Category Archives: Bucket List
So many accommodation establishments like to describe themselves as a “home away from home” in their publicity material… but is that what people travel for? Don’t people travel to experience something different? Something that is a lasting memory? To talk … Continue reading
It was pure chance and serendipity that we ended up here… a blessing… Klipfontein Keep is simply a Wow! It lies between Bredasdorp and Struisbaai, looking across fields of bright yellow canola. It’s a self-catering lodge that exceeds all expectations. … Continue reading
This is one of the most inspiring artworks of recent memory in South Africa. It gripped me the first time I saw photographs of it. I just had to visit it when I realised it is just outside Howick in … Continue reading
I’d never heard of Lionsrock Lodge & Big Cat Sanctuary before. I was visiting Bethlehem to see a friend and it was on the list of places she suggested I might stay at. Life would have been poorer if I … Continue reading
Ashley Wentworth is an evangelist — about doing good and doing things the right way. And Stormsriver Adventures, the company he started in 1998 when he escaped the rat race in Cape Town, has probably achieved more than any other … Continue reading
Much has been made of the fact that the earliest artifacts of modern man were discovered at Mossel Bay. So this is where modern man evolved, on the southern coast of the African continent. So what? Then do yourself a … Continue reading
