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THE SCENIC ROUTE • SLOW DOWN, BE MORE PRESENT, AND ALLOW THE JOURNEY TO SURPRISE YOU AS MUCH AS THE DESTINATION

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HONEY, CLEAR MY SCHEDULE • EXPLORE YOUR TOWN, ONE EVENT AT A TIME

SNAPSHOT WHERE ON EARTH?

TAKING TOP HONOURS • SEVERAL ACSA-OPERATED AIRPORTS HAVE BEEN NAMED AMONG AFRICA'S BEST

BY ANY OTHER NAME • THROUGH THE SPOKEN LAND, A PROJECT FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, NTOKOZO MBULI - A TELEVISION AND FILM STORY TELLER AND MULTI-AWARD-WINNING FACTUAL PRODUCER - SHARES THE UNTOLD STORIES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT

DID YOU KNOW? • SOME STRANGE, ALL TRUE. THESE FUN FACTS ARE SURE TO ADD A FEW NEW PLACES TO YOUR MUST-VISIT LIST

DRIVING OUT OF THE NOISE • JUST UNDER TWO HOURS FROM CAPE TOWN, RENOSTERBOS PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE IS A PLACE DESIGNED FOR PROPER REST - REACHED BY AN UNHURRIED DRIVE THROUGH THE OVERBERG AND DEFINED BY SPACE, SILENCE AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL

SPRINT, FLY, REPEAT • TIGHT CONNECTIONS CAN QUICKLY TRANSFORM A PLANNED CALM JOURNEY HOME INTO AN OLYMPIC-LEVEL CHALLENGE

OUTDOORS, ELEVATED • HIGH-PERFORMANCE LAYERS, HARD-WEARING GEAR AND CLEVER CAMPSITE COMFORTS

East Side Story • SWAPPING THE RUSH OF THE TOURIST TRAIL FOR SPENDING TIME EXPLORING THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY UNCOVERS A CITY DEFINED BY PARKS, CONVERSATIONS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD RHYTHMS, WRITES OLIVER KEOHANE

OFF THE BEATEN PLATE • BEYOND THE CITIES, A SLOWER, MORE SOULFUL FOOD SCENE IS EMERGING, DRIVEN BY LOCAL INGREDIENTS AND MEALS MADE FOR LINGERING OVER

A STONE'S THROW AWAY • IN BUSTLING CAMPS BAY, A HOTEL'S TRANQUIL INTERIORS EMBODY THE NATURAL ELEMENTS OF ITS SURROUNDINGS

WELCOME TO NELSON MANDELA BAY

LIFE, OBSERVED • TEACHER BY PROFESSION, WILDLIFE STORYTELLER BY PASSION, NADINE LEONARD TURNS FLEETING ENCOUNTERS IN THE WILD INTO LASTING REMINDERS OF WHY NATURE DESERVES AWE AND PROTECTION

THE LAST LAUGH • A NEW HYENA QUEEN WILL EMERGE, BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH FOR HER CLAN TO CHALLENGE A LION PRIDE FOR SUPREMACY IN NSEFU, A CORNER OF SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK IN ZAMBIA? BBC EARTH'S KINGDOM UPENDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO RULES THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS AND HOW THEY DO IT, HIGHLIGHTING THE URGENT NEED FOR OUR SUPPORT

CLOSER TO HOME, FAR FROM ORDINARY • MICRO-ESCAPES ENABLE TRAVELLERS TO TRADE LONG-HAUL AND COMPLICATED ITINERARIES FOR SHORTER BREAKS THAT BRING A SENSE OF BALANCE

A Place For Everyone

MAGICAL MADIKWE • SAFARIS INTRODUCE US TO NEW PLACES IN THE VELD, BUT SOMETIMES, THE JOURNEY IS MORE INWARD

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THE ROAD TO STILLNESS • ON THE EDGE OF THE KLEINRIVIER LAGOON, MOSAIC LAGOON LODGE INVITES GUESTS TO SLOW DOWN, BREATHE AND EMBRACE THE SIMPLE LUXURY OF UNINTERRUPTED TRANQUILLITY

DRIVE IN FOCUS

RIDING THE WIND • ADRIENNE BREDEVELDT HAS AN IMMERSIVE ESCAPE TO THE C KITE FESTIVAL IN MAURITIUS

SAILING THROUGH TIME • FROM KARNAK'S COLOSSAL COLUMNS TO THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS, A NILE CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS EGYPT'S ANCIENT WONDERS IN GOLDEN LIGHT

RAISE YOUR GLASS • ONE LUCKY GETAWAY READER STANDS A CHANCE TO WIN A FOUR-NIGHT CAPE WINELANDS HOLIDAY FOR FOUR, VALUED AT OVER R25 900

Caught in the WEB • SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING AND QUIRKY FINDS ONLINE

News and Views From the Final Frontier… • WE RECENTLY SHARED AN ARTICLE ABOUT CONTROLLED EXPLOSIONS TO REMOVE HISTORIC DAMS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, RESTORING NATURAL RIVER...