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Bring Africa into your home

African design is up there with some of the worlds most exciting and inspiring design trends.

Living overseas, I’ve become very nostalgic when it comes to African design and have bought elements of it into my own home. Here are a few items I love to bring your home on trend with Africa.

James Suter

James Suter’s Safari Essentials

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.

HTWE Christmas Amarula cocktail

Our Bush Christmas: Celebrate with cocktails!

Your Christmas sundowner table won’t be complete without some summer cocktails! In the warm weather there’s no better way for your guests to hydrate than by having some cold beers, G&T’s and a cocktail or two.

Poem: In the tracks of giants

‘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.

The elephants that came to dinner

Built over an ancient elephant path, Mfuwe Lodge is renowned for its bountiful mango tree. Every spring, when the fruits ripen, an entire elephant herd lumbers through the lodge reception to gorge themselves on the feast beyond.