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Properties · 22 Apr 2026

A Quiet Return to Mukwa

Two nights in March on the lower Zambezi. The river was high, the elephants were back, and the new bar — somehow — is exactly the same.

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Destinations · 15 Apr 2026

When to Visit the Mara

The migration is one factor. The conservancies, the rains, and the Mara River itself are the others. A practical month-by-month guide.

Kenya · Maasai Mara · SJ4

Encounters · 8 Apr 2026

Walking with Renias Mhlongo

A morning on foot in the Sabi Sand with one of two master trackers in southern Africa. The lessons are not what you expect.

South Africa · Sabi Sand · SJ2

Conservation · 1 Apr 2026

Rhino Conservation Botswana — A Quarterly Update

Map Ives’s relocation programme has now established a viable rhino population in the Delta. Here is where the work stands today.

Botswana · Okavango · conservation

Golf · 25 Mar 2026

Fancourt Links After the Refurbishment

Six greens replaced, the eighth bunker rebuilt, the routing untouched. We played all 18 in early April. Here is the report.

South Africa · Garden Route · GS1

Food & Wine · 18 Mar 2026

Wolfgat — A Year On

Kobus van der Merwe’s twenty-seat restaurant on the West Coast of South Africa has changed how we think about the country’s cuisine. A year-long observation.

South Africa · Cape Coast · GS1

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