High Tea with Elephants is a South African lifestyle brand specialising in curated safari-inspired home décor, gifts, fashion and lodge shop collections. Based in Hoedspruit, we work with lodges, interior designers and discerning travellers to celebrate the beauty of Africa through thoughtfully selected products and stories.
‘To walk in the wake of elephants, to be small in a world of giants, to learn the spoor of silence, and the deep rumbling eloquence of kin.’
Today we celebrate ellies – the gentle giants who inspired our being – with these powerful words by Ian McCallum.
“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”
This is probably the first thing most people think about when they hear the name Karen Blixen. But there was so much more to one of Kenya’s most famous authors than ‘Out of Africa.’
‘You strike a woman, you strike a rock,’ were the words sung by hundreds of women as they marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th August 1956. Although that was 60 years ago, these words still ring true. Nowhere more so than in Balule Nature Reserve, where the Black Mamba all-women anti-poaching unit operates.
Around the globe, park rangers are on the frontline in the ongoing fight to protect our natural heritage. World Ranger Day offers a chance to pay tribute to their vital work; to give a heartfelt salute to rangers who continue to put themselves in danger for critical causes.
We’ve joined forces with Timbuktu to bring you a safari with a twist: an epic exploration into Botswana and Zambia, visiting outstanding wilderness operations that are striving to make a difference to our planet.
Explore these discerning destinations and play a part in preserving Africa’s precious environmental capital.
Gary SnyderNature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Scorpion torch, leatherman, veld skoene – what more could a man on safari want? His camera gear of course…
This month, we’re exploring the wild and wonderful possessions that James Suter, private photographic guide and co-owner of Black Bean Productions, tucks into his luggage on his safari adventures.
