by De Hoop Collection | Jul 10, 2015 | Press
I am standing next a 2 000-year-old shell midden in De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, admiring the azure ocean, when an assailant drops from the sky and gives me a jolly good trouncing. I am pecked and slapped about the head with pretty strong wings before...
by De Hoop Collection | Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
To try and understand the world, to speak to strangers, listen and learn, find stories to tell, to find myself, to feel alive, to breath and be whole, to appreciate. To escape the busy, relax and replenish, stop – and contemplate the beauty of the world. Click here to...
by De Hoop Collection | Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Few other reserves offer as complete an outdoor experience as De Hoop – sea, sand dunes, the vlei, a floral sensation of rare Fynbos plants, diverse antelope and the Potberg Mountains. Click here to read more.
by De Hoop Collection | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yes, winter is around the next corner, and with the cooler months, comes the arrival of hundreds of Southern Right Whales to De Hoop Nature Reserve, outside Bredasdorp in the Overberg. Click here to read more
by De Hoop Collection | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
he four-hour hike in the rainforest of Madagascar’s Andasibe-Mantadia National Park isn’t easy – humidity is high and soft drizzle brings a mist to the air. Breathless and excited, my face is set to the treetop canopy that holds the secrets of...