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More from the journal
Guides
Sandringham Private Game Reserve: should you go early, or wait?
Greater Kruger's newest reserve opens in August 2026. Our honest take on who should book Sandringham early, and who should give it a few seasons.
Stories
How do you want to feel when you get home?
Why we plan safaris around how you want to feel when you get home, not around a pin on the map.
Guides
South Africa's online traveller declaration: what it means for your safari (and what it doesn't)
A five-minute customs form now stands between you and the arrivals hall. Here's what it is, who needs it, and what nothing to declare actually means for a normal safari guest.
Stories
Safari After Dark
Night drives reveal a different Africa. Quieter, older, more deliberate. Here's what we love about the bush after the sun goes down.
Safari Planning
How we tailor every Marula Hill safari
We don't start with destinations. We start with you: your pace, your family, your idea of a good day in the bush.
Stories
When space teaches: what Saseka's refresh tells us about gathering in the bush
What a thoughtful safari lodge refresh tells us about gathering in the bush.
Stories
Inside FedAir's new Baobab lounge at Hoedspruit
The new Baobab lounge at Hoedspruit airport changes how a safari begins. Vikki Jackson on the room that holds you before the bush does.
Guides
How safari pricing works: where the money goes
From the people who build the quotes. Where every part of the money lands, what a cheaper quote usually leaves out, and how to spend it well.
Stories
Monwana, and what coming home actually means
By Vikki Jackson and Sian Loehrer. A week at the Thornybush lodge that has built its whole identity around the word home, and what we found when we tested it against the room, the drives, the afternoons and the bill.
Stories
The Mozambique dhow: a slow boat at the end of a fast trip
Why we put a dhow afternoon into almost every Mozambique trip. Sail, salt water and the long breath out after safari.
Stories
Why we built the Antarctica page
A short note from Sian on why an African safari business added Antarctica to its destination map, and how we handle a trip neither founder has yet made.
Stories
Lion Sands Ivory Lodge. What their redesign gets right
I visited Lion Sands Ivory Lodge in the Sabi Sand. The redesigned spaces are quiet, bold, and rare. Here is what they got right.
