Kerry Cleasby TravelManagers Australia

14/02/2025

My latest blog on my recent trip to Italy.

How to visit the Milan Duomo Rooftop terraces.

21/11/2024

I will be inspecting this ultra-lux beauty on Saturday in Brisbane. Let me know if you want me to check out anything specific. She is in Australia for the first time, full of natural light and environmental innovation.

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03/11/2024

The out of office is on. Early to the airport as always. Emirates lounge is a treat. Switzerland here we come. I have dragged a friend along for the trip. Meet Amanda, my camera man, food and wine advisor. Follow our trip to Switzerland and then onto a River cruise Basel to Amsterdam.

03/06/2024

19/04/2024

I am currently at Club Med Kiroro Peak, experiencing what spring skiing in Japan and Club Med offers. Kiroro Peak is located in Hokkaido on the West Coast, a region similar to Niseko. It has great powder snow due to the weather coming straight from Siberia.
Should you consider spring skiing in Japan? How late is too late? Club Med Kiroro doesn't close until 5 May 24.
The Fors
- the slopes are almost empty, with no queues.
- Prices are lower, and spring skiing specials apply.
- You don't get cold like you do when skiing in Japan during winter.
The Against
- While the snow cover is still ok, you don't get that light, fluffy powder that winter offers, so your legs work much harder to turn.
- You can get rain; no one wants to ski in the rain.
- With less snow around, you don't get that winter wonderland feeling you get when everything is white.

My thoughts... this is not for an experienced skier. If you have skied Japan powder before or skied Europe or North America, I think you would be too spoilt for spring skiing(of course, every year can be different). It feels very much like most of my ski trips in Australia.
However, this could be a really great time for beginners or families trying to reduce the cost of a family ski holiday.

Are you ready to book this year's ski holiday? Let's chat. I can help you get this underway. I am offering free 30-minute consultations starting next week.
You can book yours here.

https://calendly.com/kerry-cleasby/japan-ski-holiday-phone-consultations

14/04/2024

I know..I know. I’m travelling again. Your probably about to un-follow.😬But I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to see Club Med Kiroro Peak and get a little spring skiing in Japan again. I will be working between runs⛷️just email if needed and back next Sunday.

07/04/2024

This is my No1 favourite camp in Zimbabwe right now. 🐘

18/03/2024

I was recently asked to be a guest author on Traveltalk, Australia's travel industry magazine, where I wrote about my recent trip to Antarctica. Click here if you would like to read my story.

Winning the trip of a lifetime is everybody’s travel dream…or is it? TravelManagers Personal Travel Manager KERRY CLEASBY explains why she had to think twice about a voyage to one of the world’s most exciting destinations.

08/03/2024

We spent 3 nights in the Serengeti National Park and stayed at 2 different properties. 1 Night at a mobile Migration Camp in the South (Ndutu region) and two nights in a beautiful lodge in the North called Lamai Serengeti.

If you are keen to experience the Migration, then some careful planning at the booking stage should maximize your chances. Depending on the time of year you will be in Africa, dictates where you should stay for the best chance to be close. As we were in the Serengeti in March, the area around Ndutu in Southern Serengeti was the best place to be and a mobile Migration camp allows for a more precise position. The last shot shows a map of the migration.

I have included some photos of our mobile camp. It was very comfortable, however quite wild. It is open to any wildlife, you must be escrorted to/from your tent once it is dark. Power is limited, the showers are heated buckets of water and the toilet is a drop style. However they have great food, drinks, service, and comfy beds.

While in this area we had some amazing lion encourters and could not get over the sheer number of animals on the move. This was especially mind blowing from a hot air balloon.

05/03/2024

I am running a little late with my property updates due to some patchy wifi in the last couple of lodges. But here is where we inspected and stayed in Ngorongoro.

We stayed at the remote rimtop Nomad property called Entamanu Lodge. The beauty of this property is its location, right on the rim of the caldera, looking into the crater for sunrise and then from the other side of the lodge looking into the Serengeti for sunset, all set under ancient acacia trees.

We had 2 nights here, which is what I would recommend and spent almost a full day exploring the crater floor. Entamanu Lodge has a relationship with a nearby Maasi village where we were invited to visit. They danced, sang, jumped, made fire and showed us their cows and living arrangments.

The Ngorororo Crater can get a little touristy and overcrowded as it is a small area and a place everyone wants to see so to experience this with Nomad gave us the chance to escape the crowd and enjoy the incredible beauty and nature.

02/03/2024

Our first stop on our camp inspection tour is the Tarangire National Park in Northern Tanzania.
It is considered second only to the Serengeti in its concentration of wildlife. Well known for big herds of buffalo, elephant that stand picturesquely beneath the spreading branches of baobabs and prides of lazy lion sprawled in the shade of acacia scrub.

Our accommodation was the small and remote Kuro Tarangire Camp, which is set amid a grove of Acacia and Kigelia trees close to the Tarangire River.
Nomad have created a camp with a light footprint. That's not to say that it isn't comfortable, though. Six light and stylish safari rooms are complete with comfortable beds, en-suite indoor and outdoor bucket showers and flushing loos. There is a family tent with two en-suite bedrooms and an adjoining corridor which is zipped up at night to make it safe for little ones to reach their parents should they need to. They rest amongst the trees with views over the African bush. You will gather to share meals and relax under the cool grass thatch of the open-sided lounge and dining area which is furnished with hides and canvas, brought to life with a touch of colourful and tactile textiles, all inspired by the Maasai..

We had some great wildlife sightings, considering how high the grass is due to quite a bit of recent rain.