Elephant! Elephant! Someone shouted behind us. We couldn’t discern who. Everyone was running to the edge of the banks, metres from where a low fence of branches had been erected around the little bay leading up to the Malombo village. Branches that acted as a shield from crocodiles when kids…
What I remember first is the warm voice of Brinah and the shaking of hands with Godwill, the Royal Chundu car picking me up and carrying us off to the market. I remember the words: Tina has organised something special for you. The scenes out the window as we arrived…
Celebrations
Royal Chundu is #10 in the Top 30 Resorts in Africa ~ Condé Nast Global Readers’ Choice Awards 2019
“Curiosity. That’s what drives us all…,” say the folks behind this year’s Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. It’s what drives us to travel, to “seek out the best hotels and destinations, the most wonderful cities, the islands worth shouting about.” Curiosity is up there with hope and love, a…
One Chef, One Ingredient For Food for Change with Relais & Châteaux and Slow Food this year, we were excited to present one of our favourite local ingredients, championing for more ethical cooking choices. Using fresh local produce sourced from our own food garden or from neighbouring villages is an…
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” ~ E.O. Wilson Insect activity varies from month to month on the Zambezi and we witness…
The Chitenge Outside her house, Edith wraps the bright cloth around her body, tucking in the edges of the patterned wrap tightly under her arm. With young children following after her, chicken at her feet, she heads down the dirt path toward the river. She walks slowly and with the…
