Luxury vacation will take travelers from the North to the South pole
People who like freezing and spending lots of money will soon be able go on vacation with both polar bears and penguins, no zoo or Coca-Cola commercial required.
VeryFirstTo, a luxury company that caters to those who want to be the "very first to" do something, is now offering what they say has never been done before: an Arctic to Antarctic private jet trip.
"The idea of within just 11 days being able to enjoy both the Arctic and Antarctic captured our imaginations," Marcel Knobil, VeryFirstTo's founder told Mashable.
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To make the trip a reality, VeryFirstTo teamed up with Private Jet Tours, who originally conceived of and is organizing the trip.
The exclusive itinerary sets off from England, stoppingin Ivalo, Lapland, for three nights of ice fishing, skiing, and reindeer and husky rides. The guests will be able to view the northern lights while staying at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in either a glass igloo or luxurious wood cabin.
From there, travelers fly on a private jet for 14 hours without ever changing time zones, land in Cape Town for a one-night stay at a luxury hotel, then take a 5.5-hour flight to Antarctica.
When the plane lands in Antarctica, it will be while the continent is experiencing 24 hours of daylight. At the South Pole, travelers can rope walk, hang out with emperor penguins and zip line across a frozen lake.
"There are these fantastic experiences from reindeer rides to an icebreaker cruise to a rope walk over a cliff to being dropped in the Bay of Bothnia," Knobil said, "and then there are these dreams which feature on everybody's bucket list, like watching the northern lights or seeing the 24 hours of daylight in Antarctica."
VeryFirstTo trips must contain three aspects, according to Knobil: No one can ever have done it before, it must be really luxurious, and it has to add a passion to travel.
If your passion in freezing, the "Tip to Toe Experience" takes off in January 2017.
However, the experience costs $99,585 and is limited to 10 passengers. Nice trip if you can get it.
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