Soetmelksvlei, Babylonstoren’s farm girl sister, was in seclusion for four years before her official debut in May 2024. A country girl, she differs in appearance and personality from the better-known, more glamorous Babylonstoren, but she has her own charm and...
Possibly it’s the distance from Cape Town, and the sentinel of surrounding mountain ranges, that have contributed to the conservation and serenity of Prince Albert at the southern edge of the Great Karoo. I first realised that this picturesque spot was distinctive...
“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. A dozen of us were on the second day of the Pondo-Hopper hiking...
A cider-saturated bee clung to my chic black drinking straw, as I gingerly fished the drowsy insect from my glass. My family and I were enjoying a tasting of three ciders at The Newt, a dream country estate in Somerset, England that centres around the county’s...
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. Our destination to mark the New Year was one of...
Old Nectar in Stellenbosch is the perfect place to experience the springtime glories of an extremely personal, beautifully maintained garden. Stretching over four hectares in the Jonkershoek Valley, with a neoclassical gabled manor house at its heart, the garden...
