Africa - The Glass Magazine

Great Plains launches Wine in the Wild experiences across its Kenyan camps

May 30, 2024

GREAT PLAINS, the legendary African eco-tourism company founded by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, has just announced a series of ‘wine in the wild’ experiences across its Kenyan camps. Having built a reputatio...

Glass gets wild on the Great Plains Safari in Kenya

Amanda Bernstein

January 29, 2024

Africa, Feature, Travel

IT'S A steamy afternoon. We’re parked-up in our specially adapted Great Plains Conservation Land Rover Defender. We have a 360-degree view of a pride of 14 lions, sprawled out to soak up the golden African sun...

Glass discovers a tropical paradise at The Residence Zanzibar

Amanda Bernstein

January 8, 2024

Africa, Feature, Travel

IT'S A dazzling Saturday morning. We’re sitting overlooking the Indian Ocean in the infinity pool that is as flat as glass and the focal point of the resort. I feel like a tiny figure within this body of water...

Great Plains Foundation Celebrates World Rhino Day

Adina Ilie

September 22, 2022

News

THE STORY of Great Plains Conservation and its Foundation has its roots in the earliest days of conservation when the idea of protecting pristine wilderness was recognised as a public good. From those early...

Santa Maria Novella debuts five new fragrances to celebrate the brand’s 800th anniversary

Julie Heinisch

March 30, 2022

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

ITALIAN luxury brand Santa Maria Novella has launched fives new home fragrances to celebrate the perfumery’s 800th anniversary. Through the five new aromatic creations, the brand explores each of the five co...

Wilderness Safaris welcomes guests back to its remote luxury camps in Namibia

Joshua Hendren

November 3, 2020

Africa, Feature, News, Travel

AS NAMIBIA reopens its borders to international travellers, Wilderness Safaris, Africa’s leading sustainable ecotourism operator, is welcoming guests back to its exceptional selection of remote camps. These inc...

Project Ranger, prints by Beverly Joubert

Project Ranger launches Art for Rangers, a selection of limited-edition prints by Beverly Joubert

Joshua Hendren

October 29, 2020

Art, News, Photography

IN AN effort to help stop rising poaching during the Covid-19 pandemic, Dereck and Beverly Joubert, award-winning filmmakers, conservationists and National Geographic Explorers at Large, launched Project Ranger...

Lifting the lid on The Oyster Box, Umhlanga, South Africa

Amanda Bernstein

September 28, 2020

Africa, Feature, Travel

AS the bell is sounded, everyone peers towards the ocean. We spot a large pod of dolphins playfully jumping in and out of the ocean as they swim past us. This ritual has been taking place every day for many yea...

Glass meets Dr Stephen Helary – the founder of skincare brand Terres D’Afrique

Sheridan Ward

May 25, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Skincare

THE African skincare company Terres D’Afrique was founded by Dr Stephen Helary – a veterinarian-turned botanist who has gone from saving rhinos to saving your skin. Glass spoke to him about his unique company. ...

One&Only opens second luxury resort in Rwanda

Lexi Fadina

November 18, 2019

Africa, News, Travel

RWANDA, East Africa is now the location of a brand new One&Only Gorilla’s Nest luxury resort, which opened its doors at the beginning of November. Located in Kinigi, in the foothills of the Virunga volca...

Uganda inspires Glass with more than just gorillas

Sean Sheehan

May 13, 2019

Feature, Travel

UGANDA is not the first destination that comes to mind when contemplating a holiday in Africa but, as Victorian explorers found when they discovered the source of the 6650-km long river Nile there, the country ...

Featured Image Botswana and Victoria Falls

Glass enjoys being queueless in Botswana and Victoria Falls

Sean Sheehan

August 7, 2018

Feature, Travel

WAITING in queues and the constant proximity of too many other people are bugbears of modern life that the mechanics of travelling manages to intensify. What a relief to have them disappear once you walk out of...

Glass escapes to Morocco and experiences the utmost luxury at Riad Fès

Emily Rae Pellerin

April 10, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

RIAD Fès, of the renowned Relais & Châteaux consortium of luxury hotels and restaurants, is the only of its kind in the city of Fez, Morocco. A tastefully expansive campus, Riad Fès provides 5-star accommod...

Paradise found at Four Seasons Resort, Seychelles

Amanda Bernstein

August 8, 2016

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

IF there is a heaven on earth, I am quite sure I have found it. Arriving at the Four Season Resort, Seychelles, I am blown away at the sheer beauty of this tropical haven – all 170 acres of it – set on the sout...

Out of Africa revisited – Glass returns to Kenya

Amanda Bernstein

April 18, 2016

Feature, Travel

ANYONE lucky enough to be going on a safari holiday anywhere in east Africa would very likely fly into Nairobi, Kenya. From there you might have another flight or a long road trip to reach your first safari des...

Getting up-close-and-personal at Giraffe Manor, Nairobi

Amanda Bernstein

January 27, 2016

Feature, Travel

Kenya offers the inquisitive traveller a vast array of safari experiences across the breadth and length of this magnificent east African country. However, only a 40-minute drive away from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatt...

Transforming lives through love

Glass Archive

October 9, 2015

Archive, Photography

Inspirational photojournalist Stephen Shames talks to Glass about his astonishing career, the power of photography and making lemonade when you’re given lemons More than a decade ago, photographer Stephen Sh...

PFW SS16: Valentino

Sara Hesikova

October 8, 2015

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

The Valentino show for SS16 had its quiet moments with simple dresses in black or neutral colours but for most part it was pretty wild as the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were so clearly...

Paris Menswear SS16: Balmain

Emma Walsh

June 29, 2015

News

Showcasing his first men’s wear collection for Balmain, Olivier Rousteing decorated the Parisian runway with a variety of safari-inspired looks; encapsulating the essence of British explorers. Like many SS16...

La Isla Bonita

Viola Levy

May 18, 2015

Asia, Destination Spas, Feature, Mauritius, Travel

I’ve never bit into a raw sugar cane before – an experience I was lucky enough to partake in, during a wildlife trek through the Frédérica Nature Reserve in Bel Ombre, Mauritius. After admiring the re...

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