Stephan

Mountains and rivers, South Africa There’s something about a South African summer in December  that feels a little enchanted. The rest of the world is bundling into coats and scarves, but here… the sun stretches its golden arms across the coast, the ocean warms, the mountains glow, and everything inside you seems to stretch with it. This past summer, I made a promise to myself: I would not rush through the Garden Route like a tourist with a checklist. I would sink into it , breathe it, let it...

Scandinavian-style glamping huts There’s a strange kind of magic that happens when two worlds collide — when the clean, minimalist calm of Scandinavian design meets the raw, sun-drenched wilderness of South Africa. I didn’t expect to find that combination on my December travels.I certainly didn’t expect to find it tucked into the coastal forests of the Garden Route — a place more synonymous with crashing waves, big skies, and adventure than Nordic quietness. But that’s exactly what...

There’s a moment, somewhere between December’s heat and the hush of the ocean, when South Africa feels almost too beautiful to be real.It ’s in the light — that golden, endless summer glow. It’s in the scent of fynbos after a breeze. It’s in the feeling of letting go — of clocks, of plans, of everything that isn’t right here, right now. This is what I set out to find one summer — not just a destination, but a sense of belonging.What I found was something deeper than I expected, tucked away...