Lekkerwater Beach Lodge is coming in hot. TIME says so and I can vouch. Natural Selection’s beautiful property, in an exclusive locale within the De Hoop Nature Reserve, has just been voted as one of TIME’s 100 Greatest Places and believe me, it’s a well deserved accolade. Let me take…
Global World Ranger Day – a salute to the unsung heroes Honouring the unsung heroes of conservation Today, July 31, is World Ranger Day across the world, a worthy initiative of the International Ranger Foundation (IRF) that commemorates those killed or injured in the line of duty and celebrates these…
I am so attached to Montagu… And this is (one of the reasons) why.. The backstory to my affinity with this pretty town on Route 62 revolves around the Arts, innovation and excellence (more about that on my next posts). Between 2012 and 2015, I made an annual pilgrimage to…
I’ve always relished porridge. My late Gran used to to make it for my brother and me – maltabella, smooth and creamy and devoured with layers of condensed milk. I know I know, so decadent and oh so divine! It was heaven in a bowl and to this day it’s…
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…