three great places - Seychelles
Seychelles food incorporates French, Chinese, Indian, and African influences, with seafood dishes featuring prominently on menus. For a touch of local colour these restaurants in or near the capital, Victoria, are worth visiting while sightseeing or shopping.
Tripping The Light Fantastic
The Overberg’s wonderful, luminous light, reflected from the hauntingly beautiful Cape Fold Mountains of the Cape, is much lauded by international film directors and as much loved by the tourists who flock here annually to appreciate the area’s natural beauty and plentiful attractions.
Uganda’s endangered Mountain Gorillas
It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed when first entering the rainforest. This secretive, primeval world, with its dark, brooding vegetation wreathed in tendrils of mist, is alive with incessant insect chatter and shrill birdsong.
24 hours Ngorongoro
The Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania was created three million years ago when a giant volcano exploded, leaving behind a 600m-deep hole. This natural caldera is now home to a spectacular array of African wildlife, where it’s possible to spot the ‘big five’ during a single game drive.
Breezes Beach Club and Spa
It’s impossible to be blasé about the blindingly white expanse of beach at Bwejuu: it is glorious!
well read - Open Book Festival 2011
Book-lovers head to Cape Town this month for the Open Book Festival, held September 21-25, for five days of events and discussions on all things literature.
Seychelles - Creole Cuisine
Creole cuisine fuses the subtlety of French cuisine with India’s exotic spices, and the piquant flavours of the Orient.
Sailing the Seychelles
Somewhere beneath the tranquil surface of the remote archipelago that is the Seychelles lies a fortune in gold and precious stones.
