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South Africa
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Guides
How many nights do you really need on safari?
Four nights in one private reserve is our usual answer for a first safari. Here is why, and why a night in Johannesburg on the way in makes them count.
Guides
Walking safari: why you see Africa differently on foot
You cover less ground on foot, and somehow you see much more.
Guides
Planning your first safari? Start with the people who can hear the hyenas
What we would tell you about your first safari if you sat down at our kitchen table. There is usually gin.
Stories
18 On The Hill review: a luxury tented safari in the Greater Kruger
Read our 18 On The Hill review, a luxury tented safari lodge in Greater Kruger, with excellent food, beautiful scenery and memorable wildlife.
Stories
Royal Malewane reopens: what we remember, and what the fact sheet confirms
The original Royal Portfolio property is back after months behind scaffolding. We haven't seen it yet. Here is what we know anyway.
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
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.
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
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.
