The 10 Rules of Slow Travel, Inspired by Bushmans Kloof

Like a rolling stone The beauty of going slow when on an adventure is the gift of time, seeing more and seeing it more fully. I read somewhere recently that the smallest moments contain the whole universe if we just slow down enough, are present […]

For the Love of the Otter at Londolozi

Above: The fantastic view Chris had of the otter from the Granite Camp deck. This photograph was actually taken by a guest staying in the camp at the time. Otters are known for their elusive behaviour and can have you in a tizz trying to glimpse […]

10 Questions with ol Donyo’s Lodge Manager, Amy Rostance

We travel for different reasons, you and me, pushed and pulled by different urges. To the French-Cuban writer, Anaïs Nin, “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” Whatever the cause, the effect is always something that changes you, […]

10 Questions with Mara Plains Camp’s Henry Ramsden

I have never been to the wild spaces of Kenya, but I have seen the peace on the face of Annie-Claude, our Relais & Châteaux Africa Director after returning from her travels to this part of East Africa. I have read the words of Great Plains […]

The Route du Bonheur Diaries | Bushmans Kloof Part 2

When you find yourself in an unfamiliar place that speaks to you in a familiar way – as though it had been expecting you and you had been expecting it… and you only have a handful of hours in which to enjoy it, the only sane thing to […]