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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.

ADVENTURE AWAITS • DON'T BE AFRAID OF TAKING A STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN

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

The Cloud Forest Cooperative • In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, at the heart of one of the world's most remote islands, lies a misty, ancient forest of global importance. An impressive collaborative effort seeks to save the last cloud forest on British soil.

Snapshot • AS OCEANS ARE FILLED WITH PLASTIC POLLUTION, CALLS FOR LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE ARE BECOMING LOUDER.

GLORIOUS GREYTON • FIND YOURSELF, BECOME ONE WITH NATURE, AND HAVE AN ADVENTURE, ALL IN JUST 48 HOURS

DAY 1 • Take a walk

DAY 2 • Magic Market

Where to Stay

THE BEATING STREETS OF BRAAM • INNER-CITY FARM, GOLD RUSH TOWN, PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC CENTRE, POSTER CITY FOR URBAN DECAY - JOBURG'S BRAAMFONTEIN HAS SEEN MANY LIVES. IN ITS LATEST METAMORPHOSIS, IT'S THE CENTRE OF COOL IN THE CITY OF GOLD

FOOD, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT • THERE IS THE HISTORIC HOUSE, THERE IS THE PICTURESQUE SETTING, THERE IS JAN HENDRIK VAN DER WESTHUIZEN AND THERE IS TRADITION MEETING INNOVATION

Submarine Dreamscape • ACCOMMODATIONS BENEATH THE WAVES ARE ALL THE RAGE

Offset Your Footprint • EMISSIONS FROM AEROPLANES ADD TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Molori Paints a Picture • AT THE LODGE, THE ART RIVALS THE GAME VIEWING

THE ACCIDENTAL MOUNTAINEER • SARAY KHUMALO IS THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN WOMAN TO SUMMIT THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PEAK. NOW SHE'S GOT HER SIGHTS SET ON THE EXPLORER'S GRAND SLAM, THE MOST COVETED ADVENTURER GOAL THERE IS: TO SUMMIT THE HIGHEST PEAKS ON EVERY CONTINENT, AND REACH THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLE. WHEN SHE DOES IT, SHE'LL BE THE FIRST AFRICAN WOMAN, BLACK OR WHITE, TO HOLD THE TITLE

5 THINGS IN SARAY'S BACKPACK

LOSING TIME IN SIN CITY • THERE'S FEAR, THERE'S LOATHING, AND THEN THERE'S LAS VEGAS

LIKE SHOOTING FISH • THE POPULARITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS. WITH SPECIAL HOUSINGS, LENSES AND RULES, IT REALLY IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD DOWN THERE, WRITES GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE

What The Pros Use

PLANT POWER • TAKING A TRIP BUT WANTING TO KEEP YOUR MEALS PLANTBASED? WE'VE DONE THE HARD YARDS AND FOUND A FEW OF THE BEST VEGGIE FOOD HAUNTS

THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME • VICTORIA FALLS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT LIVES PARTLY IN THE IMAGINATION. ITS POWER, HOWEVER, IS VERY REAL. SEEING IT? ANOTHER BUCKET LIST ITEM TICKED

Something's Cooking

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2022/2023 Getaway GALLERY

UP FDR 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 SKY IS ON FIRE • TEMPERATURES ARE RISING AROUND THE WORLD, RAISING THE SPECTRE OF MASSIVE WILDFIRES THAT PUT FARMLANDS, PARKS AND PEOPLE LIVING ON THE URBAN INTERFACE AT RISK. WHILE THOSE CAUGHT IN THE CHAOS RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THE FLAMES, DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO STOP THE SPREAD. JUSTIN SULLIVAN JOINS THE FIGHT IN THE WESTERN CAPE

WHERE THE DESERT MEETS THE DELTA • THERE ARE THE ELEPHANTS AND THE CROCODILES, FANASTIC FISHING...