How would researcher, Rachel Goldrick, find a walk on the wild side in South Africa?
Launching South Africa was one of my most exciting yet most terrifying projects yet. I knew we needed to find more than just Mediterranean destinations as a break from the British winter, but where to start? Would we find Headwater style hotels in a continent as vast as Africa? Would there be walking paths to follow? Did the concept of walking guides even exist where classic safaris were the norm? I was encouraged however by my initial reading up on South Africa with its varied national parks, great wildlife and wide choice of hotels. The only problem was which bit – a country several times the size of France cant be visited in one go! I settled on the Southern Cape. The chance to visit Table Mountain and Cape Town, watch penguins bathing at Boulders Beach, savour the 17C charm of the Cape vineyards, and go on safari on one holiday seemed too good to miss. And so after nearly three months of desk research, I finally boarded the overnight flight to South Africa. The following morning I
