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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.

TRAVEL KEEPSAKES • ‘OH, THE PLACES YOU WILL GO!’ WROTE DR SEUSS. HOW RIGHT HE WAS, BUT HE FORGOT TO MENTION THE MEMORIES YOU WILL MAKE ALONG THE WAY

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

Snapshot • ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YAMUNA IN AGRA, INDIA, THE TAJ MAHAL IS OFTEN SEEN AS IF BLURRED, CAUSED BY THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE THE COUNTRY EMITS.

FULL THROTTLE IN ZANZIBAR • WHETHER IT’S POOLSIDE BLISS OR ALL-OUT ADVENTURE, ZANZIBAR HAS WHAT YOU’RE AFTER. ROBYN SIMPSON DISCOVERED THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

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HIT THE HIGH LINE • AN URBAN PARK UNLIKE ANY OTHER, NEW YORK CITY’S HIGH LINE HAS EVOLVED FROM AN ABANDONED RAILROAD PRECINCT TO A TRENDY, MUST-SEE SPOT IN THE CITY FOR ART LOVERS AND NATURE ENTHUSIASTS ALIKE

STATE OF THE UNION • UPPER UNION ADDS TO THE BUZZ OF CAPE TOWN’S KLOOF STREET STRIP, WITH A CHILLED VIBE, TASTY MENU, INTERESTING COCKTAILS AND A RATHER NICE TREE

Fresh Island Style • A REFURBISHED MAURITIAN GEM THROWS OPEN HER DOORS TO SUNSEEKERS

Amsterdam’s New Rules • IT’S TIME FOR TOURISTS TO MIND THEIR Ps AND Qs AS THE DUTCH CAPITAL TURNS IT DOWN

A Winelands Winner • VIEWS OF THE KLEIN DRAKENSTEIN MOUNTAINS PAIR WELL WITH THE DELICIOUS FOOD

THE SKY’S NO LIMIT • SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS’ FIRST FEMALE BLACK CAPTAIN NEVER INTENDED TO MAKE HISTORY BUT SHE’S BECOME A ROLE MODEL TO YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS, NEVERTHELESS. AIR-FORCE TRAINED PILOT, MOTHER, WIFE AND ALL-ROUND INSPIRATION, CAPTAIN ANNABEL VUNDLA HAS AVGAS IN HER VEINS, AND TO HER, THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS

5 THINGS IN CAPTAIN VUNDLA’S BAG

HOARDING ICE IN A DESERT • KEEPING COOL IN THE KALAHARI IS SIMPLER THAN IT SEEMS

PACK IT IN • IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE SHOPS AT MOST PLACES YOU LAND, AND YOU CAN BUY A TOOTHBRUSH IN THE AIRPORT, BUT YOU CAN SAVE A WORLD OF TIME AND TROUBLE JUST BY PACKING RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE

SLURP! • HOW CULINARY APPROPRIATION AND ASSIMILATION RESULTED IN ONE OF JAPAN’S MOST ICONIC DISHES - AND HOW A PAIR OF CAPE TOWN RAMEN GEEKS ARE REVOLUTIONISING THE WAY THAT BELOVED FOOD FINDS ITS WAY TO YOUR BELLY

Instant Ramen’s Gonna Get You

Where to Slurp

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 STREETS OF ITALY • AN AVID TRAVELLER WITH A KEEN EYE FOR DETAIL, PHOTOGRAPHER LINDSEY APPOLIS IS RARELY WITHOUT A CAMERA IN HAND, AND WITH GOOD REASON. HIS PHOTOS, WHETHER OF HIS TRAVEL ADVENTURES OR ON FILM OR COMMERCIAL SETS, TELL MARVELLOUS TALES OF MOMENTS CAPTURED IN TIME

A PLACE TO REST IN THE KAROO • BIG SKIES AND WIDE OPEN SPACES, DUST AND UNEXPECTED GREENERY, THE MARKS OF HISTORY AND THE TRACKS OF THE PRESENT, THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE KAROO HAVE A TIMELESS APPEAL

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Why Buy, When You Can Rent?

ANIMAL ATTRACTION • DALE MORRIS TRAVELLED TO THE EXOTIC ISLAND OF BORNED AND CAME FACE TO FACE WITH… HOMER SIMPSON?

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How to Harvest Birds' Nests

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LAND OF ANCIENT SAGAS • VOLCANOES AND GLACIERS ARE THE POSTERCHILDREN FOR ICELAND, BUT...