Finding Slow Luxury in the Klein Karoo
A visit to Aardvark Bioreserve has RICHARD HOLMES appreciating the stark beauty and isolation of…
Category Nature
Karoo Origins
On a Karoo hillside just north of Graaff-Reinet*, a chance discovery revealed a world 250…
Nourished by Nature
A stay at the new De Hoop Villa is an invitation to step into nature…
Guardians of the Ghost Cat
High on the granite slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain, above rows of vines that have…
Take a Hike
The Stellenbosch Hiking Club organises a large variety of day and weekend hikes in the…
Bringing the Veld Home
When it comes to indigenous gardening, few people have shaped South Africa’s understanding quite like…
Stellenbosch’s Snake Man
Humans are not the only ones to enjoy the return of warmer weather; snakes do…
Of Wildebeest and Wild Spaces
It’s often dubbed ‘the greatest show on earth’, and with good reason. Millions of wildebeest,…
The Giants Return to De Hoop
Each winter and spring, the De Hoop Nature region in the Overberg becomes one of…
To the End of the Earth
‘Experience of a lifetime’ is a phrase easily overused. For RICHARD HOLMES, a seven-day adventure…