Lanzerac has re-opened! The Hotel & Spa located on the outskirts of Stellenbosch in the lush Jonkershoek Valley is a luxurious getaway just 45 minutes from Cape Town’s CBD, a landmark destination that’s the perfect place to indulge in a post confinement getaway as travel opens up more and hotels …
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Truffle harvesting season in South Africa has wrapped and Hanene van Dyk is content. It’s been a good year at Altima, the vineyard farm belonging to Anthonij Rupert Wyne that has been producing Black Périgords since 2015, five years after the first inoculated oaks were planted on the slopes …
THE MARLY Boutique Hotel & Spa in Camps Bay had me at the Eames Chairs, the views, and the unobtrusive sea side entrance, a smart decor synopsis of what awaits throughout the hotel. RE-OPENED Having endured several months of closure during this frustrating Lockdown, The Marly is once again receiving …
“If you can’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, build a bonfire inside it.” I love this positive approach by the Radisson RED‘s GM & Curator, Leonie Andereya, at a time in our country -read: the world – when optimism and economic tenacity is literally everything. South …
‘UNFAIR GAME’~ a book by Lord Michael Ashcroft about SA’s heinous captive-bred lion industry
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UPDATE: Lord Ashcroft’s book UNFAIR GAME was submitted to South Africa’s Department of Environment’s High Level Panel (HLP) back in June 2020. Appointed by the South African Minister of the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, the HLP was established to review policies, legislation and related practices on the management, breeding, hunting, …
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Babanango Game Reserve in KZN
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I’ve had KZN in my sights for a while now. When #LockdownSA lifts and we are free once again to go adventuring, the province is going to be at the top of my list. I’m thrilled to share about BABANANGO, a stunning new conservation-focused lodge established within in a …
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A week on the high seas with Oceania Nautica ~ by Allison Foat
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As a travel writer with nowhere to go, one of the things that has kept me inspired during this protracted Lockdown has been scrolling back through my camera roll and re-living trips I’ve been fortunate to experience. One of my most memorable this year, done just before Corona interrupted life …
26 March 2020- the beginning of weirdness and the day that turned the world upside down. Enter Covid-19, exit work- practically overnight. I’m a travel writer and a theatre PR and as you can imagine, it’s a hot mess and I’m vacillating between panic and this fake vacation vibe. All …
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy’. ” Sylvia Plath’s words, and a perfect descriptor for my staycation at La Petite Ferme in Franschhoek. The blue chip property rests in a prime position on …
The live jazz landscape in the Cape Town is smoking hot. In the absence of dedicated jazz clubs in the city centre, bars, back yards and halls are clearing space for jazz performance. On any given night you can catch a number of industry legends at play – musos like …