We really enjoyed spending our last day in Capetown at the Winelands! The first wines were produced in the Cape back in 1659, and since then, the country has been known for world-class vintages coaxed out of grapes, in some of the most picturesque settings […]
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Cape Town SA – A World of It’s Own (Day 3)
This morning’s agenda was to check out the Pink Lady – The Mount Nelson Hotel. After walking through the palatial hallways, we waited at the sumptuous sitting room which is ideal for those popular High Tea occasions. High tea may have once been a simple […]
Capetown SA – A World of Its Own (Day 2)
On the second day, I could tell it was going to be a great morning for another round of site visits and our Cape Peninsula Tour. While I was busy checking out Table Bay Hotel, Anton explored the Marina and was happy to catch a […]
Camp Reviews: Exeter Leadwood Lodge – Sabi Sand Concession, SA
The Sabi Sand Reserve is the birthplace of sustainable wildlife tourism in Southern Africa. It is the oldest of all the private reserves and is home to a vast wildlife population, including a number of endangered species. Exeter Leadwood Lodge Exeter Leadwood Lodge is situated within […]
Layovers in Johannesburg SA
Intercontinental Johannesburg This hotel is only a five minute walk from the OR Tambo Airport. It has a total of 138 rooms and two suites. Guests have access to meeting rooms, free wifi, a gym, a spa an indoor heated pool as well as an award-winning […]
Camp Reviews: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Chobe National Park Located in northern Botswana, the Chobe National Park attracts thousands of visitors annually because it has one of the largest game concentrations in the country. This wildlife sanctuary actually boasts the largest elephant population in Africa both in number and size. It is the […]
Camp Reviews: Selinda Concession, Botswana
The Selinda Reserve is located right in the center of the famous Selinda Spillway (which flows across the concession, linking the far reaches of the Okavango Delta in the South with the Linyanti systems in the East). It flows into the Zibadianja lagoon, then through the Savute channel […]
Camp Reviews: Livingstone, Zambia
Livingstone Town, named after the famous Victorian missionary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, was established in 1905. It was a major European settlement, and its location close to the Zambezi River, crossing over to Southern Rhodesia, made it the capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1911. As […]
Camp Reviews: Jao Concession At The Okavango Delta, Botswana
The Jao Concession is situated in the north-western area of the Okavango Delta, just below the pan handle, whilst the Moremi Game Reserve forms the eastern boundary. Some 60,000 hectares in size, with maximum guest occupancy of 48 people, it encompasses deep blue channels, lagoons, emerald-green floodplains […]
Camp Reviews: Chitabe Concession At the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Chitabe Concession Chitabe Concession covers an area of some 28,000 hectares of unspoiled Okavango Delta wilderness. It borders three sides of the south-eastern region of the well-known Moremi Game Reserve, and is nestled between two main water systems: the Gomoti Channel to the east and the Santantadibe River […]
Camp Reviews: Vumbura Concession At The Okavango Delta, Botswana
Vumbura Concession This private concession of over 130,000 acres incorporates some of the most diverse habitat in the Delta, and is probably the only concession in Botswana where one will find an abundance of both the aquatic Red Lechwe antelope as well as the savanna-dwelling Sable […]
Camp Reviews: Moremi Game Reserve At The Okavango Delta, Botswana
The Okavango Delta, one of the most incredible wilderness sanctuaries in Africa, is 15,000 square km. of water channels, lagoons and islands. Each year, floodwaters flow from the central African highlands over 1 000 km away into the Delta to create this wondrous wetland within a […]
