The Michelin Guide has spoken — and Londolozi has joined a rarified circle. In the inaugural list of global lodges recognised for excellence in hospitality, Londolozi has earned Three Michelin Keys, the highest possible rating. For those unfamiliar, the new system is Michelin’s way of recognising the world’s most extraordinary places to stay — where…
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There’s a point somewhere between Upington and eternity where the Kalahari opens up and you start to feel very small. That’s usually the moment you realise you’re getting close to Tswalu. South Africa’s largest privately protected reserve has never really played by anyone else’s rules. While other lodges might measure their worth in thread count…
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Most luxury lodges lean on hushed tones and reverence for the wilderness. Ulusaba, Richard Branson’s private slice of the Sabi Sand, does all that — but it also has a twinkle in its eye. It’s safari, yes, but safari that knows how to have a little fun. The property is split between three lodges: Rock…
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If Singita Sabora feels like theatre, Busanga Plains is closer to unscripted documentary — no retakes, no stage lighting, just the raw pulse of the African wilderness. Deep in Zambia’s Kafue National Park, the camp sits in the middle of a seasonally flooded grassland so vast it makes the horizon feel like a rumour. For…
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Some lodges announce themselves before you’ve even unzipped your bag. Brass fittings, oversized chandeliers, the kind of bath you could launch a canoe in. Mara Nyika is not one of those lodges. Perched lightly among the flat-topped acacias of the Naboisho Conservancy, Nyika doesn’t so much dominate the landscape as blend into it, like a…
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Some places you check into. Others, you quite literally arrive. Singita Sabora is firmly in the latter camp. It doesn’t just sit in the Serengeti; it unfurls across it, like a lavish set design waiting for the curtain to rise. Set in the private Grumeti Reserve, Sabora has all the cinematic grandeur you’d expect from…
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Chichele Presidential Lodge holds THE prime vantage point in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, with 360 degree views, and is in a stunning and varied wildlife location with rivers, streams, floodplains and forests at its feet. This historic retreat was originally built as a holiday home for Zambia’s founding President, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, but is…
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What is true luxury? Is it your thread count? Your wifi speed? The number of ice cubes in your Gin and Tonic? Or could it quite simply be that there are no other humans within kilometres of you, and the landscape around you feels so remote that you may as well be on the moon. That…
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The difference between the greatest wildlife photographers and those just getting started isn’t actually that much, when it comes to actual time taken to snap a shot. In terms of the number of seconds between spotting an opportunity, lifting one’s eye to the viewfinder, dialling in your settings an pushing the shutter button, the complete…
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We love the word “Synergy” at Iconic Africa; the combination of things being greater than the sum of their parts. This is essentially what took place at the event we recently hosted at Kruger Untamed Tshokwane River Camp, where over R1 000 000 was raised for the Tracker Academy. Over 60 friends and business associates…
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The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of Africa’s most iconic and unique wildlife havens. This extinct volcano crater in Tanzania boasts an incredible profusion of wildlife, with its ancient volcanic soils providing the nourishment that brings in the herbivores, which in turn attract the predators like lions, leopards and hyenas. Some of the most densely-packed…
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To have the freedom to explore South Africa’s most iconic national park, outside of normal operating hours and on foot if walking safaris are your thing, is a luxury almost without price. Kruger Untamed is about more than just a safari – it’s a profound reconnection with the wild. In their camps, nature is not…
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Antarctica cannot help but to have a powerful effect on you. It is not just the beauty or unimaginably large landscapes; it is the reconnection to nature in its rawest form. The land of Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton is now accessible to those who want to tread in their footsteps without risking their actual toes…
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The old adage of “The best camera to have is the one you have with you” will always stand true on safari, and the same can be said for lenses. Most scenes and/or sightings can be reimagined to make your lens work for you, from an 8mm fish-eye to an 800mm zoom. Ok that might…
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It came as no surprise to us that the readers of Condé Naste Traveller voted for Cape Town as the Best City for Food in the World. We have long felt confident that the culinary offerings from this most magnificent of destinations right down near Africa’s southern end would measure up to anywhere else on…
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