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FINDING BALANCE • THE ART OF NOT TAKING MORE THAN YOU GIVE

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HONEY, CLEAR MY SCHEDULE WEEKEND RESET • EXPLORE YOUR CITY, ONE EVENT AT A TIME

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Humble Hluhluwe • THIB UNASSUMING TOWN, THE OLDEST NATIONAL PARK IN AFRICA ON ITS DOORSTEP, IS THE CENTRAL POINT FROM WHICH YOU CAN EXPLORE NORTHERN KWAZULU-NATAL

NATURAL SELECTION • STAY IN A CAVE AND FEEL LIKE THE ONLY PEOPLE LEFT ON EARTH. ROBYN SIMPSON OISCQVERS A NEW KIND OF FREEDOM

LAY YOUR HEAD WHERE THE LIONS SLEEP • THE FRESHLY MINTED WALKERS PLAINS CAMP IS A GOOD PLACE TO SETTLE INTO, IF SETTLING INTO THE WILD IS WHAT YOU'RE AFTER

Mobile Camp Follows the Animals • THE BEASTS ARE MIGRATING AND SO DO YOU, KEEPING PACE WITH THE SERENGETI'S MASS SPECTACLE

Serengeti Trendsetter • SINGITA CAMP TAKES ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE VIBRANT MAASAI COMMUNITY

The City Is Too Pretty • SELFIES JUST DON'T CUT IT IN PORTOFINO

ROUND TRIP • RIAAN MANSER IS THE FIRST PERSON TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE AFRICA BY BICYCLE AND MADAGASCAR BY KAYAK, AND ONE DF THE ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE ROWED FROM MAINLAND AFRICA TO MAINLAND NORTH AMERICA. HE HAS WRITTEN FIVE ADVENTURE BOOKS, TOO, TWO OF THEM FOR CHILDREN

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PUT YOUR NOSE IN A BOOK • SOME DAYS, YOU JUST CAN'T GET OUT THERE AND HAVE AN ADVENTURE. ON THOSE DAYS, ADVENTUROUS STORIES ARE JUST THE TICKET

MY FAVOURITE MEMORY OF… • THIS MONTH, THE GETAWAY TEAM SHARE THEIR FIRST WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS

VODKA EXPRESS • IN SOME CASES, RULES ARE THERE TO BE BROKEN, IN OTHERS, THEY'RE THERE TO BE OBEYED

MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU • IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE, NARINA EXELBY PUSHES HERSELF ON GRANITE BOULDERS IN MADAGASCAR'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND RYAN ENSLIN TAKES A SOUL-SOOTHING WALK IN THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AFTER A BUSY WEEK. WHATEVER DRIVES YOU, THESE HIKING ESSENTIALS WILL BE A HELP, NOT A HINDRANCE

RAISING THE BAR • MEET THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHOCOLATIERS CRAFTING CONSCIOUSLY

FORGOTTEN LAND • IN THE EASTERNMOST EASTERN CAPE, CLOSE TO LESOTHO'S QACHA'S NEK BORDER POST, THE TOWN OF MATATIELE IS AT THE CENTRE OF A MAGNIFICENT RURAL WONDERLAND AND A PERFECT BASE FROM WHICH TO EXPLORE A NEAR-FORGOTTEN PART OF THE MALOTI-DRAKENSBERG TRANSFRONTIER PARK

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2023/2024 Getaway GALLERY • AFRICA'S PREMIER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

INTRODUCING • OUR 2023/2024 GALLERY COMPETITION

NOWHERE ELSE • PHOTOGRAPHER DALE MORRIS HAS VISITED MADAGASCAR EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST DECADE, DOCUMENTING ITS ENDEMIC WILDLIFE, FLORA AND FAUNA IN THE HOPES THAT HIS PICTURES WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL THERE

SEARCHING FOR THE JEWEL OF AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE • BIRDERS WILL GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO SEE CERTAIN SPECIES. AN AFRICAN PITTA, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD SEE SOME DETERMINED SOULS HEAD INTO THE WILDERNESS, RISKING THEIR LIVES FDR THE CHANGE TO TICK OFF A ‘LIFER’

THE ISLAND OF MISSION TREES • MADAGASCAR'S ZAFIMANIRY PEOPLE, WHO LIVE IN THE REMOTE HILLS OF THE COUNTRY'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, ARE RENOWNED WOODWORKERS. PHOTO JOURNALIST NARINA EXELBY SET OFF ON FOOT TO EXPLORE THE REGION

Trip Planner • It was a time-consuming challenge to set up our independent, month-long trip in Madagascar. Booking accommodation was almost impossible as few hotels outside of Antananarivo use sites such as Agoda and Booking.com. Reliable information on hotels, attractions and guides was hard to come by and most contact details I found lead...