It’s official: The Royal Livingstone Hotel by Anantara is one of the finest retreats in Africa. This summer, this five-star hotel was named in the ‘Three Best Resorts in Africa’ category of Travel & Leisure’s latest World’s Best Awards, voted for by the magazine’s...
Unfortunately for her, it started with my feet. Stella has been a spa therapist at Tortilis Camp, in a conservancy bordering Amboseli National Park, for 11 years and we met when she gave me a much-needed foot massage (amazing for me, less so for her). But as her hands...
We’ve all seen the shots of the splashing, thrashing action – and dreamed of being right there, as two million wildebeest attempt life-and-death river crossings to move between the Masai Mara and Serengeti national parks. The ‘Great Migration’ is bucket-list stuff,...
Elewana Elephant Pepper Camp might just be the perfect balance of creature comforts and going properly bush. Voted Kenya’s Leading Safari Tented Camp in the 2021 World Travel Awards, Elephant Pepper sits within the Mara North Conservancy, bordering the Maasai Mara...
From the plains below, you can barely see Elsa’s Kopje. Built in 1999, it was sculpted perfectly to fit around the rocks and grooves of Mughwango Hill; not a single native tree was felled. But while the lodge is almost invisible, its impact over the past 22 years has...
The Torres Base Trail, the most popular trek in Torres del Paine National Park, is being given a new lease of life, to secure this iconic hike for future generations. The jaw-dropping 18km out-and-back trail traverses rivers, climbs through plunging valleys, winds...
