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Archived entries for  June 2010

Behind the lens – Samantha Myburgh

Behind the lens - Samantha Myburgh

Samantha Myburgh comes from Port Elizabeth, South Africa’s windy city. She has quite a history and has worked in the hospitality industry in both London and Dubai. She started off by working for the famous Shamwari Group – a selection of five-star lodges in the Eastern Cape,  before she moved onto Tsala Treetop Lodge, near Plettenberg Bay. [...]

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Behind the lens – Craig Harding

Behind the lens - Craig Harding

Craig Harding is the copywriter and general go-to guy at Rhino Africa. Hailing from Nelspruit in the low-veld of South Africa. He only took up a camera 7 months ago but he seems to be getting the hang of it. You will most likely see examples of Craig’s photography all over our blog, website and in [...]

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Behind the lens – David Ryan

Behind the lens - David Ryan

Our fearless/peerless leader loves taking photographs! When David isn’t ensuring that Rhino Africa runs smoothly, he will most likely be found dreaming up a new venture, traveling through Africa or behind his camera. Having traveled extensively throughout Africa many of the images on the Rhino Africa website hail from his well organized image library!

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Behind the lens – Sian Bester

Behind the lens - Sian Bester

Sian is our in-house nature girl! She studied Nature Conservation for 3 years before working on a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. She then managed a lodge in the Okavango Delta in Botswana before returning to Cape Town to join Rhino Africa. Beaches, mountains and camping trips are her thing [...]

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Behind the lens – Leigh-ann Combrink

Behind the Lense - Leigh-ann Combrink

Continuing with our series on our skilled travel consultants who are also talented amateur photographers and often provide most of the imagery for our website, next up is Leigh-ann. Leigh-ann has been traveling since she was a child and can’t get enough of it. She first picked up an SLR camera about 4 years ago [...]

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Behind the lens – Billy Hare

Behind the Lense - Billy Hare

At Rhino Africa we have always been fortunate enough to have several consultants who are not only passionate about this continent and bringing visitors to our shores, but also who show a keen interest in Photography. In fact much of the imagery seen throughout our website comes from our consultants and their cameras. So we [...]

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The Horny Grazer reviews Societi Bistro

Societi Bistro Cape Town

I am very fond of this place. Especially the Snug which is the aptly named pub on the side with Foresters on tap and a real “neighbourhood” vibe. Perfect for a broody winter’s evening. Societi Bistro serves my kind of food – authentic Italian fare made with really good ingredients. Societi bills itself as a [...]

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If these walls could talk…

The Mount Nelson

  Little did I suspect that behind those high walls and thick hedges lies one of the most impressive properties in South Africa. I say property, it’s more like a little village. Nine acres of manicured gardens and iconic Nellie-pink and white Victorian buildings. Churchill himself passed many a pensive moment in the magnificent writing [...]

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We’re on Streetview!

Rhino Africa Offices

Whilst Google maps have always been pretty cool, as a tech savvy Rhino, I have been awaiting the day Google Street View makes its way to our shores and now it’s here! Street View allows you to take a 360 degree street level tour of various cities around the world, and now the list includes [...]

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The Horny Grazer dines at Signal at The Cape Grace

Signal Restaurant at the Cape Grace

“Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin   At Midday you will hear an almighty bang from the Cannon on Signal Hill. This tradition dates back to the days of the Dutch East India Company when the Cape was [...]

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Rhino Africa Does the Diski!

diski dance

At Rhino Africa we are incredible proud of our country and our continent. To show our support during the Fifa World Cup 2010 we decided we should learn the Diski Dance and celebrate (http://learntodiski.com/). Hope you enjoy this little video we put together, maybe you to can get into the spirit and dance along with [...]

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The Last Word Educational

The Last Word - Long Beach

  Like the A-Team, the Rhino Africans set off in the two black Mercedes Rhino Tripping vehicles for a Saturday evening to remember with the ebullient team from The Last Word and the Mantis Collection. The Last Word collection comprises five fantastic properties – Franschhoek, Sea Five, Bishop’s Court, Constantia and The Long Beach. On [...]

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