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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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