Getaway

For more than 25 years, Getaway Magazine has been inspiring people to explore and experience Africa. Enjoy weekends, wildlife and wonderment every month with Getaway's fun and informative articles and breathtaking travel photography. Expect a mix of all the very best places to go and things to do in Africa.

EXCITEMENT UNTAMED • YOU NEVER REALLY SHAKE THE EXHILARATION TRAVELLING BRINGS, DO YOU?

Getaway

CONTRIBUTORS

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

SNAPSHOT

GHOSTS ALIVE • YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT UNIONDALE WITHOUT HEARING MENTION OF THE GHOST THAT HAUNTS THE ROAD OUT OF TOWN, ASKING STRANGERS FOR A LIFT BEFORE DISAPPEARING. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THIS TOWN THAN SCARY STORIES

NEW HOME FOR RESCUED RHINOS • AFRICAN PARKS BOUGHT 2 000 CAPTIVE-BRED RHINOS IN SEPTEMBER 2023, WITH A PLAN TO REWILD THEM OVER THE NEXT DECADE

Volcanoes Safaris • KIBALE LODGE WELCOMES VISITORS TO THE PRIMATE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

The Power of the Sun • GO SEE THE ELEPHANTS WITH A MUCH CLEARER CONSCIENCE

Protection for South Africa's Grasslands • OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY AT NORTHERN DRAKENSBERG NATURE RESERVE

OUR SEALS ARE SUFFERING • WHY POST DISTRESSING FOOTAGE ONLINE OF ENTANGLED, INJURED SEALS DUE TO HUMAN NEGLIGENCE? CO-FOUNDER OF OCEAN CONSERVATION NAMIBIA (OCN) NAUDE DREYER HOPES CONNECTING OUR CARELESS BEHAVIOUR WITH ITS HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES WILL MOTIVATE US TO CHANGE IT

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

MAGICAL McGREGOR • THE MUST-VISIT VILLAGE WITH SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE

LIVING LARGE • EMBRACE THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN STYLE WHILE CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MONTH

CAPITAl GASTRONOMY • WHILE PRETORIA'S ARCHITECTURE AND DECOR ARE A WONDER, THIS CITY SATISFIES HUM HUNT-DAVIS' PREDILECTION FOR CULINARY CREATIONS AND LOVELY LOCALS

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE • LEFIKA VILLAS BORDERING THE PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK IS AN IDEAL BASE FOR EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS SURROUNDING SUN CITY RESORT, WRITES WERNER LABUSCHAGNE

MAKING QUITE THE IMPRESSION • WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT, FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER RÉHAHN FOUND HIMSELF AT WHAT HE CALLS 'AN INTRIGUING CROSSROADS', READY TO START SOMETHING NEW. THUS BEGAN HIS JOURNEY INTO THE IMPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT INFLUENCE ON HIS PHOTOGRAPHY

ONLY THE BRAVE • HOW THE MAASAI OLYMPICS REFRAMED LION KILLING AS DESTRUCTIVE, NOT HEROIC

DELTA FOR BEGINNERS • THERE MAY BE VAST EXPANSES OF WATER, THERE MAY BE HUGE GRASSLAND FLOODPLAINS. THERE MAY BE BOTH. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE UNPREDICTABLE WATERS. GO WITH A MIND WIDE OPEN TO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH, SAYS LORRAINE KEARNEY

Trip Planner

MARVELLOUS MHONDORO • TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH BIANCA MULLER AS SHE RELIVES AN UNFORGETTABLE SAFARI STAY AT MHONDORO SAFARI LODGE & VILLA, WHERE LUXURY MEETS THE UNTAMED BEAUTY OF THE BUSH

JOURNEYING TO THE LAND OF MILK AND BUTTER • VISITING PIKET-BO-BERG'S VERGESIG FARM OFFERS MORE THAN THE CHANCE TO DRIVE THE LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT DYNAMIC HSE PHEV OR TUCK INTO DELECTABLE TREATS

DISCOVERING SIERRA LEONE • NOT EVEN BEING STRANDED ON A SANDBAR OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC COULD DAMPEN SARAH KINGDOM'S ENTHUSIASM FOR EXPLORING THIS WEST AFRICAN GEM

Trip Planner

THE GREAT OUTDOORS • VISITING PICTURESQUE TOWNS, ON A BOAT CRUISE ACROSS A FJORD, DRIVING, HIKING AND SKIING IN THE STUNNING SUNNMORE ALPS, SARAH KINGDOM DISCOVERS NORTH-WEST NORWAY HAS SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SCENERY IN SCANDINAVIA

Trip Planner

Share Your Shot • OUR CHOICE OF READERS' TRAVEL PHOTOS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA

News and Views From the Final...