Ship of the Desert?
The Raft restaurant on the shore of Walvis Bay lagoon, in Namibia, is a welcome break from thousands of miles of sand! In Namibia you either have a surfeit of sand, or sea – there’s not much else. That’s not to say it isn’t one of the most fascinating countries we’ve ever visited, because it is. From the massive Fish River Canyon in the south to the tribal lands of Damaraland in the north; the huge dunes of Sossusvlei and parched pans...
Five quirky, quaint, quality, luxury hotels, worldwide
If you eschew glitz for the sake of it and seek instead something with real character, then take a look at our top five choices of accommodation in five different countries To avoid favouritism and so that we don’t have to make a choice, we’ve listed these wonderful places alphabetically Al Maha, Dubai ‘Based on a Bedouin tent’ is a statement as far from reality as saying the Orient Express is based on a freight...
Wild about Cheetah, Tiger, Elephant, Leopard, Lion, Wild dog…
Specialist Safaris – searching for that special species that has eluded you, or fascinated you, for as long as you’ve been travelling? As much as you, we’re wild about wildlife and there’s usually a species that thrills you more than most – that you’d literally go to the ends of the earth for, just to spend some quality time in their presence. Let us help plan your next wildlife experience. Either...
Dreamy beds – our top 10
Our ‘alpha-bed-ical’ list of the top ten places to lie for. So that you’re not sleeping with the envy, make sure you check out our top ten ‘come to bed’ beds that have invited us from around the world. We’ve evaluated our current favourites using a simple checklist that each had to meet before it laid us out. To be a dreamy bed with sufficient ‘jump in, chill out’ value it had to be – sumptuous (big enough to swallow...
Namibia – Ultimate Fly-in and private guided Safari
7 Day Private Daily Departure Safari 2017 Windhoek – Sossusvlei – Damaraland – Etosha National Park – Okonjima – Windhoek Namibia is a vast country, even by African standards, covering an area approximately four times the size of the United Kingdom or twice the size of California, but with a population of a mere 2 million – the second lowest density in the world – giving an amazingly ‘soulful’...
