Luxury travel tales with a twist of adventure
South Africa
Wine tasting in Stellenbosch: Our fun Wine Flies tour
Our educational and fun Wine Flies Tour from Cape Town took us to five Stellenbosch wineries, including Annandale for bold, luscious, old-world reds.
You want swank? These villa resorts with private pools are tops
As travel writers, we’re often asked: What’s the best hotel you’ve stayed in? These swanky villa resorts with private pools top our list.
Design City: Revitalized Cape Town travel guide
Cape Town: You topped the New York Times 2014 list of best places to go (you’re the World Design Capital 2014). Lots of new things to visit!
Old-fashioned opulence on the Blue Train
The luxury Blue Train in South Africa caught our eye. Sip champagne? Nosh on oysters? Watch the Karoo landscape roll by? Sign us up.
5 of the world’s richest poker destinations
Check your hand, bet, bluff and win (or lose) big. Oh, and travel to great poker destinations. Here are five of the world’s most obscure (and richest) poker-playing destinations.
Ode to wild African animals in photos and video
Africa gets under your skin. Since our trip, our dreams are filled with a kaleidoscope of images of wild African animals. Here are more photos and a video.
Simbambili Game Lodge Review: Luxury safari stay in South Africa
Simbambili enticed us on our South African safari with its 9 honeymoon-worthy bungalows with private plunge pools. And we saw the “Big 5” too!
SAA: Direct flights get you to the lions’ dens
Going to South Africa on safari? Perhaps visiting Capetown and wine country too? Direct non-stop flights on South African Airways between New York and Johannesburg are the most convenient.
Wonder where the lions are?
The lions are bullet-fast. “Hang on!” yells our guide, as we crash into the bush after them. We’re watching lions on safari in South Africa hunt and kill.
Family safaris at Thornybush Game Lodge
Biscuit baking, bug walks and pool picnics on a safari? Family safaris? Yes, when you take the kids to South Africa’s family-friendly Thornybush Game Lodge.
Dreaming of Our African Safari
We’re finally heading to Africa on safari! An African safari has been a dream trip for years. And now in 2013, we’ll be winging our way for the first time to South Africa and Zambia on safari.
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We’re Janice and George. Luxury lovers. Adventure addicts. Cruise fans. Oh, and award-winning travel writers and photographers! Read more…