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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.

WILD ABANDON • TIMES HAVE CHANGED BUT THE HEALING POWER OF TRAVEL REMAINS AS STRONG AS EVER

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I SEE FIELDS OF GREEN • IT'S NATIONAL GARDEN DAY ON 9 OCTOBER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT A ROLLING STONE…?

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

News and Views From the Final Frontier… • ONLINE, IN JULY, WE POSTED THAT… THE WINERIES IN THE TULBAGH VALLEY ARE ALL WITHIN A 10 KM RADIUS, SO WHY NOT PEDAL FROM TASTING TO TASTING?

GUIDING LIGHT • NAMED 2022'S SAFARI GUIDE OF THE YEAR, CAMERON PEARCE IS JUST AS HAPPY SPENDING A DAY TWITCHING AS HE IS OUT WALKING, BEHIND A LENS OR SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE. HIS MOTIVATION IS SIMPLE: TO BE THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, AND TO SEE AS MUCH OF THIS MAGNIFICENT CONTINENT AS HE CAN

Cameron's PICK OF EMERGING AFRICAN RESERVES

FALLING • ‘HOLD ON TIGHT,’ THEY TELL YOU. BUT DD WE EVER LISTEN WHEN IT MATTERS MOST? WHETHER ON THE BACK OF A HORSE OR A MOTORBIKE, OR FULLY SEATED ON A GAME VEHICLE, SOME FOLKS ARE MORE PRONE TO THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY

Hack Your Braai • JAN BRAAI HAS A PASSION FOR UNITING SOUTH AFRICA AROUND A FIRE. USED BY PROFESSIONAL CHEFS AND BRAAI CONNOISSEURS, WOOLWORTHS’ RANGE OF JAN BRAAI'S TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES COMPRISES HIS ESSENTIAL BRAAI EQUIPMENT FOR COOKING ON A FIRE

CHILLED • GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE LOOKS AT THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP YOUR COOL

Breaking bread • IT'S A MOST UNIQUE #BREADNOTBREAD. WRITER AND FORMER BREAD-DENIER PIPPA DE BRUYN IS NOT ONLY ITS BIGGEST FAN, BUT PREACHES HER BUCKWHEAT SERMON TO ANYONE WITH AN APPETITE

Back to Basics: For the Love of Bread

Who? Where? How?

BREATHING ROOM • REGENERATIVE TRAVEL – ANOTHER PANDEMIC BUZZ-PHRASE OR A LEGITIMATELY BETTER WAY TO SEE THE WORLD? WE VISIT THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND IN SEARCH OF SANCTUARY, PAUSE, RENEWAL. PLUS A BIT OF WOO-WOO AND A TOUCH OF BLISS

Regenerative Travel

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2022/2023 Getaway GALLERY

PRETTY ROUGH EDGES • IN A NEW BOOK OF HIS DISTINGUISHED WORK, PHOTOGRAPHER OBIE OBERHOLZER DOCUMENTS UNDER-THE-SKIN SCENES – HONEST, VIBRANT, STARK, SOMETIMES EVEN PRETTY

The Awkward Artist

Wild at heart • WHAT DOES WILDERNESS MEAN? KEITH BAIN HEADS TO THE WILDS OF ZULULAND TO RECONNECT WITH THAT FEELING WITHIN

THE VEHICLE

LAKE OF LEGEND • TWO ISLANDS AT THE HEART OF LAKE KARIBA OFFER WATER-BORNE SAFARIS LIKE NO OTHER. ANTON CRONE TRAVELS THERE TO MEET THE CREATURES, PEOPLE AND DEITIES THAT CALL THE LAKE HOME

Of Gods, Humans and Animals

Kariba Specials

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THE GOLDILOCKS EFFECT • CAMPING WITHOUT THE HASSLE? GLAMPING'S A GENUINE THING, AND EVEN IF YOU'RE A DIEHARD TENT-PEGGER WITH A BAG OF CHARCOAL FOREVER ON STANDBY, OUR WRITERS FOUND THERE'S MERIT IN LETTING SOMEONE ELSE DO THE DIRTY WORK

TALES FROM A BOOK BEDONNERD* TOWN • FROM DARK REVENGE COMEDIES TD GOTHIC PSYCHIC PET YARNS AND STORIES OF RENEWAL AND HOPE, FABULOUS TALES ABOUND IN THE KAROO TOWN OF RICHMOND. CHRIS MARAIS AND JULIENNE DU TOIT DROPPED IN TO HEAR A FEW STORIES YOU WON'T NECESSARILY READ IN ANY BOOK. EVEN IF IT IS A BOOK-CRAZY TOWN

Not Quite Mad Max

Cultivating Hope

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ISLAND OF GOOD KARMA? • THOUGH STRIFE-TORN AND ECONOMICALLY SAVAGED, SRI LANKA NEVER FAILS TO TOUCH THE SOUL. AND IN...