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Walking on the wild side
“Around every inch, and every corner, there’s a ‘wow’,” said our guide Sikhanyiso “Computer” Mdiya, as our hiking group gazed at a waterfall plunging over a precipice and dropping 80 metres into the sea.
Seasonal, sustainable The Newt
A cider-saturated bee clung to my chic black drinking straw, as I gingerly fished the drowsy insect from my glass.
Nature-based tourism in the Klein Karoo
An enormous sun-bleached tortoise shell, slowly disintegrating and returning to the earth, was the portent of exciting natural discoveries as we left the R62 route for the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in the Klein Karoo.
Golden oldie
Old Nectar in Stellenbosch is the perfect place to experience the springtime glories of an extremely personal, beautifully maintained garden.
Marvellous M’kepi
“Absolutely beautiful, exquisitely decorated and great views” and “heaven on Earth is a place called M’kepi” are just some comments in the leather-bound visitors’ book at M’kepi.
Casanova steals my heart
The pandemic and lockdown have made overseas travel extremely onerous, if not downright impossible, but a weekend mini-break in Stellenbosch was like taking a KLM flight to Europe.