A little over a week ago I travelled to McGregor and the Robertson Wine Valley to spend some time doing the things I love most in life; eat, taste wine, eat, taste wine, eat and meet people (no I didn’t accidentally repeat myself there). One of the greatest things about being a tourist in your…
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A Weekend in the Country
This weekend I will be travelling to the Langeberg Valley to join Hot Oven Marketing Team for a weekend with McGregor Country Getaways treating us to wine, culture, food, views and more food. While I have visited here before, it has always been rather short lived and as a quick stopover en-route to Cape Town…
Take me back to Etosha
Etosha, The Great White Place. I’m sure that you’ve read a hundred personal accounts of why Etosha was amazing and why you should visit. I’m not going to tell you that. In fact I’d like to keep my Etosha experience all to myself. I’d like to keep all that incredible bright white mind-expanding open space…
My Hidden Gems in South Africa
After being asked by CheapFlights Travel Blog to share with them my top 3 Hidden Gems in South Africa for 2016 it got me thinking about all the many places that I have been too and loved; well known or not. One of the main reasons why I started writing about travel was because I am…
Onguma Game Reserve – More than you expect
As we headed out of Tsumeb I could feel the call of Etosha drawing us in. Excitement bubbled within and I could hardly believe I was finally going to see “The Great White Place” that I had heard so many stories about. I couldn’t wait to drive through the gate and soak up the feeling of ticking…
A weekend at Mpekweni
The water is bright. I half close my eyes not wanting to look away but still mesmerised by the glittering surface. The sun is low and its rays still warm my face intensely. Rocking back and forth I think about the genius who invented swing seats; they must have been a child at heart. I…
Mushara Outpost Soothes (Review)
You know that feeling you get when you arrive in the bush after an endless dusty, sweaty journey in the car? That soul soothing sound of nothing as you step out . The cliched deafening silence comment comes to mind. Mushara Outpost has it in bucket loads and then some. As one of four properties in…
The Olive Exclusive’s Exclusive (Review)
Everybody knows that I love all things Olive, so when I was asked to visit and review a lodge in Windhoek Namibia called the Olive Exclusive, I didn’t need much convincing. For 24 hours of driving all the way from Plettenberg Bay to Windhoek, I dreamt of olive scented soaps, olive patterned sheets, olive inspired decor…
My Top Destinations for 2015
Having recently been interviewed by cheapflights.co.za/news about what my Top Travel picks for 2015 would be; it got me thinking about what other destinations are trending at the moment as well as where else would I like to go this year…budget allowing of course. With South East Asian destinations like Singapore, Malaysia and Phillipines trending this year, a…
Thank you Namibia
28 Days, 26 lodges, 7,851 kilometres, 2,100 photographs, 22 bowls of butternut soup and a whole heap of dust. On commission for Fodor’s Travel I visited Namibia and while I will still write thousands of words on this magnificent place, I choose to start with these. Namibia! Dramatic. Emotive. Soul-inspiring. Landscape, landscape, landscape. Namibia dawns…