Few places on earth are as wild or dramatic as the Addo Elephant National Park – the third largest national park in South Africa. A one-and-a-half-hour drive north of Gqeberha is Camp Figtree, the most sophisticated outfit in this part of the country. It’s a bit like flying first class – once you’ve tried it, … Continue reading An extraordinary elephant adventure at Camp Figtree
Every big city needs a country retreat; a place of fresh air, bare beauty and brooding silence. Wedged between dust-bowl towns, sheep farms, high-plateau grassland and kilometre upon kilometre of empty veld, the conservation luxe Samara Private Game Reserve – near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape – trims the edge of the dense thicket and vast wilderness of the … Continue reading Samara Private Game Reserve – a place of quietly profound beauty
If you’ve been fuelling your wanderlust with plans for post-isolation travel while you’ve been stuck at home this year, there’s never been a better reason to make your next adventure a safari at Mabula Game Lodge. Distinctly African in style, the accommodation is colourful, contemporary and nature-noisy, the food and drink is way beyond typical safari-carnivorism and the staff are … Continue reading Take a walk on the wild side at Mabula Game Lodge
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