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NEW YEAR, NEW ADVENTURE • IT’S IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME OUT OF OUR BUSY SCHEDULES AND CREATE MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME

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

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KEEPING UP WITH KNYSNA • ALONG THE CHARMING ROAD THROUGH THE GARDEN ROUTE LIES A SOUTH AFRICAN GEM, THE PICTURESQUE COASTAL TOWN OF KNYSNA

GO ON A JOURNEY UNDERGROUND • EARTHBOX IS AN ARTISTIC INSTALLATION QUITE UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE BEGINNING. AND IT'S MESMERISING

Take To The Forest • ADD CHIMPANZEE TREKKING TO YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO THIS YEAR

Get Yourself to Malawi • THE CITY OF GOLD TO THE GREEN PARADISE IN ABOUT TWO HOURS

Seashore Sanctuary • A PLACE TO TARRY BETWEEN THE DESERT AND THE DEEP BLUE

THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS • ADVENTURER, ARTISAN AND BIOLOGIST HAZEN AUDEL HAS SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS WORKING IN SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH. HE RECENTLY TREKKED EAST AFRICA'S GREAT RIFT VALLEY, SPANNING OVER 800 KM, CAPTURED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S PRIMAL SURVIVOR: EXTREME AFRICAN SAFARI

ALONE WITH THE BUSH • WITH ONLY A FEW SHORT DAYS TO SEARCH THE MANYELETI RESERVE, ROBYN SIMPSON TRIED NOT TO GET HER HOPES UP. BUT LEOPARDS AND LIONS SEEM TO ENJOY THE LOW DENSITY OF TRAFFIC IN THESE PARTS

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

SURF'S UP • THE SLEEPY VILLAGE OF JEFFREYS BAY IS NOT SO SLEEPY ANYMORE. NEITHER IS IT A VILLAGE, ACTUALLY

READ BETWEEN THE LINES • ROMANTIC WEEKEND GETAWAY. CHECK. WATCHING THE SUNSET. CHECK. ALL SIGNS HAD POINTED TOWARD A PROPOSAL, BUT THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM. SOMETIMES, THEY'RE EVEN BETTER…

BE PREPARED • ENSURE YOU'RE READY FOR ANY ADVENTURE THE NEW YEAR HAS IN STORE FOR YOU

THE MEDITERRANEAN MOMENT • AN ANCIENT CUISINE WITH ENDURING POPULARITY IS ENJOYING PARTICULAR FAVOUR RIGHT NOW. HERE'S WHERE TO GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH TASTES FROM THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD

GUARDIAN ANGELS • POACHERS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BRAZEN, BUT CONSERVATIONISTS ARE TURNING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO THWART THEM. THANDA SAFARI IS TAKING THIS NEW APPROACH, AS LORRAINE KEARNEY DISCOVERS

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE • JANIK ALHEIT LEFT HIS CAREER IN THE WINE INDUSTRY TO PURSUE HIS FASCINATION WITH VAST LANDSCAPES AND PHOTOGRAPHY. TODAY, HE IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND CONTENT CREATOR WHOSE LOVE OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS SHINES THROUGH IN HIS WOK

THE FORGOTTEN FISHERS OF SOKHULU • THROUGH ALL SORTS OF HARDSHIPS, RURAL COMMUNITIES IN KWAZULU-NATAL CONTINUE TO SURVIVE AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES

BEACHES OFF THE BEATEN TRACK • RATHER THAN VISITING THE SAME BEACHES AND TOWNS ALONG SOUTH AFRICA’S SPECTACULAR COASTLINE, WHY NOT GREET DIFFERENT HORIZONS AND UNCOVER NEW COASTAL FINDS THIS SUMMER?

SEEKING IN THE WILD • WHILE TAKING IN SOME OF THE KAROO’S HARSHEST TERRAIN, DIANNE TIPPING-WOODS DISCOVERS A DEEP CONNECTION TO NATURE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE COMING BACK TO EXPLORE THE!KHAMAB TRAIL

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TRAVERSING THE TULI • OFF-ROADING IN BOTSWANA BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE FIVE-DOOR SUZUKI JIMNY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED, AND ONE THAT OLIVER KEOHANE HIGHLY RECOMMENDS

BLISS IN THE BUSH • WHILE KENYA IS A PLACE OF WONDER, THE MASAI MARA IS A PLACE OF PURE MAGIC, AS MEGAN PAULSE QUICKLY REALISED DURING A...