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Labour of Love
Stop and smell the roses, writes Dara Kell - it might just remind you of family, and eventually bring you home.
5 min |
April/May 2022
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New Model, or Old News?
Is there a market for a new version of a particular car if nothing has changed under the bonnet? At first glance, it looks as if the new Ford Ranger Raptor SE has just parted its hair to the other side...
4 min |
April/May 2022
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Kleinmond for the Win!
Kleinmond is inside the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and the town boasts everything from fynbos-covered mountains to Blue Flag beaches. It's no wonder UNESCO declared this area a World Heritage Site! Here's your guide.
10+ min |
April/May 2022
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Hydration Station
More than 5 000 years ago, the Assyrians filled goatskin bladders so they could carry water across the desert. Today, there's a hydration pack for almost every outdoor activity. Here are seven of our favorites for hiking, running, and riding.
5 min |
April/May 2022
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Oh, Glorious Garden Route Rivers!
The Garden Route is one of South Africa's most popular holiday destinations. The beaches are beautiful and the forests almost sacred. And then there are the rivers! Here's your guide to paradise on water.
10+ min |
April/May 2022
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Cracking Egg Recipes!
Treat your loved ones (or a whole rugby team) to a hearty brunch with these egg-cellent recipes.
9 min |
April/May 2022
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Wild Coast, Distilled
The Wild Coast lives up to its name: It is wild. It's remote, the roads are mostly poor and there isn't a Woolies insight. But it's also full of life. The landscape is scattered with villages and subsistence crops, and goats and cattle graze wherever they want. In fact, finding a secluded corner is surprisingly difficult! But we were determined to do just that. Here's your guide to Dwesa, Cwebe, and Hluleka nature reserves...
10 min |
April/May 2022
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Take a Hike - Try a Trail at Tomjachu
Walk with a giraffe over grassy plains, with a bushbuck through the thickets, and with a klipspringer to the top of a rocky hill.
5 min |
April/May 2022
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Glendonald Cottage, Groot Winterhoek Mountains
Stay here
2 min |
April/May 2022
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Answer the Call of the Waterberg
Come experience this unique area in full: its animals, its landscapes, and its people.
10+ min |
April/May 2022
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Naa Na Na Na–vara!
Just like The Beatles advised Jude to do, Nissan South Africa have taken a slightly sad song and made it much better. We’re talking about the new and improved Nissan Navara, which is now built-in the Rosslyn plant near Pretoria.
2 min |
February/March 2022
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Protecting the Ghost of the Bushveld
As poaching takes on pandemic proportions, the plight of pangolins across Africa is dire. Thank goodness for people like Professor Ray Jansen, who are fighting tooth and nail to save these seldom-seen creatures.
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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Paw Patrol!
Your best friend is made for the great outdoors. These readers explain how they take their dogs on road trips, and how they add smiles to their lives.
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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That's a Wrap!
If you have a packet of tortillas in the pantry, you can whip up a quick and tasty meal whenever you want. Here are some ideas.
8 min |
February/March 2022
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The Karoo's Prince Charming
"Prince Albert takes the Karoo’s open spaces, stars, and silent nights, and sprinkles it with old-fashioned cinema houses, jaunty vintage stores, and art. Where else will you find a dairy and a gin bar in the same street?"
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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Farm Life Is the Good Life
"The tiny town of Tarkastad is in a mountainous knuckle of the Eastern Cape. Gravel roads take you past flocks of sheep and the odd steenbok to these peaceful guest farms."
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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Back in the Day
"The Union-Castle Line, 1900-1977"
4 min |
February/March 2022
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Walk wild in leopard country
Want to sleep in the veld and listen to the calls of wild animals, far from the safety of the rest camps? Bring your backpack and hike the four-day Mphongolo Trail in the Kruger Park.
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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Pathway to Petra
Starting in 2018, Patrick and Marie Gurney set out on an 18-month overland journey from France to South Africa. In this final chapter of their Travel Journal, they explore Jordan.
10+ min |
February/March 2022
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A delicate balance
The winners of the 57th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced late in 2021.
4 min |
February/March 2022
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Whimsical West Coast escapes
From sleeping in a shack that hugs the shoreline to glamping in a field of Namaqualand daisies, spice up your next weekend away with these six unique accommodation options on the West Coast.
10+ min |
December 2021/January 2022
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Mr Popularity
The Tiguan – a compact family SUV – is Volkswagen’s bestselling car globally. The current version has been modernised, but it’s obvious that the German giant isn’t going to mess around with a winning recipe.
3 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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Othmane Zolati
The 27-year-old recently completed a four-year, 30000 km journey on foot, bicycle and skateboard through 24 African countries, finishing at the southernmost tip of the continent in Cape Agulhas. Watch his documentary Africa and I on Showmax.
4 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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TAKE A HIKE
A mountain full of flowers
4 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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BACK IN THE DAY KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, 1992
CHRISTIE FOURIE from Brackenfell writes: In the winter of 1992, six other students and I from the Dagbreek men’s residence in Stellenbosch left Cape Town on a trip to what was then the Eastern Transvaal. Our destination? The Kruger Park!
4 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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In vellies we trust
Which shoes are you wearing as you walk into 2022? Sophia van Taak makes the case for velskoens.
5 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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Wake up on the Wild Coast
The Wild Coast might be rugged and remote, but it has no shortage of comfortable places to stay. These 10 spots have soft mattresses, level camping stands and splendid views of the coastline.
10+ min |
December 2021/January 2022
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PROFILE: The old man and the kloof
Next time you drive through the Baviaanskloof, pull over at Babes seWinkel and say hello to Gustav Nortjé, the oom behind the cash register and a storyteller extraordinaire.
10+ min |
December 2021/January 2022
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Put Simon's Town on your radar
Simon’s Town has been the headquarters of the South African Navy for more than two centuries. But you don’t need a military rank to enjoy the sun and the sea. Here’s your guide.
9 min |
December 2021/January 2022
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Turkish delights
On an epic overland journey from France to South Africa, Patrick and Marie Gurney take a turn through Turkey, a country of deep-rooted culture and calming coastlines.
10+ min |