Safari Tart

09/05/2024

And here's another interview with an adventure entrepeur.

Mdumbi Adventures based at Mdumbi Village offers sea kayaking and hiking trips on the Wild Coast of South Africa. NOTSHANA GXALA first went canoeing on a...

09/05/2024

I love interviewing people who have a dream and make it happpen! Read my article about these twins.

23/05/2023

I had such fun interviewing the owners of these adventure dogs for Dirty Boots Adventure Guide 2023. Read on for the whole story....

27/10/2022

Pics from reminded me what Simalaha and the Zambezi looked like when rain clouds gathered two years ago. This was before there was even there and I was researching the 36-page brochure on the Kavango Zambezi transfrontier conservation area. I'm still coming Gail! I wish you and the animals who rely on it good rains.

12/10/2022

Shamwari Explorers Camp walking safaris now open for adventures and I'm lucky enough to be here with some British travellers. We sneaked up to some white rhino (knowing that the anti-poaching guys have more eyes on them than us). I got a bit of stage fright taking a p*e behind a bush but the giraffes had a good view of me and glared!

12/10/2022

Shamwari + amazing ... Explorers Camp walking safaris open for the adventurous. We saw white rhino fairly close on foot (all the while knowing the anti-poaching guys have more eyes on those rhino than just ours). The tower of giraffe gave me a bit of stage fright as I p*ed behind a bush- they of course could see me clearly. Rustic, earthy experience - loving it.

21/09/2022

Travelling in style with an inspirational bunch of gals. We fitted 6 ladies + full on luggage easily into our Ford Everest touring Plettenberg Bay and Knysna. Never a dull moment with

17/09/2022

Smooth cruisin' in a Ford Everest sport no less, all the way to Plettenberg Bay and a big surprise to find The Bungalo Plett tucked into a corner of the long white sands of the main beach and a plate of sushi waiting. What a gem.

17/09/2022

Have hat will travel! To the beaches and forests in and around with a great bunch of gals in our smooth and sporty 7-seater Ford Everest. Staying another seaview night on central beach with waves lulling me to sleep.

08/09/2022

People moments from my trip into the mountainous highlands of South Africa's Drakensberg and the Kingdom of Lesotho, part of the transfrontier conservation area. Basotho culture is distinctive, epitomised by the
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07/09/2022

Messing around with Designrr flipbooks, and hoping this will open like a magazine. So I revived and updated my Top Boat Trips article featuring my favourite watery adventures; some scared me silly, others required nothing more than a G&T in hand. Which ones appeal to you (or you have already done)?

05/07/2022

Matchy matchy. I call it blending in. Now you see me, now you don't!

30/06/2022

Cape Town's mountains are alive with every shade of green, spilling into the realms of neon yellow. Its winter, which means rain, and flower season for indigenous proteas. But this week temperatures are as good as summer (+-24°C), so I went to the beach and had a sunbathe and swim. Happiness is Bush and Beach, no more than 10 mins drive in any direction. It wasn't by chance I chose to live here! saying

19/05/2022

Why is there a monkey in the window? "Exactly" said the GM of Cape Town's newest hotel I'll have to ask the designer, whose eclectic taste is impossible to describe, yet astounds at every angle. There's always something exciting to look at, and that's what I want when I travel. GM told me his job is to look after his staff, their job is to look after guests. And the majority had no experience in hospitality, they were chosen for their sympathy, empathy and passion to please. It shows!

11/05/2022

Eeek! Not my tent but I've been in a little dome tent like this with mighty big footprints in the sand all around it in the morning. What u don't see don't scare you! Would you camp here?

06/05/2022

In this Muse Magazine article are the many reasons why I love Victoria Falls. I used local guides to give me the experiences its easy to miss if you just do the tourist thing. Such as dancing to drumbeats with Chris Ncube and his family in his village. Or glamping with Umdingi Safaris beside the Zambezi. Walking with anti-poaching crew in Zambezi NP and spotting Pels Fishing Owl with Duncan Elliot on Tsowa Safari Island. Read my article to find out more




Umdingi Safaris

21/04/2022

Dreaming of Tsowa. An island safari camp in the Zambezi River, just upstream of Victoria Falls. I visited at the end of last year and hear that all nine tented room are finished with a splendid new dining deck covered in stretch tent. Imagine having to bring every plank, nail, tap and pipe across the river and still build a camp that's eco friendly and leaves no trace after it's removed. I'm often asked which out of the 250 safari camps and lodges I've been to is my favourite. My answer is "the last one I visited." So Tsowa it is then!

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24/03/2022

We rely on Cape Town's firefighters when the veld burns, which it often does in our hot dry summers. On returning from UK I see chunks of mountainsides which have clearly burned while I've been away.
Who wants to make up a team with me for this fundraising quiz night, 13 April at Cafe Roux?