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New Prince Albert Cookery School opens
Prince Albert is on the gourmet map thanks to African Relish, a sparkling new culinary school offering cooking getaways at the gateway to the Great Karoo – and another good reason why you should visit PA. Previously of Franschhoek’s Grand Provence and Le Quartier Francais, and fu.shi restaurant in Plettenberg Bay, chef Vanie Padayachee (and…
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Exploring the World's Longest Golf Course in the Outback
It was conceived over “couple of beers” and no doubt a bottle of overproof Bundaberg rum – as you would expect in the outback of the worlds driest continent. The Nullarbor Links has opened in the Australian outback and a golf buggy won’t cut it on this course’s fairways, which span much of the dry…
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Selinda Canoe Trail in National Geographic top 25 Adventures
Selinda Canoe Trail (see post on the trail, which we tested this year) has been included in the National Geographic Adventure 25 Best New Trips for 2010.
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A Remarkable Adventure connecting two swamps in Botswana
We went ‘testing’ a new canoe route on the Selinda Reserve, with an old fingerless mate Dorian Hoy, in between the Okavango and Linyanti swamps in May. Anyone who wants to witness an extraordinary natural phenomenon must do this trip. The annual flood of the Okavango Swamps has come early and for the first time in…
