You haven’t finished exploring the Cape Winelands until you’ve turned up the winding driveway to Delaire Graff Estate. Travellers visit for the cuisine and wine, the vineyards and views over the Stellenbosch Valley, and the lodges and spa. But there’s another side to the Estate’s allure. Before he […]
The Things We Do For Love | The Benguela Diamond Safari
“She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: “It shines like a little diamond”, “What does?” “This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason The search for a diamond, […]
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 […]
10 Questions with Londolozi’s Executive Chef, Anna Ridgewell
Above: Anna (right) with chefs, Thoko Ngobeni (left) and Sipho Khosa (middle) – Read more here. It is said that a recipe has no soul, that soul must be added in the cooking if it is to be felt in the dining experience. On the […]
The Route du Bonheur Diaries | The Cellars-Hohenort
Two things come to mind when I am presented with cake. Marie Antoinette, the Sofia Coppola film. And Edward Monkton’s card, “The Cupcake of Life”, which reads, “May you always find the icing on the cupcake of life.” This is good, because as a young […]