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TOTAL RECALL • THIS YEAR, STRIVE TO MAKE BETTER MEMORIES

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UNIQUELY UPINGTON • REVERSING THE STEREOTYPE OF A DRY-AND-DUSTY DESERTLAND FRONTIER TOWN

FIND YOUR FEET ON THESE COBBLESTONE STREETS • CAPE TOWN'S COMPACT EDGE-OF-THE-CITY DE WATERKANT PRECINCT HAS SEEN AN UPSWELLING OF COOL NEW HANGOUTS, WHICH MAKES IT A GREAT PLACE TO BEGIN AN EXPLORATION OF THE MOTHER CITY — ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE A STROLL WITH SURPRISES AROUND EVERY CORNER

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN • IT HAS A BERRY FESTIVAL AND ITS DNE AND ONLY PUB IS NAMED AFTER THE DISTRICT'S HIGHEST PEAK, THE IRON CROWN. AMONG ITS MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOTS IS THE TOWN CEMETERY WITH ITS SUMPTUOUS TREES AND HILL-TOP VIEWS…

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TAHITIAN TERROIR • JANUARY IS THE START OF THE HARVEST SEASON FOR MANY SOUTH AFRICAN WINE FARMS. SOME CELLARS SEE MORE RAW, NAKED ACTION THAN OTHERS

FLY GUY • FORMER WORLD CHAMPION KITESURFER ANTOINE AURIOL IS AN ENERGETIC ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER WORLD, WHETHER BY ORGANISING KITEBOARDING FESTIVALS, MAKING DOCUMENTARIES THAT HIGHLIGHT GREEN PROJECTS, OR PUSHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE ON ROUND-THE-WORLD YACHT RACES

Sailing for the Seas

5 AWESOME KITEBOARDING LOCATIONS

THE HEALING • HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY BODY, AND A WHOLE LOT OF BS

ECO-FRIENDLY TRAVEL GEAR • WHILE AIRLINES FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS, GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE OFFERS A CHOICE OF TRAVEL GEAR THAT CAN HELP YOU DO YOUR BIT

FREE SPIRIT • OCSOBER AND DRY JANUARY ARE ALL GOOD AND WELL, BUT HDW ABOUT A PERMANENT SHIFT TO SOBRIETY? KEITH BAIN REFLECTS ON THE RISE OF THE SOBER CURIOUS

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP • ON HIS MAIDEN TRIP TO THE KWAZULU-NATAL MIDLANDS, ON A SMALL GAME RESERVE IN THE DRAKENSBERG FOOTHILLS, ALAN VALKENBURB DISCOVERS THAT TRADITION AND INNOVATION CAN GO HAND IN HAND

Veggies and Venison

A PASSION FOR PLANTS

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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:

THE WARM FUZZIES • IN A WORLD GONE MAD WITH WAR, SPIRALLING ECONOMIES AND RIGHTWING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS, WE BRING YOU WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS RIGHT NOW: PHOTOGRAPHS OF BEARS. ALONG WITH A NOTE THAT THOUGH THEIR MERE PRESENCE MAKES US FEEL DELIGHT, THEY TOO ARE IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING. AS THEIR HABITATS RECEDE ON A WARMING PLANET, SOME OF THESE FURRY BEASTS FACE IMMINENT EXTINCTION

MAKING A LIST • HOW PIPPA DE BRUYN BECAME A TWITCHER WITHOUT EVEN TRYING

Top Tips for Getting into Birding

EVER WILD • FROM CASTING A LINE IN THE ZAMBEZI TO SINKING A COLD ONE AT THE DUCK INN, HERE'S AN OVERLAND TRIP THAT TICKS ALL OF BOTSWANA'S BOXES

Dr Livingstone, I Presume?

The Miracle Rivers

Trip Planner

JUST NORTH OF LONDON, UM, EAST LONDON • EAST LONDON — PROBABLY THE MOST UNDERRATED CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA — MIGHT NOT BE THE FIRST PLACE THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN PLANNING AN UNFORGETTABLE FAMILY HOLIDAY. BUT JUST NORTH OF THE CITY, PLACES LIKE GONUBIE AND CHINTSA (OR CINTSA AS IT USED TO BE KNOWN) MAKE FOR A HEAVEN-SENT ESCAPE

The Cultural Explorer

Kiss a Giraffe, Milk a Cow

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