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Field Notes
Short writing from the bush. The smell of the air at five, what a guide noticed, what a guest said over coffee.
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Safari After Dark
Night drives reveal a different Africa. Quieter, older, more deliberate. Here's what we love about the bush after the sun goes down.
Field Notes
What Singita Lebombo's 2026 redesign tells us
Lebombo reopened March 2026 warmer, quieter, more art-led
Voices
How two women from outside the travel industry built a luxury safari brand from Africa
We are the two women behind Marula Hill. One of us came from IBM, the other from MARS Southern Africa. Here is the long version of how a private safari business gets built from outside the travel industry.
Stories
The smell of the bush at 5am
Why we still get up before dawn after twenty years in the bush. The case for the early game drive, written from the back of a Land Cruiser at five in the morning.
Field Notes
Safari lodges are not hotels
Why the comparison falls away the moment you understand how a safari lodge actually operates
Stories
A day on safari, hour by hour
From the knock at the door to the second sundowner