Our long-awaited 3-night stay at Jabulani in the private Kapama Game Reserve lived up to and exceeded every expectation we had. Together with our dear friends Abe & Rosanna Lambrechts …
Greater Kruger Park Area Part 1
Over the span of ten days last March, Kathy and I visited six different properties in South Africa’s lowveld area adjacent to and inside the southern and central Kruger National …
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens
The city of Cape Town and the surrounding Cape Peninsula has a long list of places to visit and things to do. Clearly high on the list of ‘must do’s’ …
Only in Africa: How to improve your chances to summit Kilimanjaro
Having successfully reached the summit of Kilimanjaro twice in three years, most recently along the Rongai Route in Feb 2020, while training mostly at close to sea level, here’s Fish …
Only In Africa: Tiger Fishing
I believe the core activity on any great safari is the game drive. The animals are, of course, the main attraction and there is no better method of viewing …
Botswana’s Okavango Delta – Then and Now
My first trip to the Okavango Delta – like all the subsequent ones – was quite unforgettable. Arriving in Maun on a rainy day in February 1990, I was asked …
