The Art of Exploring Private Islands

“I had always known the sky was full of mysteries – but not until now had I realised how full of them the earth was.” – Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children It doesn’t matter how many times you might hear that everything […]

You Had Me At Coconut | 6 Reasons To Visit This Mauritius

energyˈɛnədʒi/ – noun: the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. synonyms: vigour, life, spirit, fire, passion, ardour, sparkle, drive, zing, pep, pizzazz, bounce, fizz, oomph, get-up-and-go. Energy is a peculiar creature. Never fitting one definition. Sometimes it’s up. Sometimes it’s down. Sometimes […]

The Beauty of Solitude at Sunrise

I want to tell you about the sunrise, because you weren’t there. You were 5000 kilometres away and I was alone on Paje beach on the east coast of Zanzibar, still expecting you to take your place next to me. I waited for the sun […]

Anjajavy and the Search For Meaning

Alain de Botton has said, “Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.” You could say that it is exactly this sentiment that our Relais & Châteaux Inspire Me moodboard works on… […]

How The Cape of Storms Celebrated World Oceans Day

Here in Cape Town, we may live on land, but we live with the ocean. We pass it daily as we move in and around the city, we gaze out over it from mountain peaks, we inhale its cool breeze from the shore and and watch […]