{"id":11205,"date":"2019-07-22T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T08:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isibindi.co.za\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2023-04-03T07:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:45:12","slug":"for-the-love-of-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isibindifoundation.org\/2019\/07\/22\/for-the-love-of-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"For the love of rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tsowa\nSafari Island Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nthe love of rivers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrett has always been a river guy\u201d says his wife, Paige\nGehren of Isibindi Africa Lodges. This much loved couple are enthusiastically\ndeveloping the new Tsowa Safari Island Lodge, set right in the middle of the\nZambezi River. \u201cBy the age of 15 Brett had rafted every river in KwaZulu-Natal,\nSouth Africa\u201d explains Paige. He soon fell in love with the rapids and rafting\nthe Zambezi River and for his 21st<\/sup> birthday he asked for a rafting\ntrip down this river with his friends. They kayaked all the way down to the\nVictoria Falls. Little did he dream of such possibilities at the time, but on\nthat very trip he camped right across from Tsowa Island, in which he and Paige\nare investing all their experience and passion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The much-loved Brett and Paige Gehren on safari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brett and Paige were contacted by someone from the Painted\nDog Foundation, a wild dog conservation initiative, to say that this island had\nbecome available for low impact lodge development. Brett and Paige viewed the\nisland on Google Earth and were concerned about the lack of trees. Now they\nlaugh at themselves, because what they were seeing was in fact one huge canopy\nof trees, including ancient Baobabs, the lovely shady Jackalberry Tree so\nfamous to this area and enormous Mahogany Trees. Paige loves the bright green\nnatural springs one comes across on the island, with their cool, clean water.\nBut what makes the setting and lodge so unique, she explains, is the river. \u201cI\nlove the way the river connects everything\u201d she says, \u201cIt plays such a pivotal\nrole in the wildlife of the area. When you are sitting on the island, it is\njust so beautiful, and you can\u2019t quite believe the mass of water flowing past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The magnificent riverfront setting of Tsowa Safari Island Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paige explains that they are excited to be going back to\nthe concept of luxurious tenting or \u2018glamping\u2019. \u201cYou are only really in the\nbush when you are in the tent \u2013 to lie in bed at night to the sound of lions\nroaring or hippo grunting. Every morning I have woken up on the island I have\nheard Ground Hornbill calling. There is a breeding pair of Pel\u2019s Fishing Owl on\nthe island. And just the other day at one of the fresh water springs we came\nacross a big herd of buffalo. There is a massive crocodile on the other side of\nthe river which we have named Bombay Gin because we were drinking a lot of gin\nat the time. Maybe you shouldn\u2019t put that in the blog!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple is well known for their commitment to community\ndevelopment and Paige says \u201cZimbabwe has been through such a difficult time,\nand it is great to be able to be here at this time of its improvement and to feel\nthat you allowed to be a part of this in a small way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elephants love water as much as us and may often be seen playing, drinking and bathing at the river edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can feel Brett and Paige\u2019s positive energy and love of Africa in all their lodges. And their enthusiasm about this new lodge Tsowa, seems to be bringing together their love of rivers and safari experiences and natural luxury lodges in a way that is destined to create something unique and very special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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