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Unspoilt Places
There are very few truly unspoilt places left in the world, and I feel it keenly as a great privilege when I turn off onto the sandy 4X4 track to Kosi Forest Lodge. This is simple, original land, if there can be such a thing. People carry firewood on their heads and stop to look…
Read MoreHoneymoon at Home
Specialists in all things romantic, Runaway Romance has selected Rhino Post Safari Lodge as one of the most romantic destinations for a honeymoon in South Africa. This is what they had to say about honeymooning at Rhino Post Safari Lodge in the heart of the Kruger National Park: Rhino Post Safari Lodge. At these…
Read MoreNinjas of the Deep
The extraordinary sea turtles that have returned from the brink of extinction:  Africa Geographic posted this beautiful article about the turtles of Isimangaliso, written by regular Thonga Beach Lodge guest and consulting advisor Dr Geroge Hughes. Read his article by clicking on this link: http://magazine.africageographic.com/weekly/issue-47/sea-turtles-isimangaliso-loggerhead-leatherback-ninja-turtles-world-turtle-day/ .
Read MoreSounds of Summer
Sofia Pederson says that to her the sound of the Woodland Kingfisher is the perfect sound of summer in Africa. Heralding from Denmark, Sofia declares that after falling in love with the African bush, she could never live in a city again. Especially grateful to be working at Rhino Post Safari Lodge, Sofia has seen…
Read MoreThonga Beach Lodge enters the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame!
Congratulations to Thonga Beach Lodge! FIVE-TIME WINNER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE On behalf of all of us at TripAdvisor, I’m very pleased to welcome Thonga Beach Lodge to the Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. This unique accolade is granted only to those businesses that have won the Certificate of Excellence for five…
Read MoreThonga Skies
Some people have too much talent … here are some photographs of Thonga Beach taken by our super-creative Executive Head Chef Carl Moller.
Read MoreWhere your water comes from …
Isibindi Africa Lodges are loyal supporters of the WWF who sent us this update of activities happening in KwaZulu-Natal… Following the Journey of Water campaign and walk in November 2013, this successful campaign that connects urban water users to their water source areas makes a return this month. This week we’re taking a group of…
Read MoreIdyllic Childhood Holiday
We watch a delighted child of about 9 carry a plate full of chocolate cake from the afternoon tea table. Mutters my cynical travel companion: “Any child who starts out life with an experience like this has only one direction to go from here.” Certainly life doesn’t get better than this for the little people,…
Read MoreBattlefields by Bike
How cools is this? You can ride through the chilling battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal by bike! This historic tour is being promoted by the inimitably green Love to Stay, which promotes eco-friendly accommodation in South Africa: Enjoy a weekend of trail riding in the historical Anglo Zulu Battlefields, staying in the beautiful iSibindi Zulu Lodge. Battlefields…
Read More21 Interesting Facts About Elephants
One might argue that you have not lived a complete life until you have seen an elephant in the wilds of Africa. It is a moment you will never forget. Enjoy this privilege from Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve  or Rhino Post Safari Lodge and Rhino Walking Safaris in the Kruger National…
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