A Truly African Story Words: Andrew Shapland - The Roving Ambassador -Naseeb Mfinanga and Donna Duggan Photographs: Nasikia Camps and Maasai Wanderings   Maasai Wanderings was founded in 2005 by Naseeb Mfinanga (Tanzanian) and Donna Duggan (Australian but Tanzania resident) and has been steadily growing ever since. ‘Nas’ began [...]

The elephants that broke the Internet Camp Kuzuma in Botswana has a world-famous earthcam - but it's even nicer being there, writes Sunday Times reader Dorria Watt 13 August 2017 - 00:00 BY DORRIA WATT  Once on the endangered list and hunted for their ivory, the elephants [...]

Silver Forest Boutique Lodge & Spa   Best-selling Danish author Martin Lindstrom, one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, urges that we set aside a ‘deliberate rendezvous with our unhurried minds’ but that it demands an effort on our part. How easy it is to slip into being [...]

A match made in culinary heaven Those who have not meandered high up in the Hemel-en-Aarde ridge near Hermanus in the Overberg for Creation wine's legendary tasting menu might miss out on one of life's great pleasures. Creation Reserve Merlot is matched with cauliflower, celeriac and onion [...]

God’s Windows By Les Aupiais Why is it that with any form of architectural brick-and-mortar wonder – even the most lavish and opulent – it must, in fairness, always give way gracefully to a hero view. This is what sells and seduces. Private Edition selects a handful [...]

Bright Eyed & Bushy Tailed  Squirrel!” Many of you who have watched the animated movie Up will no doubt remember Dug, the talking dog, who had a somewhat distracting obsession with squirrels. Midsentence he would suddenly freeze, point in the opposite direction and shout “Squirrel!” before resuming [...]