Description
Shea butter adds a rich and luxurious feel to this soap. Now also imagine the feeling of silk on your skin. Your luxury bar of soap contains both creating a glorious silky glide on your skin. Great lather.
Each soap is handcrafted and unique. They will never look exactly the same
I chose Tussah silk over Bombyx Mori, commonly known as the domesticated, farmed mulberry silk-worm moth. Tussah is wild harvested mostly in India, and whilst no certificate was provided, my source is harvested after the moth has naturally vacated her cocoon and gone on to mate. In the mulberry silk industry, the entire cocoon with larvae/pupae inside are boiled. In my eyes, there is no justification for latter.
STORY
Inspired by the fossilised remains embedded firmly in the roof of the Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga en-route to Kruger Park.
A few years back, my gorgeous nephew Luke, on a break from his then, work in the Okavango Delta, came road tripping to Kruger with this auntie of his. We took the scenic route and stopped to explore along the way. Luke is ultra-fit. I am not is an understatement! The Sudwala Caves boast 95 steps at a 60-degree incline to get to the entrance. It was not pretty. To compound matters, Luke bounced up all those stairs in the time I’d taken to get to step 10. He then jogged up and down regularly to check if I was (a) still alive and (b) still coming. On the pretext of nonchalance and absorbed fascination with my surroundings, whilst trying to calm my cardiovascular system, I did discover these incredible aquatic snail-like fossils, 100’s of them. My pretext turned to genuine interest and a good rest.
Upon leaving, we were told that there was also a parking area alongside the caves, a mere horizontal stroll away.
The caves are well worth a visit. Whilst not as intricate or as large and commercially lit as the Cango Caves, they are the oldest known caves in the world and were formed some 240 million years ago. The discovery of primitive stone tools indicate that early humans may have inhabited the cave from as far back as the early Stone Age era (2.5 million years ago), spanning until the late Stone Age era up to a few thousand years B.C.
Wonderful rich stories too, that have been passed down…..In the nineteenth century the Sudwala Caves were used by Somquba, the brother of the Swazi heir apparent, as a fortress. In a power struggle for the Swazi throne, many bloody battles were fought at the cave entrance. Visit to hear them brought to life by local raconteur guides.
The views are spectacular down into the Lowveld valley. Lovely lunch, a dinosaur park, a butterfly centre, zip-lining and many other activities.
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