The best family safari in the Waterberg

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Horse-riding safaris Sarah, my wife, is allergic to horses, so she did not join us in the horse riding, yet our days merged into a collective experience of great fun, discovery and relaxation. In an age where there is a constant demand for everything modern and connected, Ant and his team understand the true equestrian […]

Sailing from Saint Helena Island to Recife, Brazil

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For the final leg of my part in the yacht Quazami with James and the Downes family, sailing from Saint Helena Island to cross the Atlantic, we considered the islands of Fernando de Noronha and the city of Salvador. Fernando de Noronha was the most direct stop-over for the route to the Caribbean but it […]

Sailing to Saint Helena Island

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If you thought it was hard to get to Saint Helena Island when Napoleon was here, brace yourselves. For yachtsman they will ONLY give you a Covid-19 test on Thursday, unless you fail the test after 10 days at sea then they are prepared to test you on a Saturday and Sunday. For a community […]

Sailing from Simonstown to Saint Helena Island on Quazami

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Yacht – 2006 Knysna Lagoon 44 With a business focusing on the tourism industry, the infamous pandemic took its toll on WildWeb. Haemorrhaging savings and finally running low on liquidity, Sarah and I took the hard decision to sell our beloved Umdloti apartment. We called Anthony, an estate agent focusing in the Umdloti area. He […]

British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour South Africa 2021

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For my first British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour, “Coming down the hill we could just see red and approaching the stadium we started to hear the singing.  I’d never heard anything like it at Kings Park before – it made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.” Not my or another […]