He sounded like a Harley Davidson motorcycle starting up. A low, menacing rumble that chills the blood in your veins. Rakele did not like the boma.  Too many human smells; [...]

One leopard that we can guarantee a sighting of on Kaingo, is the Leopard orchid. This plant, the largest epiphyte in Southern Africa, loves growing on tree branches high above [...]

We take a lot for granted. Food, a roof over our heads, relaxation… Kaingo’s Elephant lodge staff are a hard-working bunch. Keeping the lodge in a tip-top shape, always, takes [...]

I am launching an attempt at writing something sensible about a Verreaux's Eagle. None of the normal, though impressive, weight and wing length statistics. I need a new angle. A [...]

I looked up from the driver's seat. It was pink. Not the pink that you would expect in the wilds of Africa. Bright, neon, lycra pink. The wearer, a young [...]

We drive to Hotspot. Broken terrain. Monkey thorn trees line the path. We encounter the first obstacle. Monkey thorn. About 60 years old. Split about one-and-a-half meters above the root. [...]

Velvety smooth panna cotta infused with fragrant Vanilla and Rooibos tea topped with tangy granadilla pulp. Ingredients 250ml cream 300ml full cream milk ¼ cup sugar 6 bags rooibos tea 10ml [...]

Mud, mud glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood So follow me follow down to the hollow And let us there wallow in glorious mud… [...]

I sometimes wonder about art. How we define the word, how we use art, how it defines us. Our modern society has a love affair with art bordering on the [...]