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Quivertree Forest and Giant’s Playground, Namibia
By Roxanne ReidNot far from Keetmanshoop in southern Namibia is the Quivertree Forest. The sheer number of these aloe trees here makes them special. Nearby at Giant’s Playground, huge boulders form...
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15 Namibia campsites: a guide for camping in Namibia
By Roxanne ReidI love Namibia and I love camping, especially in quiet wilderness places without many people. I’ve written before about 5 campsites in Namibia: the southwest, but haven’t focused on...
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15 things to do in Clarens in the Free State
By Roxanne ReidThe eastern part of South Africa’s Free State province, lying along the Maluti mountains, is a place for all seasons. Enjoy afternoon thundershowers in summer and see it transformed...
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The truth about Katse Lodge in Lesotho
By Roxanne ReidDon’t you love it when something turns out better than you thought it would? Maybe our expectations of the Katse Lodge were just low, but it sure was a nice surprise. Twice. Read on to...
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Maliba Lodge, Lesotho – a romantic and honeymoon getaway
By Roxanne ReidLesotho is an inspiring destination full of soaring mountains and rushing waterfalls. I love it for its scenery and people, its fascinating history (think Moshoeshoe’s visionary...
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Why to visit Thaba Bosiu Cultural Village in Lesotho
By Roxanne ReidThaba Bosiu, 24km from Lesotho’s capital of Maseru, is a national monument for its historical significance as the birthplace of the Basotho people. At the foot of the mountain is a...
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Semonkong Lodge: how to fall in love with Lesotho
By Roxanne ReidLesotho, mountain kingdom awash in streams and waterfalls, place of Basotho ponies, blankets, donkeys and gumboots. Just as picturesque as Switzerland when it’s green in summer or...
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20 things to do in Wilderness on the Garden Route
By Roxanne ReidWilderness. Even the word speaks to my soul. Visit the village of Wilderness in South Africa and you’ll discover a world of rivers, lagoons, lakes, beaches, forests and mountains....
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Paternoster restaurants worth visiting
By Roxanne ReidYou’ve spent the day exploring the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve and lighthouse, walking on the beach at Paternoster and kayaking in the sea. Now your stomach is growling. Luckily,...
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Paternoster accommodation: Azzuro self-catering
By Roxanne ReidSea. Beach. Fresh air. This is the stuff of weekend getaways in the West Coast village of Paternoster, South Africa. To enjoy it to the full, you’ll be looking for Paternoster...
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Places to visit and things to do in Namibia : south and central
By Roxanne ReidI’ve been to Namibia more than 30 times and I still love it and want to go again. It’s so diverse, with deserts, rivers and floodplains, wildlife big and small, spectacular landscapes,...
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park: the ultimate guide
By Roxanne ReidThe sun casts a golden glow along the sandstone buttresses in the foothills of the Maluti mountains, giving rise to the name of the Free State’s only national park – Golden Gate...
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Safari honeymoon in Africa: romantic breaks for nature lovers
By Roxanne ReidIf you’re a safari lover (or even dying to embark on your first safari adventure) there’s no better time than your honeymoon. And there’s no need to rough it. Imagine candlelit dinners,...
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Best African countries to visit for epic things to do
By Roxanne ReidThink African travel and chances are the first word that pops into your mind is safari. Much as I love wildlife and safari, there’s so much more to Africa than that. This collaborative...
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Places to visit and things to do in Namibia: the north
By Roxanne ReidDeserts, rivers, wildlife, amazing landscapes. I’ve written elsewhere about the best places and things to do in south and central Namibia. In this companion piece about a country I’ve...
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Why to visit the Royal Hotel, Bethulie, Free State
By Roxanne ReidIt’s like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole to a wacky world where there’s no front door, walls are made of books, friendly ghosts walk the passages, and you’ll meet a character just as...
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West Coast National Park: the ultimate guide
By Roxanne ReidPlace of clear aquamarine waters and white sand beaches, wetlands, eland and zebra, flamingos and pelicans, whales and dolphins. In Spring, the area bursts into a splash of colour as...
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Best African safari holidays: 7 parks everyone should visit
By Roxanne ReidWhich are the best African safari holidays? If you’re mad about wildlife and safari, chances are that these 7 parks everyone should visit are on your wish list. They span 7 countries in...
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Why to visit Lord Milner Hotel and Matjiesfontein in the Karoo
By Roxanne ReidImagine the foresight it must take to see a bare patch of Karoo veld and dream up a fully fledged village and health spa in the middle of nowhere. This is what happened when Scottish...
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10 stories about trees in Africa
By Roxanne ReidThe stories of Africa’s trees are also tales of its people and animals, from Herman Charles Bosman’s withaak to Rudyard Kipling’s Limpopo fever tree. Think baobabs that are 6 000 years...
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