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For a UHNWI, a superyacht charter is the ultimate vacation — a way to escape the world and its attentions in consummate luxury. A place to reconnect in privacy with loved ones and create incredible holiday memories away from prying eyes.
A yacht offers a level of privacy unsurpassed by any other form of holiday.
In modern life, privacy is a luxury, and one that is increasingly difficult to find. A yacht is the antidote — a floating island that allows you to cast off and escape the crowds, powering out beyond the horizon to find secluded anchorages and empty bays. For people craving privacy, seclusion, and endless views of the sky and sea, a private yacht is an oasis of calm.
On a yacht charter, your captain will meet your need for privacy, creating a tailored, variable itinerary with secluded anchorages and experiences away from the madding crowd. Your private chef will create stunning meals at anchor, and the discreet, highly trained crew will dance that perfect line between attentiveness and unobtrusiveness. When you go ashore, it is on your terms, tendering into deserted beaches or dipping back into civilisation with a morning of shopping or a glamorous beach club lunch.
Unlike other vacations like hotels or cruise ships, you don’t have to share your yacht with strangers or order off restaurant menus created to please a crowd. You have no need for ferries and flights between islands and instead cruise through paradise in luxurious privacy, waking each morning to a new and breath-taking view.
The simple, glorious answer to this question, is…anywhere. On a yacht, you go where the mood takes you, and the yacht remains your floating retreat, no matter where you cruise.
Of course, some destinations are better than others for privacy and solitude, and peak season in famous yachting hotspots are better avoided if it is seclusion that you seek.
As such, if you are chartering a yacht in summer, we suggest getting off the beaten track a little. This might mean chartering in the stunning Croatian Kornati Islands rather than the A-list party island of Hvar or powering up the quiet fjords of Norway, where nature is the star. In the Caribbean, you might want to head south to places like Costa Rica, where you can hike through cloud forests and play on beaches in the shadow of volcanoes, or head into the vast South Pacific where you can tie your yacht up to a coconut palm and swim in jungle pools.
One of the finest yachting destinations for privacy and seclusion is the Maldives, where only around 200 of the 1200 atolls are inhabited, and every turquoise lagoon is a glimpse of paradise on earth. The country’s remote Indian Ocean location has made this one of the most exclusive destinations in the world, and you’ll pass long, happy days on charter in the Maldives diving with whale sharks and manta rays, lazing on coconut palm beaches, and diving off the yacht into the gin-clear sea.
When you do feel the need to go ashore, you have plenty of exclusive experiences to choose from, whether you’re dining among the fishes in an underwater restaurant or indulging in an afternoon of pampering in a dreamy overwater spa.
Yet of all the decadent experiences you’ll undoubtedly have on charter in the Maldives, one cannot be beaten for either glamour or privacy: the moonlit sandbar picnic. Dine at white cloth tables by candlelight and dance under the stars on a tiny sandbar far out in the Indian Ocean. Privacy cannot get any more complete—nor more wonderful — than this.
All yachts are private. (They are called private yachts for good reason.) However, if you plan to spend most of your time on the yacht enjoying the privacy, we suggest chartering a yacht with a good range of amenities.
Consider chartering a yacht with an onboard spa, gym, and a wide range of water toys for maximum fun, as well as specialist crew members like a masseuse or yoga instructor.
If luxury, to you, is an escape into privacy —leaving behind the rush and bustle of everyday life — then a yachting holiday is calling your name and calling it loudly.
