While trotting out the skis or tennis rackets is always a welcome diversion, sometimes we need a little shot of the unexpected to get us through the last dregs of winter.

In the first half of 2025, twelve different Local Foreigner team members have explored seven different countries on the Mother Continent, visiting almost forty different hotels and lodges. It’s a good thing our company Whatsapp group loves nothing more than a video of a baby elephant.

We checked in with the Local Foreigner team to see what they’re most excited about this summer, both from a personal travel perspective and when it comes to client trips.

There are freshly pressed hotel sheets, and then there are hotel sheets that have never been slept in - that sense of newness is what's on offer at the forty-three properties we're most excited to see debut in 2025.

This goldilocks destination just got a lot closer.

It takes commitment to visit Namibia, but the Local Foreigner team is nothing if not committed - read on for the highlights from their adventures at the end of the earth.

We polled the team to see where they’re headed in the new year (and what they’re scheming, even if the tickets haven’t quite been bought yet.)

Cape Town feels at once immediately familiar and worlds away from life in the northern hemisphere.

Whether you're reaching for a getaway for this December, or you're a fastidious planner who's already thinking about 2025's bucket-list festive trip, we're here.

This one’s for the aviation geeks.

Cape Town’s first lady is pretty in pink.

A supremely stylish lantern-inspired façade floats above the Mother City.

The only thing better than one hotel is two…or three…or four.

Socks.Knocked.Off.

A country-by-country guide to planning your perfect safari

The best places to stay when you’re on your way to where you’re going

Daydreams are an occupational hazard around here.

Here’s how we hit the road in 2021

Did we mention we’re really good at our job?

We sell sea shells hotels by the sea shore.