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.

Reading the waves • HOW THE OCEAN CAN TEACH US

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WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH

Post • AMUSE, INFORM AND AMAZE US WITH YOUR STORIES AND PHOTOS

We asked: • What's on your travel wish list for 2021?

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Winners! • Two luxurious nights for four at Marataba Explorer’s Camp in the Waterberg worth R36 240

Share your shot • OUR PICK OF READERS’ TRAVEL PHOTOS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA

Haycation • FARM STAYS MAKE FOR HEAVEN-SENT HOLIDAYS, AND THEY’RE ALSO GREAT VALUE. KEITH BAIN UNCOVERS SOME OF THE BEST RURAL IDYLLS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Get Up, Stand Up • NO LONGER THE DOMAIN OF BEACH-BLONDE HAIR AND SUNTANNED SKIN, THE SURFING COMMUNITY REFLECTS AN INCREASINGLY WIDER SPREAD OF AGE, RACE AND ABILITY. A FIRST-TIME SURFER AND PHOTOJOURNALIST DIPS HER TOES INTO THE INCLUSIVE SURFING COMMUNITY AT MUIZENBERG

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LEARN TO SURF

Surfer profiles

Islands–a creation story • AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY SHE RESTED

The Wellington wander • JOURNALIST AND SWARTLANDER PETER FROST HAS BEEN TRACKING THE CHANGES IN WELLINGTON FOR OVER A DECADE. RENAULT’S LATEST DUSTER TOOK HIM BACK TO CHRONICLE THE NEXT CHAPTER

Motoring Match-up

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The Octopus’ GARDEN • BY EXPLORING THE AFRICAN SEA FORESTS FOR NEARLY A DECADE, A SMALL GROUP OF PIONEERS HAVE GIVEN US A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON THE COASTLINE AND A GROUNDBREAKING FILM MY OCTOPUS TEACHER. THE BOOK SEA CHANGE TELLS THE STORY OF THIS UNDERSEA ENVIRONMENT AND REVEALS THE REMARKABLE CREATURES THAT THEY ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY

See you later, navigator • WITH 2021 LYING AHEAD OF US LIKE AN OPEN ROAD, GEAR EDITOR MATTHEW STERNE LOOKS AT THE BEST DEVICES TO PLOT YOUR COURSE INTO THE NEW YEAR

Apps

Smartphone apps vs GPS devices

FIELD NOTES Feathery Friends Miracles do happen • ISIMANGALISO WETLAND PARK IS A LURE FOR TWITCHERS ON THE HUNT FOR ELUSIVE BIRDS. ROB INGLE HAD HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM ON HIS QUEST TO FIND ONE OF THE ROSY VARIETY

FEATHERY FACTS

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We’ll always have PARYS • THE FREE STATE TOWN HAS LONG BEEN A POPULAR WEEKEND GETAWAY FOR GAUTENGERS. IT’S AN EVER-EVOLVING SCENE, WITH MORE TO IT THAN JUST A METEOR CRASH SITE

The Vredefort Dome

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Tees and sea apply • THE SOUTH COAST OF KZN OFFERS A CHOICE OF MAGNIFICENT GOLF COURSES, SOME NO MORE THAN A SEVEN IRON FROM THE SEA. FOR COMBINING A FAMILY SEASIDE HOLIDAY WITH GOLF, THERE’S NOWHERE BETTER IN OUR COUNTRY THAN THIS SUBTROPICAL STRIP

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The Mascarene’s punch-packing paradise • ON RODRIGUES, A UNIQUE AND DIVERSE OUTLIER OF TROPICAL MAURITIUS, ENDLESS ADVENTURES AWAIT, NOT TO MENTION SUGAR-SAND BEACHES; THE PSYCHEDELIC COLOUR BUZZ OF A VIBRANT ISLAND CULTURE AND THE EXHILARATING RUSH OF ACID-CLEAR WATER. THE PLACE SHOULD COME WITH AN ADDICTION WARNING

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Slivers of heaven • THE MALDIVES TAKES THE TROPICAL ISLAND PARADISE CONCEPT TO ITS ULTIMATE CONCLUSION. WE BRING YOU A SAMPLE OF THREE OF HEAVEN’S OFFERINGS

Maldives in a (coco) nutshell

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From arid lands to open skies

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