The edited version of this article appeared in the Sunday Times SA on 8 December 2019 NATURE, FOOD & WINE Author and pro mountaineer Tim Lundy is a fresh air fanatic with a passion for a good ramble. With thirty years of guiding under his belt he has become something …
Seychelles-putting new meaning into my mission to #travelwithpurpose. Have a scroll and be inspired to visit. In this post: Victoria / Mahe, Praslin, Curieuse, Cousin, La Digue, environmental overview: a 5-10 minute read As sailing regions and eco destinations go, the Seychelles delivers spectacularly on every level. The island kingdom, …
This article is in the September edition of Juice mag, the inflight publication for MANGO Airlines Jack Kerouac liked to compare mountains to Buddha. “Think of the patience”, he wrote, “hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein perfectly perfectly silent and praying for all living creatures in that …
Wilderness, reserves, and national parks When it comes to the quintessential off-the-beaten-track safari, Botswana is the business. A country one third the size of South Africa, it has one of the highest conservation land ratios on the continent with twenty-five percent of untrammelled wilderness set aside for reserves and national …
It began with Jack Bousfield, explorer extraordinaire When the late explorer Jack Bousfield asked what lay in the Makgadikgadi of Botswana he was told ‘Nothing-only idiots go there.’ “fine,” he said, “ that’s the place for me.” Go there, and it’s at once glaringly obvious that the ‘idiots’ were on point because the nothing …
If you’re in Thailand, be sure to factor Chiang Mai into your itinerary. Rated as the country’s cultural capital, it’s pulling a diverse crowd to the region, from creatives to adventure travellers and everyone in between. Situated in the misty mountains of the North, it’s the fourth largest city in …
As you know, ethical travel is very close to my green heart and it is a topic I write about whenever I can to draw awareness to sustainability and conservation, be it through tourism, purchasing decisions or eco lifestyle choices in general. I was therefore thrilled to be able to cover …
The 1950’s were a noteworthy decade. Amongst a myriad of other things, Walt Disney released Cinderella, Charles M Schultz launched his Peanuts comic strip and Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British throne. It was also the genesis of the mass production of plastic and, sixty years later, Earth is heaving …
A version of this article appeared in Skyways inflight magazine in May 2017 “The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek – Karen Blixen, Out of Africa Mpumalanga – one of …
