Hotels, Lodges & Resorts

AVENS TRAVEL WORLD – For Majestic Journeys & Holidays

Avens Travel World, also trading under the brand name ATW Holidays Africa for African Safaris, is a privately owned indigenous African tourism and travel company creating handcrafted safaris and…

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…

Camp Kala – pure luxury on the fringe of Etosha

It’s 3am when a deep, guttural roar shakes me from sleep. I sit up instantly and hear it again – rolling across the flat Namibian landscape and rumbling through the wide glass doors of my…

Salsify at the Roundhouse – The Perfect Pairing

Salsify’s Chef Ryan Cole and sommelier Victor Okolo offer up the lowdown on their award-winning food and wine pairings. Salsify at the Roundhouse, one of South Africa’s best restaurants –…

Upper Union to openin Kloof Street Neighbourhood

Curated for the curious and creative, a hot new Cape Town eatery will be opening its doors this summer. Located within a heritage building in the bustling and eclectic Kloof Street Neighbourhood…

Meliá Serengeti Lodge – Fabulous Surroundings of the Serengeti National Park

Meliá Serengeti Lodge is a breathtaking lodge in Tanzania, with panoramic views of the Serengeti National Park. It is no surprise that this luxurious, unbeatable lodge has recently been awarded by…

Salsify debuts on 50 best discovery list

Another of South Africa’s top fine-dining restaurants has made it onto the sought-after 50 Best Discovery List. Chef Ryan Cole’s, Salsify at the Roundhouse, has been rated among some of the best…

The Maldives – Not as Flat as You Think

“I was 17 when I first saw people riding waves standing up,” Hussain Areef tells me as we stroll along the timber boardwalk on Kuda Huraa island. “It was intriguing - I wanted to try it out…

Romancing the River

The intoxicating smell of wild jasmine fills the air, as the sun rises above the horizon, turning the sky from a pale grey, to shades of lilac and pink. A faint mist rises off the river, and…

Samara Private Game Reserve is reborn as Samara Karoo Reserve

Samara Private Game Reserve near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape’s Great Karoo region is honouring and celebrating this unique, remarkable and soulful landscape of infinite horizons by changing…

Walkersons Hotel & Spa – a home from home

If the famous look-out point in on the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga is called 'God's Window', Walkersons Hotel & Spa just outside the quaint town of Dullstroom must be the 'Stairway to…

Walkersons Hotel & Spa – enchanting visitors to Dullstroom for over twenty years

Built in 1993 the five-star Walkersons Hotel & Spa near Dullstroom is a perfect blend of elegance and charm with an old -world country atmosphere reminiscent of a Scottish Country Manor. Located…

Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa – situated on Thesen Islands in Knysna

Situated on Thesen Islands in Knysna, is one of South Africa’s most unusual hotels - the 5-star Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa. With its distinctive architecture paying homage to the old power…

Our Top Reasons To Stay at The Turbine Boutique Hotel & Spa

Some of my happiest childhood memories were made in the famous Garden Route town of Knysna. Lazy summer days were spent splashing in the shallow waters, trying to catch lightning-fast fish with a…

Bella’s Restaurant opens at Camps Bay Retreat

Wine, dine and pamper yourself at Camps Bay's Hidden Gem. Tucked between the forest and overlooking the ocean, Camps Bay Retreat is a haven for nature lovers and those looking to breakaway while…

Get closer in electric vehicles at Desert & Delta

Sustainable innovation and conservation lead the way with its electric fleet of vehicles and boats. Desert & Delta Safaris celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022 and is changing the face – and…

Captivating Konkamoya

The chatter at the dinner table has grown quiet, as we all enjoy a delicious mushroom risotto. The dining room is perched on a hill, looking eastward over Lake Itezhi-Tezhi, and antique lanterns…

Luxury Livingstone

Zambezi River passes through several countries and countless wonderful places on its journey from source to sea. Emerging from the ground as a tiny bubbling spring in north-western Zambia, the river…