Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, A Psalm of Life, subtly describes the gentle passage of time and the indelible mark that admirable people leave on history. This ‘sands of time’ adage came to mind on a recent soul-uplifting stay at the historic, but newly-refurbished &Beyond Kirkman’s Kamp, situated—rather fittingly—overlooking the Sand River in South Africa’s prestigious Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
The lodge was named after renowned cattle farmer turned conservationist, Harry Kirkman, who first lived on the property in the early 1920s and went on to become one of the original founders of the now world-famous Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
Although Kirkman’s footprints in the sandy banks of the Sand River have long been covered by the (Sabi) sands of time, his legacy shines bright at the timelessly elegant Kirkman’s Kamp.
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