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FESTIVE LIGHT • NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE STOCK OF THE WONDER OF THIS YEAR AND LOOK AHEAD WITH HOPE

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

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DRAKENSBERG • HOW MUCH CAN YOU STUFF INTO 48 HOURS IN THE DRAKENSBERG'S CATHKIN PARK AREA? JORDYN JOHNSON RECKONS YOU CAN DO QUITE A BIT

STAMP OF APPROVAL FROM TRAVELLERS • THE CONTINENT IS BELOVED WORLDWIDE FOR ITS WILDLIFE, WILD LANDS, NATURE, BEACHES, WINE AND SPLENDID RESORTS AND HOTELS, AND FRIENDLY FOLK

Take The Train • THERE IS NOTHING QUITE AS OLD SCHOOL AS A LUXURY TRAIN RIDE

World Heritage Site List Expands • NEW SITES WERE ADDED TO THE LIST, AND OTHERS EXTENDED

This Stops Now • THE UK HAS STEPPED INTO THE FRAY TO SUPPORT WILD ANIMALS

GIVING IT HORNS • SERGEANT NKATEKD LETTI MZIMBA FROM THE BLACK MAMBAS ANTI- POACHING UNIT WON THE BEST FIELD RANGER AWARD AT THE AFRICAN CONSERVATION AWAHDS. THIS RECOGNITION MARKS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FOR FEMALE RANGERS STRIVING FOR RECOGNITION A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY

SEASIDE SANCTUARY • TINTSWALO ATLANTIC OFFERS OCEANSIDE OPULENCE WITHOUT BEING CHI-CHI

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

PORTERVILLE PEOPLE • IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BOUTIQUE TOWN, YDU WON'T FIND IT IN THIS AGRICULTURAL DORPIE, BUT YOU WILL MEET AUTHENTIC LOCALS WITH CAPTIVATING LIFE STORIES TO TELL

LESSONS FROM THE WILD DATING SCENE • VENTURING INTO THE WILDERNESS, I WAS HOPING TO WITNESS DRAMA. I WASN'T EXPECTING A SOAP OPERA, THOUGH WITH TWO ADOLESCENT LIONS, PUFFED UP WITH MISGUIDED CONFIDENCE, ATTEMPTING TO WOO TWO OLDER LIONESSES WHILE THE ALPHA MALE WAS OFF MARKING HIS TERRITORY

RAISE THE BAR • HAVING THE RIGHT KIT FOR YOUR ADVENTURES MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

PLATED IN THE BUSH CULINARY ADVENTURES IN THE WATERBERG • INTENT ON UNLOCKING NEW BUSH EXPERIENCES, RYAN ENSLIN DISCOVERS THAT A SKOTTLE ALONG A DRY RIVERBED IN THE WATERBERG IS, IN FACT, A HARBINGER OF FINER CULINARY ADVENTUHES AHEAD

FESTIVE TRAVEL TIPS • ENSURE YOUR TIME AWAY THIS FESTIVE SEASON IS FILLED WITH FUN AND ADVENTURE, NOT PAIN AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY TRAVEL

'INDIA IS EVERYTHING' • AMELIA PALLETT PROMISED HERSELF SHE'D GET TO INDIA ONE DAY. WHEN SHE EVENTUALLY DID, IT MADE HER WONDER WHY SHE'D TAKEN SO LONG, AS IT WAS EVERYTHING SHE'D WANTED TO SEE … AND SO MUCH MORE

return of the RHINOS • HWANGE NATIONAL PARK IN ZIMBABWE IS ON A MISSION TO REINTRODUCE RHINOS TO THE AREA

MALAWI GOLD • THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA IS WATERED BY HER LAKE AND FED BY HER STARS. AND THEN THERE'S THE PEOPLE. ROBYN SIMPSON IS WELCOMED WITH BIG SMILES ACROSS THE LAND

WHERE THE WIND TAKES YOU • SARAH DU TO IT STEPPED OUT OF CAPE TOWN'S WIND AND INTO THE SALTY BREEZE OF MAURITIUS' EASTERN COAST TO EXPERIENCE THE ANNUAL C KITE FESTIVAL, WHERE SHE SLEPT, DINED AND PLAYED UNDER THE GRAGIOUS HOSPITALITY OF CONSTANCE HOTELS & RESORTS

HITTING THE ROAD TO HERMANUS • ROAD TRIPS DON'T NEED TO TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. TAKE THE BACK ROADS AND EXPLORE AND YOU CAN FIT A LOT INTO JUST A FEW HOURS… AND STILL BE BACK IN TIME FOR SUNDOWNERS

AN ESWATINI WONDER • POTENTIAL ABOUNDS AT ROYAL JOZINI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, AS OLIVER KEOHANE DISCOVERED ON A RECENT VISIT

CITY OF ROCK • 'A ROSE-RED CITY HALF AS OLD AS TIME' [EXCERPT FROM...