Bumping through the Kruger (in style)
If you’re going to pick your way through the bush, you might want to do it with a bit of pizzazz. I’m talking heated rooms, gourmet meals, foot massages and gin and …
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Bobaas Bokaap
Bobaas Bokaap, it’s a mashallah place to be!” Story by Franki Black. A beaming boy on a bicycle approaches our tour guide Shireen for his share of sweets. As Shireen leads us …
Picture-Perfect Paternoster
“It doesn’t matter whether you sleep with a million rand under your pillow or if you’re dirt poor; here in Paternoster, everyone goes to the same beach and everyone complains about eating …
Books to keep the wanderlust alive
Mason Cooley, American author and academic, said: “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” In our current situation, never has a truer word been said. …
South African Art Towns
It’s easy to see why the landscape around Clarens has inspired so many artists. The streets leading off the Free State town’s grassy square seemingly head straight into the Maluti Mountains, which …
The River Wild
Trumpeting like a brass orchestra, a herd of some 30 or more rambunctious elephants trampled their way down to the banks of the great Chobe River for their mid-afternoon splash about. It …
Top 10 Winter Escapes into Africa
When the winter chill feels relentless, there are plenty of warm and balmy escapes in Africa where you can thaw out – and pretend it’s already summer. Story by Keri Harvey Spanning …
Left field Montagu
On arrival into Montagu I was determined to seek out a few interesting things to do in this “middle of nowhere” town on the cape’s route 62. I needed to find things …