Our Stories of
wisdom
The voices that inform, inspire, impart knowledge and drive change in travel.

‘Mandela looks up and around and smiles this brilliant, beatific smile, a smile that could break your heart. It is the most conscience-tugging, soul-moving facial expression in the world, and he got it in jail.’
– AA GIll

With an international career spanning two decades, South African artist and sculptor Dylan Lewis’s works are beloved, acclaimed and highly collectable because of the magnificence with which his sculptures capture the form of wild animals, towering mythological figures and fragmented beings.

Conservationist Map Ives’s story is a classic tale of character and calling. At its core is the belief that each of us is called to a certain destiny. Plato and the Greeks called it a daimon, the Romans saw it as genius while the Christians likened it to a guardian angel. In Map’s case, it was unequivocal and asserted itself from an early age.