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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.

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

SNAPSHOT • WHERE ON EARTH?

CALVINIA CALLS • THIS CHARMING TOWN NESTLED IN THE HEART OF SOUTH AFRICA’S NORTHERN CAPE BLENDS HISTORY, CULTURE AND BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPES

SIMPLE ACTION, BIG RESULT • YOU CAN HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST PANGOLIN TRAFFICKING

SECOND CHANCE • THE MORE LIFE EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE, THE BETTER THE STORYTELLER YOU ARE. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE IS MABULA GAME RESERVE SAFARI GUIDE TSHEPO LONI, WHOM THE LIMPOPO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT & TOURISM (LEDET) SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE GUIDING INDUSTRY AT THE NATIONAL TOURISM CAREERS EXPO (NTCE) 2024

DID YOU KNOW? • SOME STRANGE, ALL TRUE. THESE FUN FACTS ARE SURE TO ADD A FEW NEW PLACES TO YOUR MUST-VISIT LIST

THE PIG'S THE PLACE • THERE'S MORE TO BATHURST THAN A GIANT PINEAPPLE AND BEING, AS THE LOCALS AFFECTIONATELY KNOW IT, 'A DRINKING TOWN WITH A FARMING PROBLEM'

CAROLUSBERG CALAMITY • A MISSING BRIDE, A VENDETTA WITH A POOR MUTT AND AN AILING GRANNY - A SUMMARY OF A TRIP THAT TESTED OUR SANITY

FIGHT THE CHILL • STAYING COSY WHILE EXPLORING HAS NEVER BEEN SO STYLISH

Why Beaverlac Will Always Be a Banker • OLIVER KEOHANE REFLECTS ON BEAVERLAC’S TIMELESS BEAUTY, BUDGET-FRIENDLY ALLURE AND THE CHARM OF WINTERTIME CAMPING

Moth to a FLAME • BRAAIING IS IN OUR BLOOD, SAYS THE MODERN-DAY CHEF WHO KEEPS TRADITIONAL FAMILY RECIPES ALIVE

WILD IS THE WORD • PORT EDWARD IS A TOWN FRAUGHT WITH ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY

JOURNEYS & FACES • VISUAL JOURNALIST SAMANTHA REINDERS SHARES SOME OF HER MOST MEMORABLE IMAGES FROM WORKING ACROSS AFRICA AND ASIA

OUR WILD, WONDERFUL RELATIVES • DO SELF-MEDICATING WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS IN GABON'S MOUKALABA-DOUDOU NATIONAL PARK HOLD THE KEY TO LIFE-SAVING DRUGS?

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK • THE NORTHERN DRAKENSBERG NATURE RESERVE, ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST RECENTLY DECLARED NATURE RESERVES, IS WELL WORTH EXPLORING, AS NARINA EXELBY DISCOVERS

10 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE NDNR

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A DASH TO DIVINITY • GOING FROM HIS BREAKFAST NOOK TO THE VAST EXPANSE OF THE MANYELETI GAME RESERVE AND TINTSWALO'S SAFARI LODGE TOOK RYAN VREDE LESS THAN FIVE HOURS

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IN DISCOMFORT TO DO GOOD • ON A LIMPOPO ADVENTURE WITH HUMANITARIAN KINGSLEY HOLGATE IN THE NEW LAND ROVER DEFENDER, OLIVER KEOHANE LEARNS ABOUT THE STATE OF RHINO POACHING IN SOUTH AFRICA

JUST AROUND THE RIVERBEND • ON A SMALL ISLAND ON THE ZAMBIAN SIDE OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER IS OTTER ISLAND CAMP, AN ECOTOURISM INITIATIVE THAT WILL TEACH YOU THE JOY OF DOING NOTHING

GO BIG IN JAPAN • THERE ARE FEW COUNTRIES WHERE CHAOS AND CALM COMFORTABLY COEXIST AS THEY DO IN JAPAN, WRITES FIRST-TIME VISITOR CLIFFORD ROBERTS

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Caught in the WEB • FASCINATING, QUIRKY FINDS ONLINE

News and Views From the Final Frontier… • WE RECENTLY POSTED AN ARTICLE ABOUT A YOUNG LEOPARD THAT JUMPED ONTO THE HOOD OF A SAFARI VEHICLE IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK…