The Farmstead, Thornybush Private Game Reserve Room type: Luxury Farm Suite Duration: 9th > 11th September, 2019 After 3 months of being married, my wife sent me packing…on a luxury safari. Whilst she was meeting new suppliers in Marrakech, at one of the worlds largest luxury travel shows, I felt […]
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Review: Pikaia Lodge, Galapagos
Pikaia Lodge, Galapagos Room type: Balcony Room Duration: 18th > 22nd December, 2018 Pikaia Lodge is a wonderful property. What a shame it had to be in the Galapagos – the most boring place in the world. A place built on the discovery of science, and sold as tourism. Give it […]
A guide to gorilla trekking in Rwanda
So you’ve just spent $1500 to spend an hour with adolescents. Maybe some even as young as 3 weeks old. Perhaps an adult or two will be present. Under normal circumstances you would be arrested, but these are irregular times we live in. As with all encounters where you pay […]
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: Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Vancouver
Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Vancouver Room type: Waterfront Ensuite Tent Duration: 16th > 19th August, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Every year I take it upon myself to hype somewhere up to a point that mathematicians everywhere collectively groan at having to once again create a new scale. The Hype Scale has officially […]
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 […]
Short Review: Singita Sweni, Kruger National Park
Singita Sweni, Kruger National Park Room type: Pool Suite Duration: 10th > 11th September, 2017 Booked with: Dorsia Travel If you just happen to land here and didn’t bother reading my review Singita Lebombo, you may wonder several things: why is it so short; why did you decide to go to an African […]
Review: Singita Lebombo, Kruger National Park
Singita Lebombo, Kruger National Park Room type: Suite Duration: 7th > 10th September, 2017 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Pre-sales Such in awe at the wildlife, the Singita reservations team were entranced and completely unable to respond to our enquiries. After further chasing, one of the directors got involved to apologise and takeover the […]