August 2022 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism I’m sure that all will agree that being in tourism is definitely not for the faint-hearted. Considering what we’ve been through during the last 2 years…
August 2025 Newsletter
August 2025 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, We’re emerging from our winter (luckily, mostly sunny in Johannesburg!) and heading into spring and summer. Naturally, our summer period is very popular with tourists looking…
December 2022 Newsletter
December 2022 Newsletter
Dear Partners Things are definitely looking more positive than this time last year (or the year before!). Last year it was a December of travel-bans and Omicron doom. We’re a…
December 2025 Newsletter
December 2025 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, A big THANK YOU to all our partners for their continued support and business in 2025! We know our continued growth is only possible with…
January 2025 Newsletter
January 2025 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, Best Wishes for 2025! We wish all our partners a successful, prosperous and enriching year ahead. It has indeed been a year since my last newsletter.…
June 2022 Newsletter
June 2022 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, The world has changed in the six months since my previous newsletter update – but we should be used to it by now considering the last…
March 2024 Newsletter
March 2024 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, It has been quite a while since our last newsletter – although we’ve naturally stayed in contact with our key partners. The post-Covid rollercoaster has certainly…
Zimbabwe Site Inspection Feedback
Zimbabwe Site Inspection Feedback
Dear Partners in Travel, Machaba Safaris extended an invitation for me to attend an educational trip to Robin’s Camp situated in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. This also allowed…
Safari lodge feedback
Safari lodge feedback
Dear Partners in Travel, The omicron variant appearance caused that we suddenly had some time on our hands in January due to the related cancellations & slowdown. We thus did…
January 2022 Newsletter
January 2022 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, Another year; another newsletter…..well, to be frank we’ve all been through too many WTF moments over the last 2 years to stomach another boring newsletter. I…
Western Cape product update
Western Cape product update
Dear Partners in Tourism I was in Cape Town recently to participate in the Cape Town marathon. What was significant about the event, was that it was one of the…
Off the beaten track Cape: Overberg, Cederberg & West Coast
Off the beaten track Cape: Overberg, Cederberg & West Coast
Dear Partners in Travel, I had the opportunity to take one of our Nordic agents on a site inspection trip at the end of January. We focussed on some of…
Tswalu Feedback
Tswalu Feedback
Dear Partners in Tourism, Covid19 has given us at Royal African Discoveries a bit more time to explore some of the remote parts of the country. Pieter & I recently…
October 2021 Newsletter
October 2021 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, It is Spring in Southern Africa – as I look out from my office window the Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Tree is in full bloom with…
Greater Kruger & Winelands site feedback
Greater Kruger & Winelands site feedback
Dear Partners in Travel, I had the opportunity to accompany one of our Finnish agents on a whirlwind site inspection trip around the Greater Kruger National Park and Cape Winelands.…
June 2021 Newsletter
June 2021 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, Best recovery wishes and we hope this communication finds you in good health. It has been a while since my last official newsletter – pre-COVID in…
Reasons to Keep those New Years’ Resolutions
Reasons to Keep those New Years’ Resolutions
After the upheaval of 2020 we are all looking forward to a much improved 2021! The beginning of the year is always a good time to reflect on what is…
A Small step off the Beaten Track
A Small step off the Beaten Track
South Africa’s borders are open and we look forward to welcoming clients back to this incredible destination. During the period that our international borders were still closed, Pieter and I…
Next stop – Adventure
Next stop – Adventure
South Africa’s borders are open and we look forward to welcoming clients back to this incredible destination. During the period that our international borders were still closed, Pieter and I…
City Oasis
City Oasis
South Africa’s borders are open and we look forward to welcoming clients back to this incredible destination. During the period that our international borders were still closed, Pieter and I…
Cocoon Sanctuary
Cocoon Sanctuary
South Africa’s borders are open and we look forward to welcoming clients back to this incredible destination. During the period that our international borders were still closed, Pieter and I…
Garden Route Feedback
Garden Route Feedback
Dear Partners in Travel, George and Wilderness Tourism recently extended the opportunity to Pieter and myself to experience and view some of the product and activities available on the George/Wilderness…
Sabi Sands Lodges Feedback
Sabi Sands Lodges Feedback
The South African government has announced that international borders will open again on 1 October 2020 (certain conditions apply for international tourists and leisure tourists from ‘high risk countries are…
Kruger Lodges Feedback
Kruger Lodges Feedback
Domestic travel in South Africa has been possible since late August and we used the opportunity to visit a few safari lodges in the Hoedspruit area of the greater Kruger…
Dream with us
Dream with us
As with many of you, the Royal African Discoveries team is eagerly awaiting and dreaming about the day we can welcome back clients to our shores. We were again reminded…
A Live Safari Experience
A Live Safari Experience
Royal African Discoveries and Shamwari Private Game Reserve have been hosting live safari experiences. So far we have done 2 sessions. Please click on the links to view the recordings.
Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Dear Partners in Travel, We trust you and your family are safe in these difficult times and like us eagerly awaiting the day that we can again welcome tourist to…
Cape Winelands Feedback
Cape Winelands Feedback
First-hand feedback from Pieter’s recent trip to the Cape Winelands. Stellenbosch Although the smaller neighbouring town of Franschhoek is normally higher on the list of preferred locations for clients to…
Shamwari Game Reserve Feedback
Shamwari Game Reserve Feedback
First-hand feedback from Johan's recent trip to Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. Shamwari Long Lee Manor: The lodge wasn’t just refurbished but actually closer to totally rebuilt.…
January 2020 Newsletter
January 2020 Newsletter
Dear Partners in Tourism, Best wishes for 2020! We wish all our partners around the world a successful and prosperous year and decade. The year started ‘full steam’ immediately with…