Experiences with giraffes aren’t just for luxury lodges and the great wilds of my continent.
Meeting a Giraffe has to be a 2020 highlight!
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Cocktails & Couture Toast: Covid-19 Level 3 Lockdown Unlocks Leisure Travel
Toasting to the nearly bankable possibilities to recover & thrive, for our tourism industry, now that leisure travel is unlocked…After all: What’s a Travel Writer without actual travel – a nostalgic vagabond?
Solo Winter: Daring Delight at the Radisson RED
One leaves the weight of tradition at the sliding door of Radisson RED Hotel, and steps into a contemporary image of African style.
Solo Winter: Park it in at The Park Inn by Radisson, Cape Town (Foreshore)
Travellers leave Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town (Foreshore) with a positive and lasting impression, because this 4-star Radisson property is convenient leisure.
Solo Winter: Escape to a #WhimsicalWinter at Cape Quarter
A glossy ‘cabinesque’ apartment #Staycation sounds all kinds of brilliant, right?
With Cape Quarter, you can stay winning with that option and more.
Solo Winter: 5 Reasons to enjoy a Century City Hotel #Staycation
Century City Hotel does not just want to be good at what they do; They also want to be remembered – with fondness and a little bit of an aspiration to return.
Solo Winter: Can The Island Club Hotel deliver Budget-friendly island vibes?
The Island Club Hotel & Apartments, is not an establishment to consider solely for price…
“These are personalised spaces, where a business trip becomes a pleasure and a family stay is a carefree one.” – The Island Club Hotel
Solo Winter: Is a #Staycation at The Colosseum Hotel worthwhile?
Is a #Staycation at The Colosseum worthwhile?
I do believe that for most people, good hospitality can be more discernible when traveling solo – the lack of noise, presenting a more crystalline perspective of any experience.
Solo Winter: A Cape Town Sunday Funday Guide
From “where to sleep?”, to “where to eat?”, and “where to shop?” …Winter for One can be a quiet & dull time as archetypal Summer activities dwindle & the people around you pair up for Fall cuddles.
However, you can have a wonderful Solo #SundayFunday if you plan it right.
Ready to eat and chill your way around Cape Town?
Fashion Week 2019: The Style, Tech & Wellness Survival Kit
Fashion Week is a deeply exhausting affair.
Recovery, for me, can take days.
Here are a few of my before, during and after Fashion Week necessities, starting with a lovely place named Romney Park…
Top 5 Stunning South African Hospitality Options Every Traveler Has to Visit in 2019 (Part 2)
Over the last 3 years, I have experienced a fair few exquisite getaways scattered throughout the Cape region of South Africa specifically.
These hospitality offerings are, honestly, without reproach; guests left wanting for nothing (…except perhaps Netflix in some instances).
Top 5 Stunning South African Hospitality Options Every Traveler Has to Visit in 2019 (Part 1)
Over the last 3 years, I have experienced a fair few exquisite getaways scattered throughout the Cape region of South Africa specifically.
These hospitality offerings are, honestly, without reproach; guests left wanting for nothing (…except perhaps Netflix in some instances).
Travel South Africa: Escape to Orchard Stay
“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather A weekend is sacrosanct to me. Never will I take for granted, the momentary reprieve offered up by being away from where I earn my paycheck. By the Gods! To entirely…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Allée Bleue Wine Estate
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” – Lord Byron Fall is seen as the season of death and decay, nature shedding its past…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Shortmarket Street Apartment
Is Cape Town CBD’s hospitality moment over? Efforts to find reasonably priced places in the city, to rest your head without sharing said bed with bugs & room with other beings, leave most visitors to the Mother City frustrated…but I found a neat gem. There is a hospitality establishment with its interiors painted in soothing…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Thyme & Tide Villa
2018. May the year, be ever in our favor! January was probably a bit rough on your system, following the generous ease and gluttony of December. It’s time for a little detox, luxury and relaxation. I’m going to need you to forgo the stuffy hustle-and-bustle of city life, and all those predictable travel destinations wistfully…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Abalone House
Tranquil. In the moments few and far between, when you need peace and relaxation, there are only a smattering of destinations in Western Cape, ideal for idyllic repose. Paternoster is one of Western Cape’s distant coastal treasures. The fishing village is one of the oldest in South Africa’s West Coast. Roadtrip 160km to Paternoster, from…
Travel South Africa: Escape to The Last Word Constantia
I’ve been riding a happy high these past few days. A few things fell into place, and potential was realized; and I am just ever so pleased. With winter drawing ever so near, I wanted to escape to a place that would help reclaim the few tendrils of summer left. I ventured a little away…
Travel South Africa: Escape to O on Kloof Hotel
Hello May! Another month, so another travel escapade became necessary to relieve the stresses already built up these past few weeks. Where did I head to this time? There is a dark architectural fusion wonder of urban chic and classic design, nestled in the deep recess of the Cape Town city, overlooking the Atlantic Seaboard….
Travel South Africa: Escape to Val du Charron
Only thing better than sleeping? Waking up to a spectacular view. The Val du Charron Olive and Wine Estate is less than an hours drive from Cape Town, and is hidden 10 kilometers from a small town called Wellington. This town – no bigger than other well-known South African historical towns like King Williams Town…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Majeka House
Let us veer a little away from the ocean side with my next travel escapade, and into the lush green landscape of Western Cape’s more mountain-side luxury escapes. Conveniently situated along the Cape Wine Route (and under an hours drive from Cape Town), the gorgeous and eclectic, owner-managed Majeka House, is a luxurious pocket of paradise – whether…
Travel South Africa: Escape to the White House Beach Villa
It is 2017 people! Forgo the sticky, heated hustle-and-bustle of city life, and all those predictable travel destinations, for something different (read: amazing). Retreat from the post-festive season sadness and genuine January/February funk, by escaping to a luxurious South African beach destination in Yzerfontein, called The White House Beach Villa. The white shingle-clad, three-storey abode on the…