Does ostentation add to the bush experience?
A couple of years ago, a young violinist who flitted through my life for a while sat and practised yoga outside our tent at Quatermain’s 1920s Safari Camp in the Eastern Cape, eyes closed and unaware that a grey duiker was standing less than a metre in front of her. The little antelope was unperturbed by the presence of a naked human but the same could not be said of the high-strung musician when she opened her eyes.
That night we teased her about being frightened by such a tiny animal till she came back with a defensive response that momentarily stilled the ribaldry: “They’re ALL huge at eye-level,” she said. For me, a couple of days spent at Quatermain’s, situated on Amakhala Game Reserve between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, feels more authentic. I feel that I’m communing with nature rather than marking time between game-drives in a five-star mini-villa whose walls are made of canvas rather than stone.
Like everyone in the tourism and hospitality industry, the Brands have taken a hard knock as a result of Covid-19 but their response not only bodes well for the recovery of their business but is also heartening for bush-loving locals.
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