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Recent Posts

Do You Ride? – A Horse Safari in Kenya
The Art of Embracing Life – and the Sea
Grin, Bear and Other Mountain Creatures – Ziplining in Africa
The Land of Mountainous Mountains
The Little Engine That Couldn’t
The Infinite Intrigue of Bushman Rock Art
A Safari Morning

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Christmas, leaf me alone.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Everything is happier on a mountain. Fact.

Before the village wakes. When you can hear what the streets and mountains are trying to say. When your own voice finds its way. (Also, elephant.)

Mo, Chan and a Man named David Kramer.

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon I say: Dela! Dela! Ngiyadela! (Content, content I am content) When I am with you. #friendsofjohnnyclegg #ellermansessions

It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world. #friendsofjohnnyclegg #ellermansessions

Hello, handsome. #relaischateauxafrica #relaischateaux #southafrica

"Knowing who we are And our place in the stars And now we Are never really apart From the whole of it all Our daybreak storm And our indigenous heart So paint the earth, paint the earth on me Paint the earth, paint the earth on me." #nickmulvey

G Y P S I E S. #botswanalove #greatplainsconservation #relaischateauxafrica #relaischateaux

Try a little tenderness. #botswanalove #greatplainsconservation #relaischateauxafrica #relaischateaux

When Harry Met Sally. #botswanalove #greatplainsconservation #relaischateauxafrica #relaischateaux

Next time, we jump. Ya dig? #joburgtojabulani

Of course there are different kinds of travellers, different ways to travel; there are ways that are easier than others, less demanding, safer, easier to come back from. But the explorers I grew up reading about, the photojournalists on a mission, they make it clear: in the heart of Africa, the only option is to go as far as possible, to witness it all, to become part of the sunrise and set, to breathe as the leopard breathes, march as the elephant marches, and to record it all, in every way. Every second. Letting sleep come when limbs succumb, like a baby impala learning to walk stumbles to the ground. There are other ways to travel, there are times when a hammock between the palms or a towel on the beach is the only genuine way to experience the spirit of place. But in Africa's heart, we are the propellers and the wonky wooden bridge, the mopane roots and the bones drying out on the open plains. We ride, fly, swim, sink, float, drive, crawl. We are the creatures of the day and night. We are the hands that cook and the food that is cooked, the years that came before and the ones that will follow. That's a lot for one head to hold. But luckily the heart, with its proverbial and ephemeral nature, has no limits. It is much more pliable, able to stretch, aching to stretch. With the right pressure.

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