The Travel Butlers Blog
For guests staying at either Vumbura Plains, Little Vumbura or Duba Plains, they can now enjoy and take part in a village tour from the camps. The tour involves travelling by helicopter on a 15 minute scenic flight each way to the local village of Gunotsoga, which is a small community village with a population […] Read More
Families who want to enjoy a family safari with their children can now book a tailormade safari adventure at Phinda. Both educational and fun-filled, this safari includes a private safari vehicle, as well as a dedicated ranger specialised in guiding trips with children. The ranger will spend time with the family on arrival, helping them […] Read More
Azura is Mozambique’s first luxury ‘eco’ boutique retreat. Built entirely by hand by the local community and operated in partnership with them, it has just 14 villas, each with their own infinity pool and designed for both pampering and barefoot escapism. There is also a spa, with 2 double treatment rooms located right on the […] Read More
Guests who choose to stay at Little Kulala, Kulala Desert Lodge and Kulala Wilderness Camp can now enjoy something completely different as an added activity – a camel ride ! 3 rides are currently offered – a 10 minute ‘hop on / hop off’ ride literally for those people who want to say ‘been there […] Read More
For the epitome in luxury travel, why not consider taking a classic train journey across South Africa’s beautiful countryside as part of your holiday plans. For a limited period only (ie selected dates in September), we are offering a 7 night package that includes 2 nights at the St James in False Bay, followed by […] Read More
We have just listed this great property on our database / website : Jewel on 32 – situated in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. The 6 beautiful guest rooms all have a “gem theme” , and each has its own en-suite bathroom, desk and chair and appropriately-coloured décor options. Each room comes standard with a […] Read More
Hornbills, when mating, will find a tree with an empty hole, and having successfully mated, the male hornbill leaves, but the female remains and waits to lay the eggs. During this process, however, she loses all her feathers – I would also stay in a hole if this happened to me, I must admit. The […] Read More
Number 3 in the folklore series … hope you are enjoying them ! Why the Rhino is Bad-Tempered In the Beginning, the Giraffe had a normal neck, and looked a bit like a large Antelope. One year, there was a terrible drought. All the waterholes dried up, and all the grass became very parched and […] Read More
Samara Private Game Reserve encompasses 29,000 hectares of malaria-free spectacular Karoo wilderness. The reserve offers a tremendous game experience for those hoping to see cheetah (there is an excellent wild cheetah breeding programme in operation here), mountain zebra, the once-endangered white rhino, big herds of plains game such as kudu, eland, black wildebeest and beautiful […] Read More
Stay for 4 nights, only pay for 3 at Mateya Safari Lodge, situated in the spectacular 76,000 hectare malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve. As well as elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, the Reserve is also home to wild dog, cheetah, plains game including gemsbok, springbok, zebra and giraffe, and over 340 species of birds. Experienced […] Read More
