The message for much of the recent part of Africa’s history has been that local is not good enough and that anything across the pond is right and proper. The unravelling and debunking of this notion doesn’t happen overnight. It happens through independence, through opportunity, through empowerment and education. And…
Our home on the Zambezi is built on the spirit of the extended family. It is strengthened by the bond of community. In the villages alongside us, and all over Zambia, this spirit often sees grandmothers or siblings taking on roles as mothers to young ones, helping where needed, where…
They always say that necessity is the mother of invention. It certainly has been in the case of our latest venture. One combining the colours and patterns of the local chitenge fabric with the fabric of a greater issue – sustainability. Our new colourful chitenge dish covers originated out of…
Making a better world through cuisine and hospitality. That is the credo of our family at Relais & Châteaux. It’s part of our personal credo, too. These timeless traditions, cuisine and hospitality, allow us to do something truly important. Something life-fulfilling and sustaining. Through our lodge on the Zambezi, we welcome the…
Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Our two walls stand as bookends on the year past. The newest one, by local Zambian artist, Mwamba Chikwemba, connects us to the new year, while the older wall, by artist, Paul Engelbrecht, reminds us of where we’ve come from and all that has happened in between. The walls have been expressions…
We’d like to open our hearts to you for a moment, to take you deeper and show you what it is that lies at our centre, what makes us sing and keep singing… Because being named Zambia’s Leading Safari Lodge for the 8th consecutive year, in this year’s World Travel Awards, along…
