1. Tswalu Kalahari – South Africa

This private game reserve, located in the South African desert, allows nature lovers to sleep while surrounded by the sounds of the bush, all while contemplating the night sky. Guests can sleep on a luxurious terrace built high above the ground to ensure protection from the occasional wild animal.

• Tswalu Kalahari

2. Albereta – Italy

The Cabriolet suite in this hotel, a member of the prestigious Relais & Châteaux network, allows guests to sleep under the stars thanks to its retractable roof. At the push of a button by the bed, the roof can be opened and closed as desired.

• Albereta

3. Las Ventanas al Paraíso – Mexico

Each of the penthouse suites at this luxury hotel has a wide terrace where a king-size bed has been set up. Guests can begin their evening admiring the night sky from their outdoor bed and end it in the other bed inside, or just stay on the terrace to watch the sunrise.

• Las Ventanas al Paraíso

4. Amangiri – USA

Located in the desert of southern Utah, this resort boasts no less than six open-roof suites. Each is shielded from the wind by three walls and provides an unmatched view of the vast desert sky. These suites also have a pool, for those who enjoy midnight swims.

• Amangiri

5. Elqui Domos – Chile

A reference among astronomy enthusiasts, this small hotel park invites travellers to stay inside one of several canvas domes. Each of these unusual dwellings contains a lofted bed under a roof that opens partially to offer a view onto the heavens. Far from the luxury of the above destinations, the domes are simple and sparsely furnished but provide all the basics. Stargazers will also appreciate the dedicated astronomy observatories located on site.

• Elqui Domos

The ladies who’ve got the gumption to ask their men to marry them this month will want a gung-ho honeymoon to match. Which is where Unique Honeymoons comes in – this new, inspirational magazine is jam-packed with more adventurous and out-of-the-ordinary honeymoon ideas, perfect for go-get-em women (and their lucky grooms, too).

Plus, if that isn’t reason enough to lure him down the aisle – there’s a financial one too. As from January 2013 the Church of England has announced they will be putting up the price of getting married in church to £415 from £295 – an increase of 40%. Just think of what you could spend the money you save getting wed this year on!

Traditional fly-n-flop honeymoons are well and truly on the way out anyway. So the experts at Unique Honeymoons have come up with the perfect 10 gung-ho honeymoons for those couples looking to say ‘I do’, then do something different, this year:

1 Climb Kilimanjaro, Tanzania’s mighty 5,895m mountain, just like feisty Cheryl Cole and Fearne Cotton

2  Learn how to use a blow-pipe amid the jungles of Borneo (useful skills for later married life, perhaps…?)

3 Stay at Ardanaiseig Boathouse, a one-bed lodge by a sparkling Scottish loch, and learn to fish, canoe and clay-pigeon shoot

4 Canoe out to Honeymoon Island, in Canada’s Northwest Territories – where Kate and Wills stayed on their first post-wedding royal tour

5 Bungee-jump together in New Zealand – take a tandem leap while touring the adrenalin-fuelled South Island

6 Gallop across the wild Kyrgyzstan steppe, to stay in a nomad’s yurt and snuggle up on yak-fur rugs

7 Take a plunge in a submarine off the coast of Mauritius, to add some James Bond action to your paradise island retreat

8 Check-in at Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica – this riverside hideaway in the depths of the rainforest can only be reached by raft

9 Ride across Wadi Rum like Lawrence of Arabia – Jordan’s epic desert is the place to stay in a Bedouin camp and sleep out under the stars

10 Help build homes for locals or conserve wildlife, joining the growing number of newlyweds taking more ‘meaningful-moons’ – volunteering on honeymoon

For these ideas and many more see the new edition of Unique Honeymoons which is on sale now, priced at £7.99 and also has a companion website UniqueHoneymoonIdeas.com