One of my favourite things to do is walking in the countryside with our Jack Russell, Molly.  Not just the daily walks around our village, but those that we do over the weekend, when we go a little further afield ...

An article in the inflight magazine spoke of the decline in the number of lions in Africa, a reduction of over 40% in the last 20 years alone.   In the 1940’s lion numbers were estimated at about 450,000 – todays ...

It had been a few years since my last visit to Northern Tanzania, an area on many people’s bucket list, and an area with names that evoke all sorts of emotions. My memories of my first visit to Tanzania, about 20 years ago, are still with me – particularly the cheetah sighting in the tall grass of the Serengeti, when the cubs got told off by their Mum, because she lost the Tommy she had just caught for their dinner, as they were otherwise occupied with some rough and tumble.

For those of you who are keeping up with our in-depth family holiday around KZN in South Africa, then welcome to the next instalment! The next stage of our itinerary was, in my mind, the one that I was a ...

From The Midlands you can view the Drakensburg Mountains in the distance.  They were snow-capped this time of year (August), but we were reliably informed that actually the weather should be warmer in the mountains than down in the farming ...

Now what can be more off putting than getting off of a longhaul flight and then telling two tired, but excited children that they now have a 4 – 5 hour car journey ahead!  Don’t do it, come up with ...

Booking a family holiday is always fraught with challenges.  We want to create great memories and have some amazing experiences but equally some chill out time.  We want good weather, but for it not to be so hot that the ...

Maputo is an African city largely overlooked in more recent years by the British leisure traveller.  A former playground for the rich and famous, the civil war took its toll and it fell out of fashion.  That attitude however should, ...

Feeling rested and ready for a bit of activity, we met for breakfast before being shown around the rest of Machangulo Beach Lodge by Christiaan, our incredibly passionate and enthusiastic host.  This show round enabled us to fully appreciate and ...

A short and very easy flight from Cape Town and we land at Port Elizabeth. We head back to Avis to pick up our next Toyota Corolla and to hear the sweet tones of Serena guiding us on our three ...