Hotels, Lodges & Resorts

Zannier Hotels Sonop: Self-sufficient luxury lodge in the Namib Desert

The thrill of adventure is omnipresent at Zannier Hotels Sonop. The opulence and finesse of the tented lodge, located in Namibia’s southwest corner, immediately recalls the 1920s era of British…

Klaserie Private Nature Reserve: redefining the executive safari experience

Introducing the newest gem in the heart of the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve: a luxurious lodge designed to redefine the executive safari experience. With exclusive use limited to just four opulent…

Unlock Your Creativity In The Heart Of The Savanna

Recent studies show that 33% of adults globally feel overwhelmed, with a similar proportion of people feeling dissatisfied with their lives. This is closely linked with the upward trend of creative…

What’s on at The Turbine in April 2023

There’s always something happening at the 5-star Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa, Thesen Islands, Knysna… the most recent being the Turbine connecting up its new Solar Power inverter! Looking…

The Turbine Continues to make history with new clean energy

Chris Schutte, General Manager at the 5-star Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa, Thesen Islands in Knysna announced that at 05h00 on 1 December 2022, the Turbine switched off its generator and incoming…

Rewild your kids in the great African outdoors at Samara Karoo Reserve

Samara Karoo Reserve near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape’s Great Karoo region is a landscape of space, stars and silence. Its astonishing diversity of topographies, vegetation and arid-adapted…

Palm River Hotel awarded 5-star grading by Zimbabwe Tourism Authority

Officially one of only two hotels to occupy a 5-star status in Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The Palm River Hotel has been awarded the most prestigious hotel rating of 5 stars. The…

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…