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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...
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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...
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The night before …

We gather at the Rhino Post Safari Lodge bar for pre-dinner drinks and snacks, full of enthusiastic stories about our...
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Slowing Down Time

The food is so good here at Thonga Beach Lodge, that paradoxically, you need a strategy to avoid wolfing everything...
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Coastal Thrill

A bit like a thriller movie where you know everything’s going to turn out all right, you still get caught...
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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...
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A Whole New World

I am more of a ‘strandloper’ (beachwalker) than water sports kind of girl. But I joined in the snorkelling at...
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Feeding growing bodies and minds

The local school, Mabibi Primary, is near and dear to all at Thonga Beach Lodge. The lodge provides R 1 500...
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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...
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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...
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