At Royal Chundu, the village provides, but it also runs, supports, drives and benefits from the lodge. We are a community-run lodge, one of very few of its kind in Africa. We wanted to explain just what we mean by that, because it’s a model that we believe can create…
When it comes to picnics, our approach is a little Jane Austen 19th century style meets a Wind in the Willows setting (sunlit riverside days on a grassy bank) and lavishness… Think of Ratty’s offering of: ‘coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwiches pottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater- ‘ There are times when we too echo Mole’s subsequent cries of, ‘O stop, stop. This is too much!”…
“When I was young I used to watch the night sky for hours, looking for shooting stars. When they fell, I’d go and look for them in my backyard,” the traveller beside me on our sunset cruise said, as she gazed up at the night, waiting for a star to drop.…
It was morning, becoming late morning quickly. As it does when your head is under the duvet, denying the intrusion of sunlight. And you, an early riser, always, you let me lie in. You didn’t make a sound. I would have heard; I was listening closely, waiting for you. It…
