Destinations

Thanda Island – Your Own Private Paradise In Africa

As our helicopter rose into the sky, the whole of the Indian Ocean seemed to stretch out before us, glistening turquoise. A thirty minute hop away by helicopter, Thanda Island, a tiny teardrop of…

Destination Africa – Your Adventure Starts Here

Destination Africa was founded in February 2014 after hours of brainstorming, countless cups of coffee and meticulous planning between Scott Edkins and Rune Engstrøm. Scott is South Africa’s…

LAVISH LOLEBEZI – setting new standards for luxury safaris in Zambia

The Lower Zambezi valley, with its majestic escarpment sloping down to meet the river, protects a massive rift in the earth’s crust through which the Zambezi River flows. Over millennia…

Happy in Hermanus

Meandering along a narrow stretch of land between the Olifantsberg Mountains and the spectacular sea cliffs and shoreline of the Indian Ocean, Hermanus is surrounded by nature on all sides. This…

Capetown’s wonderful waterfront

With Table Mountain towering behind and the vast Atlantic Ocean stretching out in front of it, Cape Town is one of the most beautiful city destinations in the world. It’s a city that invites…

Discovering Plett and Knysna… South Africa’s Garden of Eden

It’s the end of the day and we are out on the water, a glass of bubbles in hand and platter of canapes in front of us. We’ve come to spend the weekend in two of the beautiful coastal towns on the…

Delightful De Hoop

The sun goes down on another stunning day and as the sky lights up crimson, orange and yellow, we sit, gin & tonic in hand, looking out over the endless ocean before us. Silhouetted against the…

Northern Botswana – An African Oasis

It’s 3am. We’re rudely dragged from a deep sleep by the sound of a buffalo thundering towards our tent. We sitting upright in bed we fumble with the bedside light. Something large, very large…

The Four Corners of Africa…

There are more than 150 tripoints in the world but only one international quadripoint, and that’s exactly where we were, perched precariously in the top of a 2,000 year old baobab tree, looking out…

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Beautiful Bangweulu

The sun peeks over the horizon, turning the sky from grey to a pale pink. We stand, shivering slightly, in the early morning air. Before us, on the floodplain, are thousands of beautiful, endemic…

Blue Safari Seychelles – Immerse yourself in an untouched paradise

White sand beaches, palm-fringed shores, crystal clear waters, are all terms associated with the Seychelles, and whilst this is true, Blue Safari Seychelles encourages guests to explore, discover and…

Maun Delta Helicopters – Sister company to Cape Town Helicopters

Based at the doorstep of the mighty Okavango Delta, what a better way to experience in all its splendour than from the air with us in one of our helicopters. The Okavango Delta is a unique swampy…

KRUGER: The Anatomy of a Park Africa’s greatest national park, or a tamed wilderness…?

Word and pics by Mark Eveleigh South Africa’s Kruger National Park is often slated by die-hard safari afficionados as a ‘tame option’ among African parks. During a three-week safari Mark…