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Living under a rock • BUILDING A CITY AT THE FOOT OF A KILOMETRE-HIGH MOUNTAIN MAY SEEM A WONDERFUL NOTION, BUT...

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The Great NEXT DOORS • HIKE, CAMP, GLAMP OR JUST CHILL FOR SUMMER AT THESE NEW OR OLD FAVOURITE SPOTS – ALL UNDER TWO HOUR’S DRIVE FROM GAUTENG

SAN WISDOM • IN THE SUN-BAKED KALAHARI, HLENGIWE MAGAGULA SOAKS UP SOME WISDOM FROM AN HEIR TO ARGUABLY THE WORLD’S MOST ANCIENT PEOPLE

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CHEERS! to a bizarre year • A SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTMAS IS SO UNLIKE THE SNOW-FILLED FANTASY. BUT LOUZEL LOMBARD STEYN DISCOVERS THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE TO BE, CELEBRATING WITH SOMETHING AUTHENTICALLY AFRICAN, AND BIDDING FAREWELL TO 2020

A martial mystery TOUR • MILITARY PROCESSIONS, TERRIFYING FAIRGROUND RIDES AND MONUMENTAL MAGIC SHOWS ARE WHAT WELCOMES TOURISTS IN NORTH KOREA

Treading lightly • CONSCIOUS OF TRAVEL’S INHERENT EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, MARK SAMUEL HEADS FOR THE CAPE’S SLANGHOEK VALLEY IN A HYBRID-ELECTRIC LEXUS, TO RECCE THE AREA WHILE ALSO REDUCING HIS IMPACT

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GORONGOSA’S HIDEN KINGDOM • AT THE SOUTHERN POINT OF THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY IN MOZAMBIQUE, GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK IS A VERITABLE GARDEN OF EDEN, HOME TO FASCINATING CREATURES – MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED. RENOWNED ENTOMOLOGIST AND

Summer gift guide • GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE LOOKS AT THE LATEST OUTDOOR PRODUCTS WORTH ADDING TO YOUR CHRISTMAS WISHLIST

VERRAUX, Verraux exciting • THE CAPE PENINSULA’S MOST CELEBRATED EAGLES HAVE MOVED TO A FANCIER NEIGHBOURHOOD AND THERE’S EVEN A YOUNGSTER ON THE WAY. ROBERT INGLE REPORTS ON THESE UPWARDLY MOBILE BIRDS

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It’s for the birds (but you’ll love it, too) • MTUNZINI, AN ACTIVE CONSERVANCY ON THE NORTH COAST OF KWAZULU-NATAL, COULD BE A BIRDING HOTSPOT, A FISHERMAN’S HAVEN, A MOUNTAIN-BIKING MECCA OR A LOVELY PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO…

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The mother's SECRETS • SHE’S AS OLD AS TIME AND RECOGNISED THE WORLD OVER. TO CAPETONIANS SHE’S PART OF THE CITYSCAPE, A FAMILIAR BACKDROP. YET DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER AND TABLE MOUNTAIN STIRS UP NEW STORIES, A VERITABLE DID-YOU-KNOW OF FACTS, FOOTPATHS, FASCINATING HISTORY AND FLORA THAT MAY SURPRISE EVEN LOCALS

HIKING TRAILS LESS TRAMPED • You could probably walk a different trail on Table Mountain every day of the year, if you chose to. You won’t be disappointed in these lesser-known routes on the back Table around Hout Bay

CAVING GET UNDER THE MOUNTAIN’S SKIN • Whether it's the get-down-on-your-belly-and-crawl-in type or the large-hole-in-the-side-of-the mountain variety, Table Mountain offers something for everyone

ADVENTURE DO IT IF YOU DARE • Where there are lofty heights there are thrills to...