In the February 2020 issue of Getaway, our Drakensberg cover story brings you the best of the ‘Berg’s tried-and-tested campsites.
We explore two new hiking routes on the beach and in the bush, and get a first look at Cape Nature’s newly renovated cottages at Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve just outside Robertson. Getaway’s Michelle Hardie is the adventurer behind this month’s international travel feature on India, where she goes slackpacking on a 160-kilometre trek through the Himalayas, and Catherine Hofmeyr gets spends 48 hours in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. In the Eastern Cape, Marion Whitehead traces Nelson Mandela’s early footsteps and Andy Hofmeyr finds out what you can get up to on a weekend in Hamburg. Pippa de Bruyn rounds up the best beds in the Lowveld town of White River near the Kruger and marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon shares his incredible Cape Coast images.
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Chiara Turilli – Mozambican food, page 39
This year we’ll be eating our way around Mama Africa, and it’s going to get spicy. ‘It’s about the three Ps: peri-peri, prawns and prego,’ says food stylist, Chiara Turilli.
Matthew Sterne – Best Drakensberg campsites, page 72
Whether you’re in a two-person hiking tent eye-balling the peak or a full caravan in a family-friendly resort, fortune favours the camper in the Drakensberg. These are Getaway‘s top 10 picks.
Jessica Oosthuyse & Matthew Sterne – Western Cape hikes, page 89
The Getaway Team tries out two new guided hikes – with very different comfort levels – in the Western Cape. Find out which you prefer – beach or bush?
Michelle Hardie – India, page 104
Himalayan Run & Trek is a 160-kilometre stage race in the Darjeeling District of India. With a backdrop of some of the world’s highest mountains, this adventure takes you along the border of Nepal where yaks, red pandas and wild horses roam free.
Regulars
ED’S LETTER Justin Fox extols the sublime beauty of the Drakensberg 7
CONTRIBUTORS Meet this month’s experts and adventurers 9
INBOX The latest from our readers 10
INSTASPACE Share your Insta shots 15
TRAVELLING TALES Darrel Bristow-Bovey finds that combining vodka with Valentine’s Day is asking for trouble… 16
WISH YOU WERE HERE Picture paradise… chances are it looks a lot like this East African island 18
Escape
WHAT’S UP Ideas and inspiration 20
CULTURE Harvest time in the Winelands 24
FIRST LOOK A Cape Nature escape 26
HISTORICAL JOURNEYS The never-ending one 28
NATURE Mana Pools’ new dog pack 30
ECO-LOGIC The fight for Langebaan lagoon 32
NATURE An eco-island shows how it’s done 34
CHEFS ON HOLIDAY Dave Tilley of the Taj 36
FOOD A slice of Mozambique 38
GEAR Look on the light side 42
Photography
GETAWAY GALLERY The latest finalists 46
MASTERCLASS Cityscapes 54
PORTFOLIO Two oceans, all angles 58
Travel
BEST BEDS White River 66
DRAKENSBERG Our top 10 campsites 72
THE MANDELA ROUTE Tracking his childhood 82
NEW WESTERN CAPE HIKES Bush or beach? 86
WEEKENDER Hamburg is an eccentric enclave 93
NAIROBI Notes from Kenya’s capital 98
INDIA Trekking the Himalayan foothills 104
WHERE NEXT… Find out where we’re headed 122
Wins
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