Epic Cape Town Trip – Part 3
Ernie Els Estate and Lanzerac Hotel & Spa Our time in Cape Town flew by, but we had kept our most exciting excursion for the end – a trip out to the world famous Stellenbosch area. Something I hadn’t realised with Stellenbosch and Cape Town, was how close they actually are to one another. In […]
Epic Cape Town Trip – Part 2
V&A Waterfront & Parker Cottage Following on from “At Boulder Tintswalo” we had to do the “tourist thing” and visit the famous V&A Waterfront. What a vibe it has! We had a wonderful day out walking around the huge shopping malls and the harbours, with my favourite experience: getting to see the seals. I could […]
Epic Cape Town Trip – Part 1
Tintswalo at Boulders It seems I have fallen behind on my blogs about our life in the tourism industry. You would have thought with COVID life would be a little quieter, in actual fact the opposite is true! COVID has added to the work load, as a “normal” booking can now be changed 2-4 times […]
Nyamoumba River Camp
Following on from my last blog, this is a continuation of an agents’ educational trip taken at the beginning of September to Rukuru Bush Camp and then on to Nyamoumba River Camp, both on the Zambezi River. Nyamoumba is located at the beginning of the Kariba Gorge, only 27kms below the Kariba Dam Wall. You […]
Rukuru Bush Camp
The agents’ educational I was invited to at Fothergill was such a success that, a couple of weeks later, I was invited to another. This time there were just 6 agents and it was a combination educational to Rukuru Bush Camp and Nyamoumba River Camp. Both are located on the Zambezi River not far from […]
Agents Educational Weekend at Fothergill Island
At the end of August I was very privileged to be one of 10 agents invited to an “Educational” at the newly renovated Fothergill Island on Lake Kariba. This is when agents get to have a proper stay and look at the lodge, so they can fully acquaint themselves to its unique features in order […]
Ingwe Pan
Mana Pools is one of our best loved National Parks in Zimbabwe and as we are based in Kariba, we are lucky not to be too far away to sneak off for a long weekend when the chance arises. A couple of weeks ago we were invited to the recently opened Ingwe Pan, part of […]
A relaxing winter weekend at Kingfisher Lodges (Lambs Lair)
Winter in Kariba is probably one of the most mild and enjoyable places to be. The nights and early mornings are chilly, usually no more than a jacket is needed to keep warm and this is shed my mid-morning when the sunshine heat kicks in. We were lucky enough to be invited out to the […]
Camp Mana April 2021
Since our lock down in Zimbabwe has eased and COVID vaccines made available, Woody and I were keen to start getting out and about more. So the long Independence weekend in April was the perfect excuse to do so. We had been invited back to Camp Mana to see the new and improved camp set-up […]
Blog – March Road Trip to Sundowner Zambezi Lodge, Victoria Falls Safari Club and Gorge Swing with Wild Horizons
Due to the countrywide lock down in place since January, Woody and I had not done any travelling this year, but March brought about an ease in the restrictions so we took full advantage of it and went on a wonderful road trip to the Deka Drum area, then on to Victoria Falls, before tackling […]