Three generations in the Okavango
A family of seven across grandparents, parents, and three children. Eight nights, two camps, one table. How we built a multigenerational safari in northern Botswana that worked at every age.
5 min read
The people behind the planning
Sian Loehrer
Co-founder. She runs the planning desk and writes the guides and lodge reviews.
Her beat Guides & lodge reviews
A note from Sian
Vikki writes about why you should go. I write about how. The month that makes or breaks a water-based lodge, and the quote that looks light until you read what it leaves out.
I was born and raised in South Africa, and I know the reserves by season and the lodges by feel. When we recommend a property, it's because we would send our own family there. When we don't, I'll tell you why.
If you write to us about a trip, you are probably writing to me first. Bring me the tricky briefs: the honeymoon that has to be quietly perfect, or the grandmother who wants the whole family under one roof.
Sian
Co-founder, Marula Hill
From the journal
Everything Sian has written
When to go on safari in Botswana
The Delta has two good seasons. They are completely different trips
4 min read
Safari lodges are not hotels
Why the comparison falls away the moment you understand how a safari lodge actually operates
5 min read
How to choose a safari lodge
What actually matters when choosing a safari lodge, and what turns out not to.
4 min read
How we plan a luxury African safari (the long version)
After twenty years of designing safaris, this is how we actually do it. Not a checklist. The order we ask the questions in, what we trade off, and why we say no to certain combinations.
8 min read
The slow letter
A quarterly note from the bush
No noise, no marketing. Just the letter we'd write to a friend who asked what it's really like out here.