REMOTE CONTROL

Among the out-of-the-way places we’re eyeing most carefully this year is Madagascar, land of lemurs, which has its first five-star lodge opening mid-year. Called Miavana, it’s on

Nosy Ankao off the island’s north coast, and its 14 villas and wildlife sanctuary will be accessible only by chopper. After a year-long renovation, the Tierra Chiloé Hotel & Spa off the coast of Chile reopens in July with doubled capacity to 24 rooms and the wonders of the remote Chiloé Archipelago on its doorstep. And Ritz-Carlton scales new heights on the Tibetan Plateau with the opening later this year of its first all-villa resort near UNESCO-listed Jiuzhaigou, the Valley of the Nine Fortified Villages. timeandtideafrica.com; tierrahotels.com; ritzcarlton.com