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Our African travel blog features a smorgasbord collection of articles ranging from updates from the bush, safari stories, travel tips and advice, conservation matters, industry gossip and insightful news and reviews about travel in Southern and East Africa. With contributions by travel experts with a passion for Africa, you will be inspired, informed and prepared for your next African adventure.
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If you loved the movie Out of Africa and are a romantic at heart, then you will fall in love with this new owner-run luxury safari lodge set in the heart of Kenya. Located high above the Great Rift Valley,…
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The Cape is blessed with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and summer holidays here are synonymous with days spent lazily on the beach soaking up the sun. In fact, Africa’s capital of cool Cape Town…
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Recent photographs taken in November 2015 show that the most impressive waterfall in the world, the mighty Victoria Falls, appears to be drying up! It is known locally as ‘the smoke that thunders’ because of the huge spray caused…
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The Nile crocodile is amongst Africa’s most feared predators. And with good reason. It has one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom and can take down a grown human being with ease. Experts say that a crocodile’s…
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(this one is for the girls!) Most people come away from a safari with a sense of wonder at open spaces uninterrupted by roads or buildings; a feeling of awe at seeing the Milky Way with naked eyes; an…
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There is a Renaissance sweeping the Constantia winelands and it is very exciting indeed! It is not a question of out with the old and in with the new, but rather whilst acknowledging the history and heritage of the past…
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NEW IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN TRAVELLING TO SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA & NAMIBIA If you are planning to travel to Southern Africa with children under 18 or you are sending children under 18 on a trip with grand parents, a…
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In many ways East Africa is ‘the’ real Africa. No matter how many wildlife documentaries you’ve watched or glossy images you’ve seen, nothing prepares you for the real thing. There is so much on offer to absorb and experience,…
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We get asked this question a lot! According to one of the travel consultants in our office, there are four vital things she never forgets to pack before heading into the bush to check out new safari lodges: headache…
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If there is one stretch of road worth driving more than any other in the Cape Winelands I would have to say it is Helshoogte Pass – the windy mountain pass linking the historic oak lined university town of…