Our Stories of
wellbeing

‘As we resist ongoing forces of polarization, we are looking for experiences that make us better, smarter, healthier—that dissolve boundaries and underscore our shared humanity. But not necessarily at the expense of a little comfort and self-indulgence,’ said Pilar Guzman, Editor-in-Chief, Conde Nast Traveler in her October newsletter.

The many roads – of designer, stylist, chef, restaurateur, author and product developer – that Maranda Engelbrecht has traveled in her career thus far have led to her current role as creative director of Babylonstoren

As the #MeToo movement continues to gain momentum globally, issues around female empowerment and women’s rights across all industries are being brought swiftly to bear.

It was George Bernard Shaw who once said: “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” We couldn’t agree more, although at ROAR AFRICA it’s a passion trumped only by our love of Africa and the extraordinarily diverse yet consistently excellent cuisine of the Cape.

“The salt which is in our seawater is in our blood, sweat, and tears. Each of us has breathed warm saline for days on end and survived. The lungs themselves derive from fused pharyngeal pouches, and gill slits still form temporarily in all chordate embryos, including humans. This reminds us that something which became Homo did crawl up a beach many years ago. The satisfaction for certain people of walking back down a beach and into the sea is akin to that of a long-postponed homecoming.”
‘Seven Tenths – The Sea and its Threshholds,’
James Hamilton-Paterson

It’s hard to believe that it’s just a decade since Babylonstoren first opened its doors in the Franschhoek Valley near Stellenbosch.

Did you know that trees and plants carry 15% of the human genome while insects carry 40%, and that birds and crocodiles carry a staggering 88% and 85% respectively?