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July 15, 2009

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 […]
June 24, 2009

Safari Tart’s books

It’s not easy to become a safari tart. It takes a lot of dedication to the pleasure principle.  In my case, I have spent considerable time and energy in taking […]
June 23, 2009

Garden Route Game Lodge great ‘soft’ safari, Western Cape

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 […]
June 23, 2009

Tortoise Adopts Hippo

When this baby hippo losts its mother, it found the next best thing, a giant tortoise.  Nicknamed Owen, weighing around 300 kg  (650 pounds), this little hippo was swept down […]
May 19, 2009

Oyster Bay Lodge along the beaches of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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”.