By Amanda England As I changed trains at Gatwick I looked wistfully at the signs for the airport terminal. I was at the start of my journey to Birmingham International. I found however that it was remarkably easy to travel ...
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 ...
Yay! We have woken up to blue skies and sunshine just as we are heading into Cape Town. What a bonus in June. 50 minutes of Sat Nav Serena’s perfect directions and we are in the heart of the Waterfront ...
Serena Hotels was delighted to welcome back into the fold Mr Mugo Maringa, who took over the role of Serena’s Country Director Tanzania on 1 October 2015. Claire caught up with him at World Travel Market for a quick ...
Franschhoek – the beautiful, quaint, “must see” village in the heart of the Winelands. I have been here before on a couple of occasions, though never with enough time to wander the main street. This time I would have the ...
On my recent travels I spent some considerable time travelling through the Winelands to get a real feel for the style of the varying towns and villages that international tourists would visit. I have now visited Constantia and Stellenbosch and ...
Less than an hours’ drive from Nairobi city center is one of the scenic wonders of the world: the Great Rift Valley, a sight that never fails to take my breath away. As you approach the edge of the Escarpment ...
Jean Toucher is the Safari Manager at Ghost Mountain Inn in Mkuze, Zululand, who not only skippers the unforgettable boat cruises and tiger fishing trips on nearby Lake Jozini – but also takes guests out on a wide variety of ...
In my last blog I visited Glen Avon and experienced the ease of which you could explore Boulders Beach and Cape Point. From Boulders we travelled back along the coast road, around False Bay. Here the scenery was wild, rugged ...
We arrived into glorious sunshine - not bad for winter in Cape Town! Table Mountain was visible in all her glory and the Cape Town suburbs were looking lush.
It was a very easy and quick journey from the airport to Glen Avon Lodge - a mere 25 minutes and we were turning off of Strawberry Lane in Constantia and buzzing on the intercom to enter the courtyard at the lodge.