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Contributors
SEEKING SOLITUDE (P92) Jay has spent over a decade photographing and writing about some of Africa’s most remote and spectacular wilderness areas. She is passionate about writing, photographing and promoting sustainable travel destinations in Africa t
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Snapshot
WHERE ON EARTH? JAPAN'S TDTTDRI SAND DUNES IS AN AREA WHERE SURF MEETS LAND AND SOMETIMES EVEN SNOW! PART OF THE SAN'IN KAI GAN GEDPARK, JUST OUTSIDE THE TDTTDRI PREFECTURE, IT WAS DECLARED A UNESCO GLOBAL GEDPARK IN 2010. THE AREA - WHICH IS MORE TH
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Honey, Clear My Schedule weekend Reset
11 November CORNER OF GARSFONTEIN AND TIERPOORT ROAD, PRETORIA Enjoy vibrant drumming at this scenic outdoor venue. Musicians skilled in African and Latin drumming styles lead these dynamic and captivating performances. Join the fun at 4 pm to savour
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Of Land And Sea…
SPEAK TO US: GETAWAY.CO.ZA GETAWAYMAGAZINE GETAWAYMAGAZINE It's hard to deny the immense beauty South Africa has in abundance. Whether you're in a landlocked province or on the coast, there's so much to see and do at every turn. There are so many pla
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Amazing Arniston
On the shores of Marcus Bay lies Arniston, and the small fishing village of Kassiesbaai, with its lime-washed and thatched houses that add to the area's beauty, attracting artists and nature photographers. Arniston's golden beaches, rolling sand dune
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Picnic On A Flight Of Angels
On his first trip down the Zambezi River te what is today known as Livingstone Island, above the Victoria Falls, the famed explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone had only one thing to say: ‘No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anythin
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Group Editor MEGAN PAULSE Editorial Team Managing Editor ALAN VALKENBURG Chief Copy Editor ROSHAAN BOUWER Deputy Chief Copy Editor SHANEEN NOBLE Senior Copy Editor and Features Writer LISA ABDELLAH Features Writer LORRAINE KEARNEY Creative Team Art D
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Book Your Ticket
The aviation industry in South Africa has had a bit of a bad run in the past few years. Debts, liquidations, closures, bailouts. It's all there. And then there's FlySafair, cheerfully bucking the trend. The low-cost airline keeps growing and added fo
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No, It's a Plane
Coming soonish to an airport near you, an entirely new aircraft shape. The “blended wing body’ shape looks something like the ‘flying wing’ design used by military aircraft such as the B-2 bomber, but quite unlike the ‘tube and wing’ shape designed i
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When In The Wild
‘What I love most about hotels and resorts is watching people unwind enough to become unashamedly themselves,’ sales and marketing director for Anew Hotels and Resorts Alan Campbell shared as we watched a group of Australian travellers hammer ‘Sweet
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Good Food is a Good Thing
First there was Oku and Yama Asian Eatery. Now, the toddlers (they opened in 2020) have been joined by a baby sibling, Eleven, a culinary exploration. ‘Eleven is the culmination of a dream,’ says Chef-proprietor Ryan Shell. ‘It embodies something com
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PUT YOUR NOSE IN A BOOK FACT & FICTION
BY DARREL BRISTOW-BOVEY Jonathan Ball, RRP R280 For Heroic Age Explorers, ‘Antarctica was a katabasis: a journey beyond the limits of experience, a voyage beyond life to the underworld’. And for Ernest Henry Shackleton and his crew aboard Endurance,
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Magical Calvinia
When one thinks of Calvinia, wildflowers most likely spring to mind. But there is so much more to this Northern Cape town, especially for those seeking an adventure slightly off the beaten track. Calvinia was founded in 1845 by the Dutch Reformed Chu
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Sit Down, Sandy Señorita!
She gracefully circled as we snorkelled on the surface of the Indian Ocean. Nestled against her belly was her tiny calf. Another proud circle followed. ‘Look, look, see what I’ve done!’ she seemed to say. She glided off towards other swimmers, perhap
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Ever Ready
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Creole Cravings
Hearing that you've been bumped up to business class, is quite possibly the best way to start any trip, and Air Austral knows it. With champagne in hand, followed by a three-course meal, my four-hour flight barely feels like a haul across the sky. My
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Going For Gold
With another wash of water over the pan, I cleared away the last of the pebbles, leaving only sand behind - together with a bursting sense of anticipation, which all gold prospectors know so well. ‘Could this pan be the one that holds a fat, gleaming
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2023/2024 Getaway GALLERY
Category: People and Culture While exploring the Üsküdar region on the Asian side of Turkey, I heard the call to prayer at a mosque with a spiral-shaped exterior said to have taken its inspiration from the rotational movements of the entire universe.
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Introducing
We’re shaking things up for the new season of our legendary Getaway Gallery Competition. We’ll continue to reward the best pictures and acknowledge creativity, but we’re keen to introduce new blood into our sponsors and look at how we can reward our
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The View From Above
Sharyn was driving home along the ocean road on a Sunday morning when she noticed a mother-andcalf pair of southern right whales. When she got home, she sent out her drone to observe them. While flying her drone, she saw dolphins behaving strangely a
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The Coast With The Most
If you’ve been planning a beach trip that ticks all the stereotypical boxes, let this be the summer you make those picture-perfect dreams a reality: South Africa’s small towns have the palm trees and unspoilt beaches you’ve been longing for and plent
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From Carnage To Conservation
Whaling dates to 875 AD and was initially employed by many First Nations peoples worldwide as a subsistence practice. This continued until the 16th century, when whaling began to spread more intensively. The heyday of whaling, from the 17th century t
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Trip Planner
Road trips are appealing because they involve a dose of spontaneity, but it’s best not to leave some things to chance. Get these basics in order before you hit the road, and you'll free up time and energy for the best types of spur-of-the-moment deci
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Seeking Solitude
The wilderness seemed to wrap its arms around us as soon as we left the tarmac and hit the red dirt road. 'There is nothing quite like kicking up some dust,' Matt, the owner and host of N sala Wilderness Camp said with a grin, as we passed a kudu bul
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Trip Planner
We used Swift Kruger Shuttles, a reliable, comfortable, affordable and convenient way of getting from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit. 063 073 2570 swiftkrugershuttles.com Guests can fly to Hoedspruit from Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban, where they wil
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Maiden Voyage
Amidst enduring a gruelling Cape Town winter, the opportunity arose to head off to Italy and embark on Norwegian Viva’s maiden voyage. I’ll be honest though, while a trip to Italy had always been on my bucket list, a cruise hadn’t, but thanks to this
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News and Views From the Final Frontier…
This is so sad. I know that’s how nature works, but why don't the lions become vegan? It’s called the [circle] of life. It is nothing new, although it is emotional when you see [the] buffalo mother sacrificing herself. Can't argue with God! Those lio
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I Speak For The Sea
I remember my first scuba dive in iSimangaliso, looking at the underwater world through the lens of a traditional healer, who’d dreamed of it and seen it in visions, and as someone who’d used the beach for recreational purposes - neither of whom had

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