Safari sundowners with Port2Port wines

WORDS by KATE BLACK | IMAGES by SHARA B PHOTOGRAPHY and JUSTIN POGGENPOEL

At High Tea with Elephants, we love nothing more than finding a quiet spot in the bush to share some snacks and a delicious bottle of vino. Fortunately, being on safari allows for these occasions more often than one might think – a crisp glass of rosé in the lunchtime picnic shade, a cool Sauvignon Blanc on the Landy at sundown, a bottle of red for those chilly evenings around the campfire.

What a treat it was, then, to receive a beautiful box of fine wines on our ‘stoep’ one afternoon – delivered and accompanied with a handwritten note, from Port2Port.

Port2Port is a wonderful online shop that stocks a big selection of both young and vintage wines from some of the best wineries in the Western Cape (Cederberg, Creation and Iona are some of our favourites!). The best part? They can all be ordered online and delivered right to your door.

Sometimes the finest wines are best appreciated in the remotest of places – thanks to Port2Port, we’ll be doing just that!

Browse Port2Port’s wonderful wines here: www.port2port.co.za

Location: Raptors View Wildlife Estate, Hoedspruit, South Africa

She’s back in the kitchen!

The food Nicky Fitzgerald, owner at Angama Mara safari lodge, can fling together at a rate of knots makes most people stare in awe.

Elephant Gin, anyone?

There are so many of us in the world that readily confess to a deep love for gin and tonic. What if one could harness this collective passion, the world over, and turn it into something good? Robin Gerlach and Tessa Wienker travelled through Africa in 2011 and had exactly this thought.

Our Bush Christmas: Festive Snacks

The first rains have arrived, the bush is thick and green and we’re witnessing all the new life that appears at this time of year, it’s Christmas time! In celebration of all things Christmassy, we teamed up with Shara Barrell from Shara B Photography to create a Christmas shoot in the bush.