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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.

ALL LIFE IS HERE • WHILE TOURISTS FLOCK TO THE MOST FAMOUS TRAVEL DESTINATIONS FOR SELFIES AND TO SAY ‘WE DID IT’, IT'S THE LESSER-KNOWN PLACES - AND THE PEOPLE THERE - THAT CAN SOMETIMES MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPRESSION ON US

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COME FLY WITH ME • Since Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their first self-propelled, heavierthan-air biplane on 17 December 1903, flying has moved from the glamour of yesteryear to the mass transit indignities of today. But along the way, some outlandish milestones have been passed.

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What's On This Month

MEXICAN WAVE • IT'S TIME TO RETHINK TEQUILA – AND TUCK INTO SOME AUTHENTIC GUAC AND MOLE

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

News and Views From the Final Frontier…. • WE SHARED AN ARTICLE ONLINE RECENTLY ABOUT A 30 METRE-WIDE WHIRLPOOL CLOSE TO THE SHORE OFF THE WILD COAST. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IT WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY THE FASTFLOWING AGULHAS CURRENT CONNECTING WITH A LONGSHORE DRIFT FLOWING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, OR IT'S A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

SOCIAL MEDIA

RADICAL EARTHLING • USING HIS ART TO TRY TO ‘INOCULATE’ PEOPLE WITH A DESIRE TO ‘UNPLUG, SLOW DOWN, AND CARE’, ECOLOGY-FOCUSED KENYAN PHOTOGRAPHER JOSEPH “NABSTER” CHEGE SAYS HE MAKES HIS WORK AS A FORM OF THERAPY, ‘A SPACE TO HEAL THE PARTS OF US DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE’

Nabster's 5 TOP PHOTO SPOTS

FOREVER DREAMING • SOMETIMES WE FIND OURSELVES SERCHING FOR THINGS THAT WERE NEVER LOST

SUMMER GIFT GUIDE • IT'S A FRANTIC TIME OF YEAR, SO WE THREW OUR NET WIDE AND ROUNDED UP A RANGE OF GEAR AND GOODIES TO GIVE YOU SOME GIFT IDEAS.

BAH, HUMBUG! • JOIN BIANCA COLEMAN ON THE CULINARY ROLLERCOASTER RIDE THAT CONSTITUTES FESTIVE FEASTING – COMPLETE WITH TERRIFYING TURKEYS, WHALE BLUBBER, AND A FISH NAMED BUBBLES. DON'T WORRY, THOUGH, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE YULETIDE HATERS

No Turkeys Died

Yuletide Feasts From Far and Wide

A Masterful Yuletide Feast?

What Would Jesus Do?

Ditch the Hangover This Hannukah

TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT • KEITH BAIN CHECKS INTO A NEW RIVERSIDE LODGE IN ZAMBIA THAT IS NOT ONLY CHANNELLING THE SOOTHING SOUL OF THE ZAMBEZI, BUT CONNECTING GUESTS WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND

The River Guide

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2022/2023 Getaway GALLERY

UP FOR GRABS IN OUR 2022/2023 PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION • We've expanded the focus of our Getaway Gallery competition beyond its traditional pillar of wildlife photography by introducing a handful of genre categories. Our aim is to create a platform for photographers to explore their talent within a variety of travel-related genres. There are five categories:

SIMPLER THINGS • BASED IN LAMU, KENYAN PHOTOGRAPHER JOSEPH “NABSTER” CHEGE FAVOURS MINIMALIST COMPOSITIONS AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS. THE OTHERWORDLY DESIGN OF THE WORLDS HE CREATES THROUGH HIS LENS HINTS AT A BETTER, SIMPLER WORLD, ONE FREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION, BUT FULL OF HOPE. HE SAYS, TOO, THAT HIS PICTURES SHOULD INSPIRE MEDITATION AND SERVE AS A FORM OF THERAPY

A NEW DAWN FOR AKAGERA • CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMES ARE BRINGING LIFE BACK TO AN EASTERN RWANDAN NATIONAL PARK

ALL-ROUND BENEFITS

THE COMEBACK

What Next for Akagera?

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