The Wild Horses Mountain Guest Lodge, near the town of Harrismith. This five-star lodge, situated on the peaceful banks of the Sterkfontein Dam in the Free State, offers a unique dining and lodging experience

The Fouriesburg Country Inn, Fouriesburg, in the Free State. This is where Raymond du Plessis went cooking as featured in the May edition of the magazine. Several readers got the answer on the button, but others were a little bit of the mark.

Some years back, a good friend of mine (Detlef) was becoming all the more curious about our ongoing trips into Africa. Eventually he asked me if he and his family could accompany us on our next holiday so that they could also experience some of this adventure. Now, Detlef immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1975 and some time later got married to a pretty local girl and later stared a family.

Where in the world is Raymond : A tribute to Herman Charles Bosman. Mampoer - ahh yes! Oom Schalk Lourens said

In a new series, Tuffstuff 4x4 Insurance's Raymond du Plessis goes in search of interesting establishments across South Africa to quite literally cook up a storm with the resident chefs. He'll share his experiences and the recipes, and readers who guess correctly where he went cooking stand a chance of winning great prizes!

The Transgariep, unspoiled, sparsely populated and still very much unpolluted, is a vast expanse of semi-desert wilderness, situated in the southern tip of the Free State. Here you can expect to find little more than sparse egetation of coarse grass, stunted shrubs and karoobossies. Or so you may think.

Magical sunrises at 4 in the morning over palm-fringed beaches with sand so clean that it squeaks when you walk over it. Warm, azure-coloured Indian Ocean water so clear you can see the fish swimming in the waves as they rush to break on the shore. Anticipation builds as you wait for the day to unfold. Jet-skiing, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, power kiting or maybe just soaking up the sun. And later in the evening, around the beach bar, you may just convince yourself to participate in the seafood buffet with crayfish so huge you would think that they are "made in China". Who cares what you do anyway. You are in Mozambique!

Back in the time that existed before untrained politicians appointed themselves authorities on all things ecological, and decided that the impact vehicles had on our beaches was a bigger issue than the impact hijackers were having on our streets, TuffStuff sponsored a beach drive from St Lucia to Kosi Bay.

Some time back, while travelling through Moremi in Botswana, I came your wheels to stop turning, or worse, apply brakes, you are almost upon a scene which had me looking around for movie cameras. I was guaranteed to sink, as the earth sucks onto your 4X4. I was screwed. convinced we had stumbled upon a movie set, and that any minute crowds of extras and catering staff would appear out of the wilderness. I had no option but to roll to a gentle halt. I was intrigued though. What No location scout in the world could have found a better spot to shoot wonder of nature could possible be unfolding that would have enticed the comedy of errors that was about to unfold.

I have been extremely privileged over the past number of years to be able to experience Africa in a way that I believe many of you dream of, but cannot find the time to do so. Without a doubt, we live on a continent which is so rich in natural heritage and which is so easy to explore yet we choose to seek excitement in far away "exotic" places. Don't get me wrong, each of us have our own desires to explore different countries abroad, but what is right here on our doorstep is put on the shelf for possible later use. Regrettably, at the rate which true wilderness areas are disappearing, later may very well be too late.