Author Archives: Holly Meadows

About Holly Meadows

I’m Holly – Assistant Editor @ Safari. Born and raised in the rural British Counties, my mother began life on a sugar farm in Zululand. After reading Anthropology at university in London, working for a political activist filmmaker in India, and doing a short stint under the bright lights of Bollywood – I decided it was time to return to the motherland. To earn a crust in the name of wanderlust, I finished up a post grad in media and hotfooted around South Africa as a freelance travel journalist. Now, I’ve landed up in the hallways of Safari magazine. If your heart beats for Africa follow this blog & check out Safari.

Women are heroes: Nairobi

Posted on 17 February 2012 by Holly Meadows

Tweet JR is an anonymous frenchman who travels the world taking photos. His subjects are the unsung heroes of this planet, whose photographs he blows up and plasters freely in the streets. Back in 2008 he pitched up in the … Continue reading →

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Top ten most romantic destinations in Africa

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Holly Meadows

Tweet I am a hopeless romantic at heart. It’s a symptom I inherited at birth when my mother decided to deliver me to this world on Valentines Day. Ever since then my birthday has become sidelined for love. Why not … Continue reading →

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Beach bum ellie

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Holly Meadows

Tweet A lone elephant has been spotted surfing the beach breaks in Nuarro bay, just off the coast of northern Mozambique. We received news of this incredibly rare sighting from Nuarro eco-lodge manager Trienke Lodewijk. The bay of Nuarro is … Continue reading →

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Talk Radio on Morocco

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Holly Meadows

Tweet The week before last I was interviewed by talk show host Jenny Crwys-Williams about an article I wrote in Safari on food in Morocco. Jenny is a journalist who moved into electronic media after a successful audio test with … Continue reading →

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MSC Sinfonia: Post-Cruise Blues

Posted on 22 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet Early this morning we docked in Durban. The heavens opened up and big angry clouds spat down torrents of rain. It reminded me of last night’s unforgiving swells, and sliding around the outdoor disco deck cradling just one last … Continue reading →

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Cheetah Outreach

Posted on 21 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet ‘It took 4 million years for the cheetah to evolve and just 100 years for man to place it on the endangered list.’ Annie Beckhelling founded Cheetah Outreach back in the late nineties on just a hectare of land … Continue reading →

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Win a 3-night stay in a luxury Marrakech Riad!

Posted on 20 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet Safari interactive magazine and Riad Monceau are offering a 3 night-stay in a double room and a traditional Moroccan cookery class for two people. 

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet Winners from the highly acclaimed Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are currently exhibiting their works at the Iziko Museum in Cape Town. If you happen to be in the Mother City between December 2011 and March 2012 it’s … Continue reading →

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Cape Minstrel Carnival

Posted on 8 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet Cape Town celebrates New Year with a banjo-picking musical parade. Thousands of minstrel groups garbed in garishly bright costumes perform across the city bowl. Known locally as the Kaapse Klopse, the carnival has its origin in the days of … Continue reading →

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Day 4 MSC Sinfonia: Tropical Fever & the Last Supper.

Posted on 6 December 2011 by Holly Meadows

Tweet Wednesday night’s ‘Tropical Fever’ party turned out to be quite the stonker. I woke with a horrible hangover and fuzzy flash backs of marauding around the pool deck to DJ Black Sparrow (the ship’s token resident DJ). I remember … Continue reading →

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