The Artist's Escape South Africa

We are Isabella and Piet, an adventurous couple from South Africa. We live with our animals in a beautiful coastal town surrounded by long empty beaches. After many years of working in different African countries in the sector of development work, we have put our roots down here.
Our home, The Artist's Escape, is a guesthouse with four cottages that we have built ourselves with reclaimed and salvaged material. From here, we organize wildlife safaris and fishing trips..

We love nature and wildlife and are very passionate about nature conservation and the protection of biodiversity on our planet. A monkey family of three has shared their life with us for several years. Their adventures we share with you in our videos.
Now we are caring for their orphan baby, a young female vervet monkey named Lollipop.
Thank you for being part of our journey.

The animals that you see in our movies are NOT pets and live a free and natural life outside on our property. The scenes are not staged.