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A Safari Lodge Perched High in the Mountains of South AfricaImageLeft: one of the six Cliff suites at Few & Far Luvhondo, a new luxury camp in South Africa. Right: the suites’ interiors are inspired by the nature that surrounds them.Credit...Jemma Wild

By Sarah Khan

Sarah Dusek first spent time in Africa in her twenties, as an NGO worker in rural Zimbabwe. The experience, she says, “ignited a profound appreciation for Africa’s landscapes and cultures, and for the resilience of its people.” In 2009, she and her husband, Jacob Dusek, co-founded Under Canvas, a zero-waste luxury glamping outfitter with camps across the U.S., modeled after African safaris. Now based between Montana and Cape Town, the couple have brought the lessons they learned with their first hospitality venture back to the continent that inspired it. In South Africa’s Soutpansberg Mountains, surrounded by baobab trees in the province of Limpopo, Few & Far Luvhondo opened Jan. 1 with six Cliff suites: Inside, curved beams recall tree trunks, and earth-toned patterns take their cues from local foliage and rock formations. The property’s vantage point means you might catch glimpses of giraffes and elephants from your terrace. Chef Nhlakanipho Sokhela serves seasonal tasting menus in the lodge’s restaurant, along with alfresco barbecues and gourmet bush picnics. For even loftier views, the lodge plans to unveil a 25-mile-long aerial experience called Solfari. Via a solar-powered cableway inspired by clusters of weavers’ nests, guests can silently soar above the UNESCO-designated Vhembe Biosphere Reserve’s mountains and rivers to spy on herds of buffalo and stalking leopards far below. From $1,800 per person, fewandfarluvhondo.com.

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Watches Featuring Bright Art by Derrick AdamsImageThe Arting watch and Floater watch from the artist Derrick Adams’s collaboration with Movado.Credit...Courtesy of Movado

By Jameson Montgomery

The Swiss watchmaker Movado was founded in 1881 under the name LAI Ditesheim & Frères; it adopted its current name in 1905. Movado means “always in motion” in Esperanto, the language that was invented in the late 19th century in the hopes that it would become a universal lingua franca for international business. Though Esperanto never took off, Movado has been in business since, releasing minimalist women’s and men’s watches as well as regular artist-designed collaborations,fhm63 the first of which was with Andy Warhol in 1987. Now, that tradition continues with a seven-piece collection of watches and wall clocks designed with the Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams. To Adams, the pairing immediately made sense: “Movado has a great sense of working with color-blocking and geometric form, both things I think about in my painting and art-making practice,” he says. Adams selected works that he felt best translated to the scale and circular form of a watch face. One watch features an image of a snorkel-masked swimmer clutching an inner tube, from his “Floaters” series (2016-19); another depicts an abstracted face recalling Cubist compositions inspired by his 2022 double portrait “Arting.” The latter’s strap features a bright pattern, which is not a print but a patchwork of individually dyed leather pieces. From $400, movado.com.

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A New Source for Specialty Fruits From Japanese FarmersImageStrawberries in a range of shades from pearly white to crimson and fragrant crown melon are available through Ikigai Fruits, an e-commerce platform for a collective of small fruit farms in Japan.Credit...Courtesy of Ikigai Fruits

By Cathy Erway

The Japanese term ikigai denotes a sense of purpose or passion in life. Ikigai Fruits, an online retailer that sells specialty fruit sourced from independent Japanese farms, was founded last year to showcase the result of such dedication — and to support the future of Japanese fruit growers. In Japan, where the average farmer is over 65, many businesses are shuttering with no successor to carry on the tradition. By selling soft, custardy crown melon, crisp soju pears and caramel persimmons to customers around the world, Ikigai Fruits hopes to play a part in reversing the decline. The company’s sakura pink Awayuki strawberries, for example, are grown at Berry, a farm in Mie Prefecture that was founded in 2017 and offers apprenticeships to people with disabilities or who are struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues. Strawberries, along with rainbow kiwi and fuyu persimmons, are currently included in Ikigai’s omakase box, which changes seasonally. From $89, ikigaifruits.com.

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