8 African Experiences to Transform You

Have you ever gone on a trip thinking from the outset: this will change my life? I haven’t and yet, in retrospect, each and every trip has in some way transformed me, transformed my life. What’s most surprising though, looking back at my travels through […]

An Instagrammer’s Guide to Zanzibar

Photographers travel the world to find the extraordinary, to capture those scenes that make their hearts race. That make them feel alive. They find it in the yawn of a lion and the leap of a leopard, in the soft eyes of the young and […]

20 Degres Sud’s Famous Mauritian Chicken Curry

For a taste of Mauritius, its rich Creole spices and Eastern influences, we share with you a special recipe from a cooking class at 20 Degres Sud, creating their Famous Mauritian Chicken Curry. For 6 People 1kg unskinned chicken legs 2 peeled potatoes cut into […]

You Never Forget the First Tree You Plant

The mountain stretched out its path before us. “Follow me,” the winding red clay road said. Small rocks, like unruly tortoises, scattered the trail. With each roll of the tyres, down the declines, along the flats, up the climbs, I saw the drop beside us […]

How We Celebrated World Oceans Day 2018

“This is where I first learnt to swim,” he said. “As a kid we used to come down to this exact beach, my cousins and I. The whole family.” Grant, now the Head Chef of Ellerman House, spoke as he pointed to the sandy inlet […]