It is always very exciting when you are booking an accommodation for the holidays. The pictures on the site looks stunning, the location is perfect and there is a great pool. But when you eventually arrived at the hostel it is not what you expected. So you found out that they haven’t painted the [...]
In our last blog about water shortage, we talked about day zero, this was the moment when the dam levels would be so low that they would turn off the taps in Cape Town and send everyone to communal water collection points. Both locals and the tourist had to take several precautions to save [...]
Have you ever wanted to see the Big 5, visit penguins, go on a wine tour and enjoy some skiing, all in one vacation? Here are 5 interesting facts you possibly do not know about South Africa... 1. The African Penguin at Boulders Beach At less than an hour [...]
This amazing video was caught in the Kruger national park recently. It shows a mother and her cub playing and relaxing on the side of the road. Have you ever seen something so adorable? These safari goers came across this adorable mom and cub while they [...]
In South Africa we commemorate Women through out the month of August as a tribute to the 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th August 1956. The march was in protest of the extension of Pass Laws to women that would prevent them from moving freely within South Africa. [...]
Africa has some of the most beautiful places on earth and the Okavango Delta is definitely at the top of the list. The Okavango Delta is an amazing place where you get to experience the African wilderness in a unique way. The sanctuary provides you access to beautiful lagoons, islands and smooth waterways. The [...]
Andrew Patterson is a man on a mission. His plan? To climb Table Mountain every day in 2018! That’s climbing 1085 meters every day for 365 days in a row. Some might ask if Andrew is a super fitness enthusiast or maybe a little bit crazy? Not at all. His mission [...]
Book 3 Nights and Get the 4th night Free at Ashanti Lodge Valid for all direct bookings between the 1st of May 2018 and the 30th of September 2018 at Ashanti Lodge Gardens and Ashanti Guest House. Check out the links below for more details. Ashanti [...]
We recently sent two of our staff on our new 3 day Kruger and Panorama Route classic safari. Needless to say they had an amazing time and couldn't stop talking about their trip. Below is a recap of their journey along with some special photos they managed to capture along the way. [...]
If you are residing in Africa or visiting from abroad, and are interested in safaris, then the Serengeti is the place to be. This Reserve has the largest concentration of all sorts of wildlife in the world. The area stretches from the north-west of Tanzania and into the south-western part of Kenya. The Serengeti [...]