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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.

PARADISE LOST AND FOUND • THOSE ISLAND DAYS NEEDN’T BE A MINDLESS DAZE

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FASTEST MAN ON SAND • WORLD CHAMPION LIFESAVER RYLE DE MORNY LIVES LIFE AT 120km/h, YET FINDS PEACE IN THE OUTDOORS. THE TV PRESENTER AND ACTOR SPENDS EVERY FREE MOMENT MAKING THE MOST OF THE BEACH, THE SURF, AND THE MOTHER CITY’S MOUNTAIN TRAILS

It’s just a maté of taste • YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRINK THE BITTER BREW TO EXPERIENCE THE MONTEVIDEO FULL MONTY, BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL TRY

DO IT FOR DAD • BUYING GIFTS FOR POPS CAN BE TRICKY BEYOND THE RELIABLE BILTONG-AND-SOCKS COMBO. GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE SOUGHT OUT A FEW MUST-HAVES THAT SHOULD HIT THE SWEET SPOT THIS FATHER’S DAY

AND THE ENVELOPE PLEASE… • OUR YEAR-LONG COMPETITION DREW HUNDREDS OF DESERVING ENTRIES, SO MANY OF WHICH FILLED US WITH AWE AND CAUSED EMOTIONS TO BUBBLE UP. WE’VE BEEN IMPRESSED, INSPIRED, TEARY-EYED, AND – ABOVE ALL – HONOURED TO HAVE BEEN A PLATFORM FOR YOUR WORK. THERE CAN, HOWEVER, BE ONLY ONE WINNER

RECONNECTION • JONATHAN AND ANGELA SCOTT ARE AMONG THE WORLD’S MOST PROLIFIC NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS. THESE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES FROM THEIR RECENT BOOK, SACRED NATURE 2: RECONNECTING PEOPLE TO OUR PLANET, CAPTURE A MERE FRACTION OF THEIR EXTENSIVE PROJECT TO HELP HUMANS RE-EXAMINE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH EARTH

GOOD NEWS FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION • PHOTOJOURNALIST GRAEME GREEN WENT TO RWANDA TO DOCUMENT THE RECENTLY OPENED ELLEN DEGENERES CAMPUS OF THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND AND SPEND TIME WITH OUR NEAREST GENETIC COUSINS. HE ALSO WITNESSED A RAY OF HOPE ON THE HORIZON

Paradise local • IT’S ONE THING TO REST AND RECUPERATE AT A FABULOUS RESORT, BUT WE WANTED TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER. SO WE TASKED A HANDFUL OF WRITERS WITH GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF THE ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

RISE AND SHINE • IN CRADOCK, AN EDGE-OF-THE-KAROO TOWN IN THE EASTERN CAPE, THE FUN – AND THE HARD WORK – STARTS EARLY. AMONG THE DAWN RISERS ARE CHRIS MARAIS AND JULIENNE DU TOIT, WHO SET OUT BEFORE DAYBREAK TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEIGHBOURS ARE UP TO

WIN • A two-night stay for two at Biyela Lodge WORTH R36 000

Trip Planner • In July, temperatures in and around Cradock can drop to -9°C for about 20 nights, with regular frost five months of the year.

OLD SCHOOL… WITH A TWIST • BIANCA COLEMAN SOUGHT OUT THE CHEFS BRINGING OLD-SCHOOL MZANSI FLAVOURS INTO THE REALM OF COSMOPOLITAN COOL

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