April 2023

Getaway

South Africa's favourite travel magazine

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Contributors
THE STREETS OF ITALY (P 44) Lindsey has a passion for capturing the essence of cultures and landscapes around the world. With over a decade’s experience, his photographs are known for their composition, colour and ability to convey a sense of place a
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Travel Keepsakes
I was a fully fledged bookworm at a very young age, and was often reprimanded for walking through the house while reading a book, instead of paying attention to what it was my parents had asked me to do. It didn’t help that I was as clumsy then as I
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Honey, Clear My Schedule weekend Reset
1 April 12pm-11pm THE GLEN COUNTRY CLUB, CLIFTON, CAPETOWN Follow the sunset to Cape Town for the official start of the Corona Sunsets Festival World Tour. The festival headlines 14 incredible sunsets in 14 countries. Featuring top local and internat
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Hit The High Line
Built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the bustling streets of Manhattan, New York City’s High Line is a green oasis in a frenetic urban space. It runs along the Hudson River, from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th S
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State Of The Union
‘It’s all got to be like a Sunday lunch’, says chef Amori Burger. ‘My favourite thing in the world is a Sunday lunch.’ And true to the big family Sunday lunches of her childhood in the Free State, she serves it up. Not for Amori delicate wisps of gre
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Fresh Island Style
Mauritius is pretty much wall-to-wall beach resorts that have been luring South Africans after a bit Df tropical island R&R since pa fell off the bus. And for good reason, because it is also pretty much wall-to-wall paradise. Taking up a prime positi
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A Winelands Winner
Chef Gary Coetzae has a few tricks up his sleeve. Keen on a prawn lollipop, mieliepap crisps or Beluga lentils? Cauliflower risotto or aubergine biltong anyone? On the sweet side, do you fancy a bit of Stroh rum gelato? Perhaps some grapefruit compot
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The Sky’s No Limit
‘I flew President Nelson Mandela for five years. When I first started, he asked for my mother’s telephone number; he didn’t believe I was so young and qualified to be flying that plane! I joined the South African Air Force (SAAF) in 1999 and I’ve bee
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Hoarding Ice In A Desert
There was not a bag of ice to be found in the whole of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. At least, there would be no ice north of Twee Rivieren, and we were heading north. The news was delivered by check-in staff when my family arrived at the park on
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Pack It In
Passive noise cancelling headphones are the most common. Although they can be quite big and bulky, they are great for blocking out ambient noise. Active noise cancelling headphones have a built-in audio processor that allows you to hear significantly
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Slurp!
There is something ethereal about ramen. Although Japanese food - or washoku - is steeped in tradition and often traces a deep lineage, ramen is a relatively young addition to the country’s culinary landscape. It also reflects a history of gastronomi
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Where to Slurp
The opening of RAMENHEAD (ramenhead.co.za) on Parliament Street in downtown Cape Town, signals a sea change for South Africa’s relationship with this Japanese street food staple. Authentic noodles are produced on site - the machine churning them out
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2022/2023 Getaway GALLERY
AFRICA’S PREMIER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION FINALIST Category: Street Photography / People and Culture Saturday afternoon and these four friends take time out on a low wall at Long Beach, Simon’s Town. The spacing between the four men and an approachin
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Up For Grabs In Our 2022/2023 Photography Competition
Have you been to some distant shores with a camera in hand? Have you travelled to Mongolia in winter, Ireland in summer or Paternoster in spring? If you haven’t travelled afar, don’t be deterred, we’re more interested in the image than the location.
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A Place To Rest In The Karoo
Exploring the national parks of the Karoo is less about searching for wildlife and more about communing with souls. In these places, the landscape devours your senses. Smell is tinged with dust; the silence of midday screams ‘Listen!’; your eyes abso
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Trip Planner
Two restored farm cottages, PAULSHOEK and DE ZYFER, offer authentic off-the-grid accommodation. Paulshoek has the luxury of a solarpowered fridge and a gas stove, otherwise it’s paraffin lamps, candles and braai. Each cottage sleeps six. Base rate R9
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Animal attraction
Borneo, in Southeast Asia, is the third largest island in the world and is shared by three countries: Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia. It was once covered from head to foot with lush tropical forests, teaming with wildlife such as pygmy elephants, Sum
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A Noble Profession
A chance conversation with an attendant at the Westfjord History Museum began with the coming of roads to the region after WW2 and diverted surprisingly into a quick education on regional rivalries. ‘My grandfather was a postal worker, making deliver
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Land Of Ancient Sagas
There’s nothing like a fire alarm to kill the mood. We’d come halfway across the world to marvel at a distant Islandic fjord when smoke began to pour from a hatch in the deck of our little motorboat Suddenly, remoteness looked less alluring. We’d cho
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A Canadian in Iceland
‘At the first sign of Spring, when sunlight reaches Sólgata (Sun Street), everyone in town lights up their stoves and makes pancakes to share with their neighbours.’ Luke Miller, who is both local adventure guide and marine biologist, explained how m
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Trip Planner
Bores Adventures in Ísafjörour offers single or multi-day excursions, such as mountainbiking, kayaking, hiking and skiing. A 10hr hike of Hornstrandir costs ISK53 800pp. boreaadventures.com Essential websites for planning include Visit Westfjords (we
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Triple-threat Emirate
A head, the snaking road disappeared into a confusion of cliffs, archaic rock farragos swallowing the tar. The Porsche changed down twice, V8 thundering in the canyons, and made a beeline for the chaos. As it had followed the Al Bayh valley floor, so
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Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT
There ere Ceyennes end then there is the Turbo GT, the overechieving superster of Porsche’s SUV line-up. It should have its own nomenclature - the 850Nm V8 engine and upgraded running gear puts it into a league of its own; on a power-to-weight basis,
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Trip Planner
Mast of the world’s airlines fly into Dubai and there are often excellent special offers. From there it is an easy hour’s drive up the coast on a multi-lane highway to Ras Al Khaimah. South African residents need a UAE visa before flying, obtainable
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Learning The Love Language Of Catalonia
An April hailstorm in Barcelona on Sant Jordi? Indeed, it was coming down in torrents during the city’s biggest event, Catalan Valentine’s Day. Given the twoyear pause in celebrations, there was much disbelief, outrage and bandying about of phrases s
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Homeward Bound
FOLLOW US NEED MORE TRAVEL INSPO? getaway.co.za @GetawayMagazine There is a mountain pass on a quiet road west of Mokopane that is utterly astounding. It’s one of those pictures-don’t-do-it-justice roads, quite probably because in order to truly appr
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Do This
Pop into Ludwig’s Roses, a farm where more than 1 000 varieties of rose are grown. The farm’s restaurant, The Rose Kitchen, is open for breakfast, lunch and tea (you can book a picnic, too), and the drinks list is packed with rose-inspired drinks suc
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News and Views From the Final Frontier…
Reggie Engelbrecht Fearless. Braver than human beings. Fiona Parkinson What stroke were they using, could anyone see? Was it the doggy paddle by any chance? Karoline Huntely-Smith Always super to see them crossing these rivers. Recently watched them
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Full Throttle In Zanzibar
Everything was black outside the window, except for a small patch of lights flickering in the distance. Leaning into my lap, although it wasn’t necessary considering the size of the plane, a fellow traveller whispered in my ear: ‘You should see this
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The Streets Of Italy
Photography is based in emotion, and so I try to capture a feeling, an essence of something, whether it be people or places. I’ve watched a lot of cinema through my life and it’s influenced how I shoot, too. I reckon there’s a sort of “cinematic” ele

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