Malawi 2013 Safari Awards runner up “Best Africa Tourist Board”
I think it’s time to re-visit Malawi! I’ve written about the dream destination Mumbo Island in the middle of Lake Malawi, but haven’t been anywhere else in Malawi. This feels like a good year to go. Why? Because Malawi has just been crowned runner-up in The 2013 Safari Awards’ “Best Africa Tourist Board” category –...
Governor’s Camp host BBC Film Crew
BBC’s Planet Earth Live film crew have set up at Governors Camp in the Masai Mara – one of the first and most loved safari lodges I visited in the mid 1990s. The BBC’s latest wildlife documentary Planet Earth Live will be broadcast live during the month of May 2012 and the team staying at...
Safari pics that make you want to be there!
When I look at these photographs, I want to be there right now – don’t you? See link on each photo to find out where it is.
Khaya Ndlovu Manor House, nr Kruger/Hoedspruit
Some photos make you want to be in the picture at this very moment and this is one of them. Read what writer Fiona Zerbst has to say about Khaya Ndlovu, a private lodge near Kruger……… Four-star Khaya Ndlovu Manor House, reclining in the bushveld close to Hoedspruit, just happens to be the family...
Sibuya Game Lodge, nr Port Elizabeth
This privately owned reserve up the Kariega River from Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape is the Garden of Eden. It has all the components of nature that make you want to weep at its beauty, marvel at the perfect animal specimens all fat and glossy coats, and sink into the sophoric rhythm of the river, in/on which...
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...
Samara Private Game Reserve
I have been going on safari in Africa every year for 15 years, yet it was at Samara Private Game Reserve, in the middle of nowhere in the Graaff-Reinet Karoo, that I found the possibility of two elements of a safari that had so far eluded me; a yoga mat and an aardvark. ...
Tuningi Safari Lodge
Look who joined the afternoon picnic at Tuningi Safari lodge! These curious young lions came to investigate as guests from Tuningi Safari Lodge enjoyed their sundowner game drive drinks & snacks in the Madikwe Game Reserve.
Tintswalo: leopard on the lounger, buffalo meets lion and ele at the pool
Leopards on the lounger; elephant at the poolside; and a bad day for a buffalo .. …these special safari moments occurred at Tintswalo Safari Lodge recently http://www.safaritart.com/?p=304 : Read the comment below to see what a recent guest said about Tintswalo. To book this lodge email: safaritart@wydahtours.com
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.
Oyster Bay Lodge
As I galloped along the water’s edge of Oyster Bay Lodge’s own 3.5km beach, I couldn’t help letting out a “yeehaa”.
Singita Lebombo Safari Lodge
I wouldn’t mind going to Heaven if it was like Singita Lebombo. I have been here once before (Lebombo, not Heaven) but this visit had a more profound effect on me. The subtle change in décor, from touches of lime green and grey amongst a sea of white, to a palate of ripening corn through...