No jet lag, no shoes: Why this Palau floating holiday is the ultimate escape

Rebecca HollandProduction editor
Oct 16, 2026 – 5.00am

Step on board and step out of your shoes – barefoot is the rule for all on this floating luxury resort, and there’s no better feeling to kick off a holiday.

The Four Seasons Explorer cruises perpetually around the Micronesian rock islands of Palau, a bright white beacon among the dreamy lagoon blues and rainforest greens. It anchors in the most impossibly picturesque places and operates at least three snorkelling and diving expeditions a day, in between land tours and seriously good onboard dining.

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• Life & Leisure
• Luxury travel
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• Holidays
• Diving

Rebecca HollandProduction editorBased in the Sydney newsroom, Rebecca is production editor of The Australian Financial Review Magazine and Fin Magazine.

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