South Africa

The Dutch East India Company plants a vegetable garden under Table Mountain to victual ships bound for Batavia — the first hospitality infrastructure at the Cape, and the ground Mount Nelson would face across Orange Street

Sir Donald Currie of the Union-Castle line buys the Cape Town land to build a hotel for his own passengers Mount Nelson

26 March: the Sabie Game Reserve is proclaimed between the Sabie and the Crocodile

6 March: Mount Nelson opens with hot and cold running water, built by Sir Donald Currie of the Union-Castle line because his first-class passengers had nowhere ashore to match the ship Mount Nelson

The Mount Nelson opens on 6 March — the first hotel in South Africa with hot and cold running water Mount Nelson

The Mount Nelson becomes the unofficial British headquarters of the Second Boer War; Churchill reports from it Mount Nelson

The Mount Nelson is painted pink by manager Aldo Renato to mark the peace Mount Nelson

The National Parks Act merges Sabie and Shingwedzi into Kruger National Park; in the same year a bankrupt cattle farm called Sparta is bought on the Sand River and hunted over

The Varty and Taylor families buy the land that becomes Londolozi

The Blue Train enters service between Pretoria and Cape Town Blue Train

Sparta is renamed Londolozi, the Zulu word for protector of all living things, and the rifle is put down: photographs are shown to pay better than trophies

Dave and John Varty take over Londolozi and begin restoring the land

Sol Kerzner opens Sun City in the Pilanesberg Sun International — The Sunlux Collection

Beatrice Tollman founds Red Carnation Hotels Red Carnation Hotels

Orient-Express Hotels buys the Mount Nelson Mount Nelson

Rohan Vos runs the first Rovos Rail train in South Africa Rovos Rail

andBeyond is founded as Conservation Corporation Africa andBeyond

Africa Foundation is founded, later Wild Impact Wild Impact

The MORE Family Collection forms in South Africa MORE Family Collection

Luke Bailes founds Singita Singita

Royal Malewane opens in the Thornybush

Liz and Phil Biden open the first Royal Portfolio house at Birkenhead The Royal Portfolio

The Tswalu Foundation takes over the Dedeben Research Centre Tswalu Foundation

The Saxon opens in Johannesburg, where Mandela edited the Long Walk to Freedom Saxon Collection

Singita Lebombo opens in the Kruger with a design that rewrites the safari lodge

Sol Kerzner launches One&Only from the Palmilla and Le Saint Géran One&Only Resorts

Table Mountain is inscribed by UNESCO within the Cape Floral Region

Delaire Graff opens on the Helshoogte Pass, developed by Laurence Graff

Babylonstoren opens on a Cape Dutch farm granted in 1692

Analjit Singh opens Leeu Estates at Franschhoek Leeu Collection

Analjit Singh opens Leeu Estates at Franschhoek

One&Only Private Homes launch One&Only Private Homes

The Silo opens in a Cape Town grain elevator carved out by Thomas Heatherwick