30/05/2026
Our beloved Tanda Tula turns 50. Where have the years gone?
Don and I set out to write a single piece to mark the occasion, and went wandering through the archives to find it. But somewhere among the old brochures, the papers and the early write-ups, we realised one story could never hold it all. This journey is far richer than that – and we'd like to share it with you over the months to come. The funny, the embarrassing, the proud, the unforgettable. All of it.
Just look at these vintage photographs, and the marketing language of another era. "Pukka punkah fans turning slowly in the heat. Wall-to-wall wild animals. A ploughman's lunch served in a treehouse. Direct-dial telephones. Guests watching lions feed from 'the truck'."
Oh, how we have laughed! And cried. We've come so far, and learned so much. But through all of it, we have stayed true to ourselves, and to what we were called to do.
This is our living legacy.
Today we begin the series with an introduction, to set the scene for everything that follows. Come and take this walk into the past with us.
With love, Nina and Don
Read Our Living Legacy blog post: https://tandatula.com/our-living-legacy/
