how he prepares for summer adventures with his family, including fueling his dogs Remi and Lily with Blue Buffalo Wilderness dog food and treats. Lautner will showcase everything from behind-the-scenes glimpses into his action-packed summer vacation, to his pups living their best lives outdoors in a content series that will inspire his followers to venture into the wild. Blue Buffalo Wilderness is made for adventure. Packed with real meat and high-quality ingredients, it's the high-protein fuel active dogs need for every step of the journey. Whether it's food or treats, you can feel good about choosing balanced nutrition that inspires exploration all summer long. Blue Buffalo Wilderness includes: Blue Buffalo Wilderness Adult Chicken with Wholesome Grains: This high-protein, meat-rich recipe includes deboned chicken and wholesome grains for healthy complex carbohydrates. Blue Buffalo Wilderness Wild Bits Chicken Recipe: A healthy, nutritious treat with protein-rich chicken, plus vitamins and minerals to further reward your four-legged friends. Blue Buffalo Wilderness Wild Cuts: Add these delicious bites of real meat steeped in irresistible gravy to your favorite BLUE dry foods or serve as a savory snack. This summer, Blue Buffalo is also running an exciting promotion on its Instagram account! Starting Tuesday, July 15, head to the @bluebuffalo Instagram page, comment your favorite place to adventure with your dog, and use #BLUEWildernessSweepstakes to enter the 'Made for Adventure' Sweepstakes. One randomly selected winner will receive a year's supply of Wilderness dog food and a Jeep ® Wrangler. T&C on (through 8/31). To learn more about BLUE Wilderness, please visit and follow Blue Buffalo on Instagram at @bluebuffalo, Twitter at @bluebuffalo and Facebook at Blue Buffalo, the nation's #1 most loved and trusted natural pet food brand, started with a promise made to a lovable Airedale named Blue who struggled with cancer, the leading cause of death in dogs. His family, the Bishops, wanted to feed him the best food possible, so they searched for food with high-quality ingredients, but decided to create something even better – natural pet food for dogs and cats with nutritious ingredients, real meat first, and some of the highest standards in the industry. Since Day 1, BLUE's team of veterinarians and animal nutritionists has carefully selected high-quality, natural ingredients and upheld its True BLUE Promise to dog and cat pet parents – real meat as the first ingredient with NO chicken (or poultry) by-product meals, NO corn, wheat or soy, and NO artificial flavors or preservatives. The result is a portfolio of high-quality, natural food and treats that both dogs and cats love. This simple idea: 'Love them like family. Feed them like family.' lives on today in every Blue Buffalo recipe.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Off the grid with Josh Duhamel: survival, fatherhood and the art of aging well
Josh Duhamel didn't just talk to me about going off the grid — he took me there. Zooming in from his remote Minnesota cabin, a giant American flag draped in the background of his office, the actor was more than happy to offer a quick tour of the compound he's spent the last 15 years building from the ground up. You might have read about it as his "doomsday" bunker. 'You want to see?' he asked, before walking outside to reveal a peaceful lakeside view, a grill area and a croquet course that's apparently a very big deal. 'We have these mini — actually, not mini — it's a big croquet competition we do,' he said, panning the computer camera to a grassy patch. A deer casually wandered by. 'Who wins?' I asked. 'Well, me naturally,' he grinned. 'I mean, I won the last game … but also, I made the course. It was a bit of a home-field advantage.' The setting couldn't have been more fitting as we were talking about his new film Off the Grid, on demand now, in which he plays a brilliant scientist who disappears into the wilderness to protect a dangerous piece of technology from falling into the wrong hands. The irony of life (somewhat) imitating art isn't lost on the actor. "The fact that he took this thing and went into hiding in the middle of nowhere — that fascinated me, because as I just showed you, I have a real affinity for that," he said. "I don't know if I'm afraid of a zombie apocalypse or what, but I've always had this idea that, OK, what if something happens? Could I do it? Could we live off the land? I can tell you pretty positively right now — no. But I'm getting better." While he admits he's not quite ready for the apocalypse, Duhamel said there's something deeply satisfying about the hands-on, back-to-basics rhythm of his daily life right now. "It gives me purpose. I just love it," he said. "I'm out here fixing things all day long, creating games for the kids, pulling them on the jet ski or on my tractor clearing brush. I'm always busy doing something. There's something about that world — knowing how difficult it would be — that fascinates me." That same sense of isolation and self-reliance plays a key role in Off the Grid, prompting Duhamel to reflect on his own relationship with nature, solitude and survival. "I've had the luxury of doing this with my family — with my wife and kids. Our families are close by," he explained. "But the idea that [my character] would be out there by himself for that long ... how do you deal with the loneliness that he must've felt and this yearning for real human connection?" Duhamel lives with his wife of nearly three years, Audra Mari, and their 17-month-old son, Shepherd. He's also father to son Axl, 11, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Fergie. "I can't believe my wife even wanted to be with me, to be honest," the actor joked, reflecting on what Mari signed up for as he built his dream compound. "I started here with just a floating dock. I didn't even have a boat. We were literally washing dishes in the lake, had no plumbing, no bathrooms — we were using an outhouse. It was like homesteading. It really was. Now we've got three cabins out here — two little guest ones and this one. It's been a 15-year process." One aspect Duhamel is perfectly fine leaving to the movies? The high-stakes danger. 'I'm not fighting off any bad guys out here,' he laughed. But for Off the Grid, he still had to get in fighting shape, and at 51, that looks a little different than it did 20 years ago. These days, he said, staying fit for physically demanding roles comes with some new considerations. 'I try to stay in good shape, especially before we start shooting. I'm not a crazy fitness freak, but I try to stay healthy, generally eat well, do some kind of exercise every day,' he explained. 'But it's really about recovery. You're falling and banging yourself up for two months straight. For me, yoga is big — just to stay flexible and keep my back and knees from going out. I'm never going to be The Rock. I've tried. I just can't.' I pointed out he pulled off his shirtless scene in Off the Grid just fine. 'It wasn't great,' he laughed. 'It wasn't great. Come on now.' The self-deprecation might be classic Duhamel, but he's not brushing off the reality that aging in Hollywood comes with its own set of scrutiny, even for men. I asked if actors feel industry pressure to stay 'forever young,' something I often talk about with his female counterparts, and Duhamel said those expectations exist for everyone. It's part of what inspired him to launch his men's wellness company, Gatlan. "I started taking testosterone a few years ago, peptides. I'm always looking at what keeps me feeling young, especially because I've got young kids," he said. For the Transformers alum, aging well isn't about appearances; it's about energy. "I want to be rolling around in the dirt with them like I did in my thirties," he said. "That was a big motivation behind Gatlan. I'd learned a lot of secrets from other guys in the industry, and thought, 'Why don't I just share this with the masses?' Nobody wants to talk about it, but it's a real thing, and it's helped me tremendously. So yeah — part of it is good habits, good regimens, eating right, but also taking advantage of the science that's out there." Living in rural Minnesota means leaving some luxuries behind, and Duhamel admitted there are a few Hollywood comforts he occasionally misses. 'Sushi restaurants. All the restaurants. The nightlife. Instacart. Uber Eats,' he smiled. 'Out here, we're over 40 miles from anything. We have to bring all of our food here. But that's part of the fun. We really do have to plan and bring what we need.' It's a tradeoff he's happy to make, especially when it comes to the perks of raising his kids. Minnesota affords much more privacy than the paparazzi-happy California coast, but Duhamel said both places offer something important. 'It's a really good place for my 11-year-old son,' he said. 'I'm starting to teach him some of the things that someday he's going to have to know to take care of this place. And there's a lot of s*** to know.' That education includes everything from storm cleanup to small-engine basics. 'Yesterday, we had a giant storm come through here: trees were down, branches everywhere. So I gave him the little saw, and he went out there and started cutting branches up and stacking them in the burn pit. Little things like that,' Duhamel shared. 'Teaching him how the battery works … just things I used to take for granted. He misses playing soccer and seeing his friends. He's getting all the great things that Los Angeles has to offer, but out here it's totally different. And I think he loves it equally as much.' That same sense of simplicity, of slowing down and noticing the little things, is something Duhamel believes we're all craving right now, whether we realize it or not. That's evident as his blue sky cowboy drama, Ransom Canyon, was just renewed for a second season by Netflix. 'I think that because there's just so much technology in our faces all the time ... everything is so touch of a button and it's there. We're losing that connection to the simple things that we just sort of look past or don't even notice,' he said. 'I think that shows like Ransom Canyon did a beautiful job of just breathing life into things that are otherwise seen as mundane and boring, and making it feel like, 'Oh God, there's something really refreshing about sitting on your porch, looking out at the pasture and horses running.'" Because in a world that's only getting faster, Duhamel shows there is power in slowing down — in fixing what's broken, building something lasting and and maybe even making time for a croquet match or two. "It's good for the soul," he said. "I'm telling you.'
Travel Weekly
30-06-2025
- Travel Weekly
Wilderness portfolio is growing in Kenya's Masai Mara
Luxury safari operator Wilderness will expand its East African portfolio by taking over two established Governors' Collection properties in Kenya's Masai Mara. Both are located in the Mara Triangle area in the southwestern portion of the reserve and are set to relaunch in 2026. Wilderness plans to open Wilderness Mara Villas, formerly Governors' Private Camp, in February. This exclusive-use property, situated on a secluded bend of the Mara River frequented by elephants, is designed for travelers seeking privacy and personalized safari experiences. Wilderness Mara, formerly Little Governors' Camp, will welcome guests in mid-2026 after a complete rebuild. Located at the base of the Oloololo Escarpment, the camp will feature 12 tented suites positioned along a seasonal marsh, each equipped with freestanding bathtubs, outdoor showers and private viewing decks. The camp will offer twice-daily game drives and amenities including a spa, gym and in-camp photographic studio. Its strategic location provides access to both sides of the Mara River, enabling guests to witness the Great Migration river crossings while enjoying smaller crowds than in other parts of the reserve. Visiting the Mara Triangle The Mara Triangle, managed by the Mara Conservancy, is known for its effective conservation model, strict anti-poaching measures and sustainable tourism practices. It hosts abundant wildlife including lion prides, black rhino, elephants and the annual wildebeest migration. • Related: Safaris that engage all the senses are a growing trend in Africa Both properties will operate under Wilderness's Impact framework, focusing on education, empowerment and protection, while continuing the conservation and community initiatives established by the Governors' Camp Collection. Additional experiences will include cultural visits to nearby Masai communities and optional hot air balloon safaris operated by Governors' Balloon Safaris.
