Ellerman House Takes To The Desert

  “It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels.” — Heinz Stücke, German long-distance touring cyclist In search of of the unknown, of the wild and wonderful of Africa, Paul Harris (Owner of Ellerman House in Cape Town) and daughter, Nicola Harris, joined this […]

In the Words of – Chef Peter Tempelhoff

In an interview with We Are Africa, The Collection by Liz McGrath’s Executive Chef, Peter Tempelhoff, spoke of a few of our favourite things… inspiration, travel and Africa. In our series of insights from the Relais & Châteaux Africa and Indian Ocean tribe, we bring you the first words […]

10 Questions with Chef Tim Okoth of ol Donyo Lodge, Kenya

You’ve heard the saying… “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” – James A. Michener It might be your personal travel ethos – to embrace the unfamiliar. But it might also be […]

10 Questions with Bushmans Kloof’s Rory du Plessis

We met Rory under a star-studded sky, on the kind of night that has you singing, Well, it’s a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes And all the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush And all the […]

Meet the Pâtissière of Ellerman House

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh Pastry chefs must have the best dreams… ones both delightful and délicieux (as my waiter at Ellerman House repeats to me, patiently waiting for my flat Capetonian English tongue to twirl […]