culture Archives - RESPONSIBLE TRAVELLER

August 25, 2021
Lebanon, Travel

Tracey Bolton shares her Lebanon experience

After five years at the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel Tracey Bolton was offered the position to head up sales and marketing at the iconic InterContinental Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut,...

January 5, 2020
KwaZulu-Natal, Travel

San Rock Art in KZN Drakensberg

Famous for its San rock art, the Drakensberg was named ‘Ukhahlamba’ by the Zulu people and ‘The Dragon Mountain’ by the Dutch Voortrekkers. The awe-inspiring Drakensberg Mountains, with their...

October 28, 2019
Travel, Western Cape

West Coast – wild, wonderful, quirky, quaint

Three days would never be enough. I knew that I would only scratch the surface, but I still couldn’t resist the opportunity to explore this wonderfully wild, somewhat ancient...

October 17, 2019
Travel, Kenya

Kenya’s can’t miss tourism activities

It’s clear the tourism sector is growing – over £4 trillion is spent in the travel and tourism sector every year. Attitudes towards travel are also changing, with 30%...

April 7, 2019
KwaZulu-Natal, Travel

Ghost Mountain – Zulu traditions and ghost stories

The early morning mist swirled around the legendary Ghost Mountain, its silhouette reflected in the still water. Over the years flickering fires and strange lights have been seen, and...

December 15, 2017
KwaZulu-Natal, Travel

Zululand Coast – history, culture and conservation

An easy road-trip from Durban found us heading towards the Zululand Coast. An area where the golden shores are gently caressed by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean,...

May 6, 2016
KwaZulu-Natal, Travel

Visit to a traditional Zulu ‘Umuzi’

Be welcomed into a Zulu homestead with the warm, traditional greeting-call of ‘Sawubona!’ A Zulu ‘umuzi’ is a homestead, each hut comfortably furnished in the traditional way and form...

September 11, 2015
Dubai, Reviews

Dining in the Arabian Desert

No visit to Dubai would be complete without a dining in the Arabian Desert experience. But doing it with a company operating with an ethos of conservation, environmental awareness...

April 22, 2015
Dubai, Reviews

The tradition of coffee at the Dubai Coffee Museum

Drinking coffee is integral to Arabic traditions of hospitality, and there is no better place to discover this than at the Coffee Museum in Dubai’s Al Fahidi Historical District....

April 20, 2015
Dubai, Reviews

Dubai – SMCCU is a must do cultural experience

A great way to start a visit to Dubai is at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) located in the historic Al Fahidi District in Bur Dubai. ...

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