Sheila Hyman was the Junior School Head when we were students at St John’s Diocesan School for Girls in Pietermaritzburg. After completing my first year at St John’s I was shocked to hear that the Headmistress had decided to spend Christmas at The Cavern with her almost 95 year old mother. I was completely blown […]
The weather was perfect, birds responding full bore at sunrise. The highlight was seeing three Half-collared Kingfishers at once on the bottom pond. Although this is a regular haunt the kingfishers usually flee if approached too closely. Not today. This was a breeding episode, mom, dad and junior – easily identified by mottled beak and
All our children are teens and our youngest has requested to go to the movies with her friends on Saturday night. This got me thinking…
Our Big5Hike took place this past weekend and we had almost 100 hikers summit the 5 peaks surrounding The Cavern. It was a weekend of incredible sunshine and was such a success with R1m raised to go towards educating the children from our rural amaZizi Village. We gathered on Saturday evening for our Home Coming
We’ve all heard of the African Big Five (fierce and hairies), and Cavernites know of the Cavern Big Five (high peaks to be walked consecutively in a single day). Now it’s time to introduce the Cavern Feathered Five. These are the birds which most epitomise The Cavern birding experience. How to choose them? Endemism is
Dear Friends We are a quarter of the way through the year and it’s true that life seems to speed up once your children have passed 6 years of age. Those early years seem so long and getting to the end of nappies and bottle washing seems to take an eternity and then suddenly they
I always preferred numbers to words. In fact I often read news articles on our travels to and from Boarding School and have to spell out words for Hilton to pronounce for me. I find English to be properly hard and confusing so when we decided we’d have a blog I was terrified of doing
It’s March the first and I have had an idea. Ideas are scary things in our house because it always means a bit more work. My husband often asks me to just keep quiet and my family will frequently roll their eyes… and I have to admit that I’m rather scared of my own brain
People get that right? I SO love my job. In fact, let’s just say “I am a yogi”. It’s a lifestyle and a way of being. So I guess teaching yoga is an expression of my life. There is so much about it that fulfils me. But did you know that the people that give
We have recently been selected by SA Venues as the “Best Resort Hotel Accommodation in Drakensberg”. Fabulous indeed. We are grateful because it gives recognition to our incredible Cavern Team that makes holidays happen, time and time again. And, perhaps it is also these gorgeous surrounds which keep families coming back. Hills to walk in,
