For many years, our team and in particular our budding sommeliers and wine lovers, Dominique and Kombo, have been serving wines or pairing dishes with wines, without a genuine understanding and experience of where the wines come from. It’s the dream of our Zam to Cape journeys to provide those…
George the Legend & Dom the Somm ~ A Relais & Châteaux Get-together
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…
What Started as One Seed Became a Field of Opportunity We recently caught up with Relais & Chateaux Africa, gathered around a coffee table covered in chitenge dish covers and Zambian-made leather handbags, to chat about their Find the Others project, linking the people, places and projects on the continent and Indian Ocean islands working…
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…
This one’s for the travellers… Those who wander, those who seek to learn, grow and experience through the great dance of travel. This one’s for us. Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards Survey 2019 is live. And we are so happy to announce that we’ve been nominated ~ alongside some of the world’s best and most…
Why Peace and Quiet is Good For Us “We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what’s left is who we truly are.” ~ Arianna Huffington We’ve often heard it said… that no meaning or true happiness can be found…