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It now boasts a safari over a grassy African veldt, a rhino rally and the chance to mingle with all manner of exotic creatures, combined with more than 20 bona fide theme park rides and shows.

Yet its natural beauty is second to none, situated as it is on the coast with miles of sandy white beaches and world-renowned mountain ranges, surrounded by the South African veldt.

Stalking the boy with a camcorder, Binder adopts the fierce demeanor of a big-game hunter in the African veldt. ("They'll eat their hearts out when they see this video," he exclaims, with a fiendish grin.)

My obsession with Land Rover dates back to my early teen years in Johannesburg, when Range Rovers were passports to great adventures in the African veldt.

The ex-Ballykissangel star has acquired a set of new skills thanks to his latest role as a vet on the South African veldt.

Their dramas are played out against the stunning backdrop of the South African veldt, where the family attempt to build a new life.

Since firing my very first Sharps rifle in 1981, I've packed them about in the 105-degree heat of the African veldt, and up some mighty steep Montana mountainsides at 20 below zero.

Take a safari ride across the African Veldt among antelope, giraffes, wildebeests,

By page 60 we have already advanced from hominids roaming the East African veldt to city-builders in Bronze Age Mesopotamia, and at the halfway point of the narrative, Hernan Cortes is conquering Mexico.

So began my first morning in the Thornybush game reserve - 100 square kilometres of rolling South African veldt.

He deserved very much better because there is a heritage of service to Canada linking the African veldt to the trenches of Vimy to the muddy waters of the Scheldt, the bleak hills of Korea and now, the still troubled Balkans which says much about the enduring breed of warriors and even more about their roots.

All sunrises and sunsets are special no matter where you find them, but something powerful glows and grows across the soul and landscape with each incremental warming inch of sunlight basting the African veldt around you.

Here, deep in the South African veldt, the silence is full of birds' calls, and the chattering and bickering of monkeys and baboons.