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Lake Bled – a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Slovenia. Serenity reflected in turquoise waters, embraced by majestic mountains. A fairy tale escape waiting to be unveiled. ✨

The best island vibes are in Taha’a French Polynesia 🌺🏝️

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Costa Rica is heaven on earth 🌴

Add Greece to your bucket list this year 💙

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What a year! Cheers to 2023 and looking forward to new adventures in 2024 🥂

Thank you to Taj Hotels and Dharma Adventures for your hospitality. You’ve opened my eyes to new experiences!

🦍 🇷🇼 🥾 👏 🤩 Gorilla day! An early start, we met at the Volcanoes National Park headquarters for our briefing. The Sabyinyo gorilla family for the win, a group of 16 of all ages, considered a mid-distance trek (and I can’t imagine what a long-distance one entailed 😅). We were assigned our guide, tracker and porters, the 🦍 a-team. While porters aren’t required they’re highly encouraged and I understand why now. My porter, Stephen, carried my bag, machete’d (I know that’s not a word) our way through thickets and held my hand up and down the rocky, muddy lands. I would’ve been on my butt many times over if not for Stephen. After a couple of hours of scrambling we began to see and hear the signs of gorilla life. Distant grunts, flattened branches, muddy tracks and half-eaten leaves. We laid down our bags and trekking sticks, masked up (gorillas can catch covid) and quietly followed our guide and tracker. And suddenly - our first gorilla encounter. A silverback (male over 12) and 2 of his children playing around in their nest. After 10 minutes of watching every move (and likewise) we crawled through to another small nest, this one with mom, a baby and juveniles. And then, more and more gorillas appeared, as interested in us and we were in them. The one hour experience made every moment count. I noticed each blink, bite, grunt, stare and movement with 💯 of my focus, aware of how special this opportunity was. And then it was time to say our goodbyes. We gathered our things, slid back down the mountain mud once again and walked away with a greater appreciation for our gorilla friends.

After 3 days of city fun it’s off to Kruger National Park and safari life. A hop, skip and jump from Cape Town, we’re fully immersed in a dream environment straight out of National Geographic, the Singita Lebombo Lodge. We arrived in time for an evening safari and wow - what a great start. The highlight? This male lion that appeared out of nowhere 🦁.