Is glamping a “thing”?

March 29, 2019April 1, 2019 David Batzofin africa, big 5, big five, buffalo, camping, elephant, glamping, leopard, rhino, Safari, Safari Plains Tented, sunrise, sunset, tent

Once upon a time dear reader, wagon trains crossed our land and the sounds of lowing oxen and the cracking of whips echoed across the vast open plains. When the shouts of the pioneers as they stopped to set up camp and erect their tents for the night broke the silence of the darkness as it quickly spread from horizon to horizon.

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Bush therapy

January 25, 2019April 9, 2019 Richard Brown big five, bush, bush therapy, bushveld, Chacma Bush Camp, chalets, elephants, fish eagle, game drive, game lodge, Kruger national park, lions, Maseke Game Reserve, Olifants River, Safari, Sun Destinations, waterhole, wild animals

The birds are barely awake. But we are, and so is the five-ton colossus cheerfully masticating on mopane not four metres from our vehicle. This is a silence that takes some getting used to.