Many of our clients are deciding between these three world class safari destinations in Southern Africa. So we thought it would be useful to show a three-way comparison between Botswana versus...

If you’ve read our article about ‘cultural tourism’ you know that I have some mixed feelings about ‘cultural tours’. At best such tours can give you a tiny insight into historical,...

On a recent holiday in KwaZulu Natal, we re-visited Cape Vidal from the resort town of St Lucia. Cape Vidal is one of South Africa’s hidden gems. Seriously beautiful and yet sufficiently remote...

So what IS cultural tourism? I sometimes feel that we cannot win when promoting cultural tourism within South Africa! People come to us with such differing cultural perceptions of their own that...

Let’s face it. Planet Earth is not quite what it used to be a few hundred years ago. The impact of modern human civilization has caused all kinds of chaos, from poaching to climate change. As a...

If you had to decide to visit North or South Korea, you would probably arrive at the answer pretty swiftly. Not that its a finely balanced a choice. North or South Pole? That’s a bit harder...

Not such untouched land. . . The Serengeti National Park is ‘a wilderness’ only to the extent that no commercial roads cut through it. And there are virtually no roads in the adjacent village...

Why travel to Africa? We get it. You are spoilt for choice. We are all being enticed with images of far-flung beautiful and empty destinations, each one more excited to welcome you than the last....

Back in May, I had the good fortune of going on another Tanzania photographic safari in the northern regions. This time I was visiting outside of the peak season so I was keen to see how the...