Anyone who knows me will know I am not a tent kind of girl so Mabula private game reserve, located 2 ½ hours from Johannesburg in the malaria free, incredibly beautiful Waterberg region of Limpopo Province fits the bill perfectly. The safari chalets, with a contemporary African decor of natural bold colours complimented by crisp white linen duvets is just that little bit of luxury one needs. We quickly got into a pattern for our stay. Each day is bookended ...

Long flight over and done with and it was now time to meet my fellow travellers for our 30 day trip. There are 10 Aussies on this trip - so pleased to have a small group and hope we can all get along. So I was not exactly excited to be visiting Johannesburg AKA Joburg, Jozi and the City of Gold. As a female traveller the crime reputation was almost enough to scare me off. However the closest I got to any crime was to see the many houses with electric fences and ...