DumaTau is part of Wilderness Safaris operation “please don’t let Singita destroy our entire business, please”. Most properties announce a major refurbishment, then close for a lick of paint, reopen and claim it’s a reimagining of travel, luxury, life, family and god. That your stay will be like a religious […]
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North Island leaving Wilderness Safaris….to join Marriot
Here’s some words I never even thought about, let alone that I’d have to write them. Yes, North Island, a property charging nearly £7,000/n for a standard room, has decided to leave its original founders and management company, to move over to Marriot. If that sounds as incongruous as Apple […]
Review: Bisate Lodge, Rwanda
Bisate Lodge, Rwanda Room type: Villa Duration: 24th > 27th October, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Were there a sudden spout of news reports confirming aliens had landed in Uganda, offering all the secrets to the universe, unlimited youth and free scratch cards, I would still be completely unimpressed. I would […]
Review: Abu Camp, Botswana
Abu Camp, Botswana Room type: Tented Room Duration: 13th > 15th February, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Getting there What was by now already routine became muscle memory: get to an airstrip, get on a plane just about big enough for a 5-a-side football team, land, get collected by our guide, […]
Review: Little Mombo, Botswana
Little Mombo, Botswana Room type: Tented Room Duration: 15th > 17th February, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Even though this concludes our Botswana Adventure, I have chosen to write about it first. This is because after Kings Pool, Vumbura Plains and even Abu, I was starting to form an opinion of […]
Review: North Island, Seychelles
North Island, Seychelles Room type: Presidential Villa Duration: 5th > 8th February, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel In case you never read it, first of all: lucky you; secondly, my 2016 review can be found over here. So, alas, after being undecided last time regarding whether to return to North Island, I […]
Review: North Island, Seychelles
I can remember the moment vividly. “Look at this hotel”, she said, pointing at some glossy magazine handed out by one of the air hostesses. There I was, cruising at 35,000ft, witnessing a metaphorical explosion; there, in all its glory, was North Island. Once again Kate Middleton was ruining my […]