Hot Air Balloon Safaris – Namibia, Where Silence Takes Flight
Long before aviation became an industry of schedules and jet engines, flight was an act of wonder – fragile, improbable, and worthy of celebration. From the very beginning, a...
Nambiti: A Story of Land, Legacy and Livelihoods
The creation of Nambiti Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is compelling conservation story – the transformation of tired cattle and maize farms into a thriving Big Five wilderness that...
The Return – The Makuleke Story
There is a particular stillness in the far northern reaches of Kruger National Park – a quiet that feels ancient, almost reverent. We cross the Luvuvhu River into the...
Kruger National Park – a journey through time, wilderness and community
There’s a moment that happens every time I return to the Kruger National Park. A moment when the tar gives way to bushveld road, when mopane and marula narrow...
Hoedspruit: Safari, Slow Living & the Spirit of the Lowveld
Cradled between the Blyde River Canyon and the wild heart of the Kruger National Park, Hoedspruit is a town that quietly hums with adventure, conservation, creativity and warm Lowveld...
Inspired by Mother Nature: Chef Vusi Mbatha of Kruger Shalati
Perched dramatically on the historic Selati Bridge above the Sabie River, Kruger Shalati has always been about perspective – about seeing the wilderness differently. In the kitchen, that philosophy...
Travel with Purpose at Cape Vulture Lodge
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Manutsa Mountain, within the northern Drakensberg near Hoedspruit, Cape Vulture Lodge offers a stay that is as purposeful as it is immersive. Here...
Suspended in Stillness
It’s the quiet that stays with me. A quite that is found when drifting above the bush in an hot air balloon. WORDS Tessa Buhrmann That particular kind of...
Drifting above the Mara
It’s just before dawn in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. Our morning had begun long before sunrise, when we’d climbed into our safari vehicle at the stunning and special...
Farm to Fork at Mhondoro Safari Lodge & Villa
There was a time when luxury dining was defined by how far ingredients had travelled – oysters flown in from distant shores, out-of-season berries appearing as if by magic....