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Shared Humanity
Here I sit, under an open, starry African sky, around a large fire, knowing that I am fully alive. Before...
The morning after …
At exactly 5.30am we get our wake-up call from Joey, our dedicated guide. The suite is so beautiful with the...
Slowing Down Time
The food is so good here at Thonga Beach Lodge, that paradoxically, you need a strategy to avoid wolfing everything...
Coastal Thrill
A bit like a thriller movie where you know everything’s going to turn out all right, you still get caught...
Of mice and men
Our experienced and passionate guide, Mike Nel, of Zululand Tours, opens his story of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift with...
A Whole New World
I am more of a ‘strandloper’ (beachwalker) than water sports kind of girl. But I joined in the snorkelling at...
Feeding growing bodies and minds
The local school, Mabibi Primary, is near and dear to all at Thonga Beach Lodge. The lodge provides R 1Â 500...
World Rhino Day – Protective Instincts
With a growing environmental conscience, nothing touches me quite the way a stay in the Kruger National Park does. With...
A privilege of which I will never tire
There is something other-worldly about driving in through the gates of the Kruger National Park. Pre-historic looking giraffe glide past...