The weather was sweltering, with little pools of melted humans scattered around the grand room of The Lodge at Melozhori Private Game Reserve.
The slightly bitter but super-refreshing welcome drink could only do so much. For a proper cool down, what was needed was a swim in the magnificent rim-flow pool, a rim-flow pool with a fire pit in the middle and a gorgeous landscape surrounding it. A hard-to-beat proposition on a hot day or starry night.
But first, a magnificent lunch from the kitchen of the extremely talented Marthinus Erasmus. He really is the finest sort of chef, catering to every diet and plating