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Eco Safari Lodges in Africa
What qualifies a safari establishment to call itself eco-friendly? Can it just be one thing or should it be an ethos that runs to all aspects of the facility, including: recycling of waste conservation touching the earth lightly using local build materials sourcing local food enviro-friendly sewerage treatment ...
Yoga Detox in Tulbagh
A few springbok and zebra don’t make a safari, but add yoga, vegetarian detoxing conscience cuisine and an eclectic bunch of women warriors from all over the globe and set this in an amphitheatre of mountains in the Tulbagh valley about 2-hours drive from Cape Town and you’ve got a yoga safari for the soul. I...
De Hoop Nature Reserve, east of Cape Town
Known more for some of the best land-based whale watching than food, this weekend of indulgent Culinary Creativity at De Hoop Nature Reserve (22-24 July 2011) seemed tempting. When a food expert declares that “Chocolate and wine are essential in all food plans”, can anybody resist? The De Hoop collection has taken Chef Tracey Younghusband at her...
India House, Bains Kloof Pass, nr Cape Town
I love it when I find a real gem of a place when I least expect it. That is what happened at India House. I went to assess Bastiaanskloof for star grading and found that part of their accommodation was a divine villa called India House in the middle of a private nature reserve at...
Blue Gum Country Estate
………aka Fawlty Towers. You may wonder where does a spoilt Safari Tart go for her Christmas holidays 2010? I needed a place to veg out, do absolutely nothing, get up late, read a lot and turn up for breakfast at 10.30am. I also wanted to feel like I belonged and be entertained a little. Sounds...
Mosiac Farm
I do like a generous size bath and the big oval bath in the lagoon-side safari suite at Mosiac Farm, could fit little ole me and my 6ft man. The only problem was that that neither I nor Man, could reach both the spout and the taps at the same time. We had to run...
Southern Africa Yoga Safaris
In a hidden location amongst giant sandstone rocks on the West Coast of South Africa near Eland’s Bay, Southern African Yoga Safaris makes use of a rocky retreat for a getaway with a difference. While doing your ‘Salute to the Sun’ or Tree Posture, you stare out and may meet the eyes of some of...
Bushman’s Kloof Wilderness Reserve
‘Number One Hotel in the World’ according to 2009 US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards reader’s survey. What an accolade! This 5-star wilderness resort in the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains is one of my favourite places with a landscape like no other only 270km from Cape Town.
African Game Lodge
Written by Safari Tartlet, Renate de Villiers. Bossy (the Nokia Navigator GPS) was talking nicely to us giving us directions, because Carrie had forgotten the way to African Game Lodge in the Western Cape Mountains near Montagu. But Bossy was a little out of sorts because we were going into the middle of the mountains...
Garden Route Game Lodge
I was really impressed with Garden Route Game Lodge. It is of course ‘soft safari’, as are all the game reserves in the Western Cape. It is because this populated region doesn’t have tracts of spare land the size of small European countries - like Kruger Park - in which the largest African animals can roam in...
Elephant Lodge at Knysna Elephant Park
It is not often that I get the chance to sleep within the sounds of snoring elephant, but I did at the Knysna Elephant Park guest house, Elephant Lodge. I also had the chance to ride one of the elephants, all of whom have been rescued and now make up a tight knit herd. Knysna...
Grootbos Nature Reserve
Green Tourism comes naturally at Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. It's been winning Responsible and Environmental Tourism awards since 2000.