Aug 07, 2008 in Responsible Travel, Things To Do, Wildlife Nature, ZA South Africa
Rob and Janet Cuthbertson (from Leopard Walk Lodge) work very closely with their local Zulu communities. They believe that low-impact tourism is an excellent way to provide much-needed employment in the area and to preserve the magnificent beauty of Zululand.
During our stay with them, they organised a guided canoeing trip for us with Temba, a [...]
Jul 18, 2008 in Non-Profit Organisations, Responsible Travel, Wildlife Nature, ZA South Africa
In February 2007, Janet Cuthbertson from Suni-Ridge Org. ZA (013-525 NPO) contacted us asking if we’d promote Leopard Walk Lodge in Zululand, KwaZulu Natal. At the end of the e-mail, there were a few paragraphs about how they rehabilated an old pineapple farm and gave it back to nature, forming a wildlife reserve. Among other things, [...]
Jan 23, 2008 in Non-Profit Organisations, Responsible Travel, Wildlife Nature
The Kawaza School Fund is a private fund started by Robin Pope Safaris in 1988 to assist in improvements at Kawaza Basic School, one of the local schools in the Nsefu Chiefdom. They sent us this article in the beginning of January 2008.
Huge improvements have been made at Kawaza since this time and the school [...]
Dec 26, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
The outdoors, ice skating in nature, wafting along reed beds, freedom. That’s the intention behind the multi-functional outdoor recreation centre that opened in December 2007, called “FlevOnice” or “Ice World”. We visited the course on a very busy Boxing Day (2007).
Dec 21, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do, Wildlife Nature
The Netherlands experienced another record warm year in 2007. But in the week before Christmas, the temperatures plummeted. On the 21st of December, it even dropped to minus 8 deg Celcius. Brrr. Winter water sport enthusiasts were enthralled.
Hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into "hard water sailing".
We live next to the Oostvaardersplassen in The [...]
Mar 24, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
We live next to a Dutch wetlands nature reserve, called the Oostvaardersplassen (lakes of the East-farers, roughly translated). It’s totally peaceful and home to a multitude of bird species and wild animals like beavers, roe deer, red deer, heck cows and wild horses.
This video is our first foray into making films. Hee hee. It’s great fun [...]
