Madagascar For Kids

In our Relais & Châteaux online magazine, Instants, we featured a piece, entitled, Water Babies: Indian Ocean Islands For Kids, an introduction to the beautiful island getaways between Africa and Asia that welcome young ones of various ages. You can read the full article here. But we […]

10 Questions with Bushmans Kloof’s Chef – Ryan Weakley

Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat has a new chef – as of January this year. Perhaps the best way to attempt to describe Chef Ryan Weakley is through the words of Rudyard Kipling, in “The Jungle Book”. “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, […]

Every great dream begins with a dreamer – We Are Africa 2016

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer,” the pillar of the Great Plains Conservation stand at this year’s We Are Africa event reads. Dereck and Beverly Joubert, founders of the organisation, stand close by, dreamers themselves, but also vital agents of change. We Are Africa attracts both […]

How To Celebrate A Birthday In Cape Town

“Some guy said to me: Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock n’ roll? I said: You’d better check with Mick Jagger.”  ― Cher As time passes on, it is my hope that I, like Cher, like Mick, will never be too old to sing […]

A Good Year For Delaire Graff Estate

“‘Wine is sunlight… held together by water.’ The poetic wisdom of the Italian physicist, philosopher and stargazer… Galileo Galilei. It all begins with the soil… the vine, the grape. The smell of the vineyard. Like inhaling birth. It awakens some… ancestral… some… primordial – Anyway, some deeply imprinted… and probably subconscious place… in my soul.” – Bottle […]