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treatments. The lagoon itself is rumored to hold healing powers within its coveted emerald-hued mineral waters With its white sandy beaches and surrounding jungle, it is certainly a unique and fantastical sight to behold with nature’s beauty and the constant plethora of guests from all around Azeroth milling about and enjoying what it has to offer.

Travels with Mel: FERALAS

COLUMNIST: Melanie Abernathy

Hail, Adventurers! Mel here, with another exciting review and recommendation to travel the world of Azeroth. This week, I had the opportunity to head into the lush wilds of Feralas It is a place of dense jungle, high humidity, and a touch of danger to add to the excitement of being there for those who are not faint of heart It is also rich in history and serves as a prime location to learn the history of our Night Elf allies with plenty of ruins to explore and document. One can choose to rough it and camp or, they could do as I chose to do and book a cabin at the prized Emerald Lagoon Spa and Resort that is nestled in the high wilderness of Feralas on the northern borders

The resort is a place of luxury and relaxation at what most could consider an affordable cost at a mere ten silver a night for a room in the main resort or twenty silver a night for a private cabin Among its amenities are such things as the Mountain Lotus Spa which provides services ranging from massage to kelp wraps and mud

If one would like to tour Feralas but are not a seasoned adventurer, the resort offers a touring service on the backs of caravan mammoths A variety of touring packages are available ranging from a single-day tour to the Ruins of Isildien to a week-long tour that includes ever-increasingly popular glamping that travels to several of the ruins for exploration and to the famed Dreamer’s Rest in hopes of seeing one of the rare green dragons that still make its home there These tours have seasoned guides and porters who double as security. A thing that most would appreciate while traveling through an area that is as dangerous as it is beautiful I booked myself on one of their middle packages to experience the offerings and found that I was not disappointed The tour guides are informative and friendly They maintained tight security for the camps and showed that anyone whether an adventurer or not could feel like one for a day

While on these tours, one has the opportunity to fish up their own salmon to have prepared for their evening meals during camp