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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.

TIME TO REFLECT • AMIDST THE MADNESS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON, FINDING A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK ON THE PAST YEAR IS VITAL

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

SNAPSHOT • WHERE ON EARTH?

HEAD FOR THE HILLS • EIKESTAD - THE CITY OF OAKS - HAS GOT IT ALL GOING ON, WRITES LORRAINE KEARNEY

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AND THE WINNER IS… • SOUTH AFRICA HAS A FULL TROPHY CUPBOARD AND IS READY 0 TO CELEBRATE ALL MONTH LONG

EARTH'S ENDURING EDEN • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER AND DEEP-SEA RESEARCHER DR ZOLEKA FILANDER IS A LEADER IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN OCEAN RESEARCH COMMUNITY, A GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST AND EXPEDITION LEADER WHO'S SERVED ON COUNTLESS RESEARCH CRUISES AND OPENED DOORS FOR OTHER WOMEN TO ENTER THE FIELD. THIS IS THE STORY OF HER DEEPEST DISCOVERY YET

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

A PLACE TO JUST BE • NOT JUST SOMEWHERE TO RELAX AND RECHARGE AWAY FROM BUSTLING CITY LIFE, CHURCHHAVEN'S HISTORY, CHARM AND TOUCH OF MAGIC WILL HAVE YOU RETURNING MANY TIMES, AS MELISSA SIEBERT KNOWS WELL

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PLUCKING HELL • CHRISTMAS LUNCH MEANS CHRISTMAS PUD, FUNNY HATS, CRACKERS AND… TURKEY. BUT NOT FOR ALAN VALKENBURG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE'S HAD HIS SHARE OF THAT GOBBLER

EPICUREAN ADVENTURES THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA • A DELIGHTFULLY DELICIOUS ROUND-UP OF LOCAL DINING DELIGHTS

FIRE-ROASTED HARISSA PORK BELLY WITH CRISPY CRACKLING • UNLEASH THE RUSTIC CHARM OF OPEN-FIRE COOKING WITH THIS HARISSA PORK BELLY RECIPE. FIRE ROASTING IMPARTS A UNIQUE SMOKINESS AND A CRISPY EXTERIOR. DRY THE PORK BELLY IN THE FRIDGE OVERNIGHT BEFORE ROASTING FOR IMPECCABLE CRACKLING.

LIVING ON THE EDGE • GRASKOP HAS REAPPEARED ON TRAVEL DESTINATION LISTS FOR MANY A GOOD REASON, INCLUDING ITS SPECTACULAR VIEWS AND FASCINATING HISTORY

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IMMERSED IN THE WILD • HAVING TRAINED HER LENS ON THE WONDERS OF NATURE, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST LAUREN ARTHUR IS TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FILM-MAKERS HOW BEST TO SHARE THEIR STORIES

PENGUINS IN PERIL • ARE WE GOING TO LET OUR NATIONAL TREASURE GO EXTINCT?

TRAIN OF TIME WITH KAMRAN ON BIKE • CYCLING ACROSS CONTINENTS IS NO EASY FEAT, BUT IT’S NOT WITHOUT REWARDS

A GEM CALLED QWABI • THIS 11 000 HA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE OFFERS UNMATCHED ADVENTURES IN THE WATERBERG AND AS SAVANNA DOUGLAS DISCOVERED, IT'S CLOSER TO JOBURG THAN YOU MIGHT THINK

REWED UP ON A FORGOTTEN ROAD

ZAMBEZI, THE GREAT • FROM A TRICKLE OF WATER TO ONE OF AFRICA’S MOST SPECTACULAR RIVERS, SARAH KINGDOM FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER

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VIVA VILANKULO! • ARGUABLY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHENTIC THAN BETTER-KNOWN TROPICAL DESTINATIONS LIKE THE MALDIVES AND SEYCHELLES, VILANKULO, MOZAMBIQUE, ENRAPTURES PHOTOJOURNALIST GILLIAN MCLAREN

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

News and Views From the Final Frontier… • WE RECENTLY POSTED AN ARTICLE ABOUT SHINGA, A SPECIALIST CONSERVATION DOG THAT LED AUTHORITIES DIRECTLY TO THE DOOR OF A POACHER IN ZIMBABWE IT HAD TRACKED FOR 4.5 KM…