Hiddn in Addo, where wellness and conservation converge

Just 72 km from Gqeberha, deep within a vast expanse of untouched wilderness in the heart of South Africa’s Addo Elephant National Park, a sanctuary is quietly emerging. Welcome to Mantis Hiddn in…

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Samara Karoo Safari Villa A Refined Private Wilderness Retreat

Set within 67,000 acres of restored wilderness in South Africa’s vast Great Karoo, family-owned five-star Samara Karoo Reserve has unveiled a beautifully reimagined version of its exclusive…

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Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Kenya A Front-Row Seat to the Great Migration

There is a moment in the Maasai Mara when the world seems to pause, the sun drapes the savannah in molten gold, acacia trees cast long, sculpted shadows, and the Mara River gleams like liquid silver…

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Benguela Cove: A Contemporary Wine Estate on the Edge of Walker Bay

On the edge of Walker Bay, just outside Hermanus, Benguela Cove sits where vineyards run down towards a wide saltwater lagoon, with mountains rising behind and the Atlantic never far away. The estate…

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Above Johannesburg City: A Portrait of the Four Seasons Westcliff

After a late arrival on a long-haul flight, there are few comforts as reassuring as a real table laid for a real dinner in your suite. Not the usual…

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Chui Lodge: Sanctuary in the Wild, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

The Land Cruiser's engine fell silent, swallowed by the savannah's vastness. James poured the gin and tonics, the perfect bush sundowner drink, as the sun slipped behind…

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Island Scale: Inside Four Seasons Desroches and Its New Five-Bedroom Villa

A private island tends to arrive with theatrical expectations: floatplanes, champagne, the faint implication that everyone else has been politely removed for your benefit. Desroches plays a longer…

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Tanda Tula: A Long-Established Presence in the Timbavati

In a safari landscape increasingly shaped by reinvention, Tanda Tula Safari Camp stands apart as a lodge defined by continuity. Located within South Africa’s Timbavati Nature Reserve, Tanda Tula is…

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18 On The Hill: A New Arrival in Greater Kruger

There’s something refreshing about encountering a safari lodge early in its life - before its story has been fully told, before expectations are fixed, and while its sense of place is still taking…

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Luxury Safari Magazine’s Diane McLeish reviews Fairmount Mount Kenya Safari Club

This historic hotel, undoubtedly, offers a unique emotional connection to the past. It is a chance to walk in the footsteps of history, to feel the weight of time and to appreciate the enduring…

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Above Johannesburg City: A Portrait of the Four Seasons Westcliff

After a late arrival on a long-haul flight, there are few comforts as reassuring as a real table laid for a real dinner in your suite. Not the usual…

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Savanna Stalkers: Bringing People to the Heart of the African Bush

Savanna Stalkers was created with one clear purpose: to bring people to the heart of the African bush in a way that is intentional, authentic, and deeply memorable. We are a small, hands-on business…

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Two Worlds, One Mission: Ethical Travel to the Forefront, Savanna Stalkers

Savanna Stalkers was founded from two worlds coming together, one deeply rooted in the African bush, and the other shaped by international travel and curiosity. Our story Co-founder Warric…

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Where Time Sits Down to Lunch: A Day at Simon’s Restaurant

Morning mist slides down Table Mountain in a cool, silvery spill, as though the great flat-topped giant has exhaled in its sleep. The Constantia Valley receives it the way an old friend accepts a…

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Monwana Game Lodge: A Gateway to the Wild Soul of South Africa

First light sifts through the arms of ancient leadwoods, turning their bark the colour of old coins. In that breath-held hush before sunrise, the air at Monwana Game Lodge hums with possibility—a…

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Tea Among the Roses: Afternoon Tea at Cape Town’s Mount Nelson

There is a particular hush that settles over the Mount Nelson Hotel in the late afternoon — the sort that suggests the gardens have paused to inhale, the roses holding their breath politely, and…

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Above the Atlantic: The Allure of 21 Nettleton in Clifton, Cape Town

In Cape Town, light is never still. It slides and fractures, sharpens and softens — bending on the cliffs, glazing the sea, spilling through fynbos and over the façades of whitewashed homes. On…

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Villas de Maitre Mauritius: Villa Sapphire on Beach Belle Mare

Situated on the beautiful beach of Belle Mare, Villa Sapphire commands breathtaking views over the ocean, with a divine taste of beachfront living on the east coast of Mauritius. Villa Saphir offers…

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