In the July issue of Getaway, you’ll follow Carinè Müller, who was about to embark on a most unusual voyage from Lamu to Zanzibar on a plastic dhow.You can read about her adventure and its powerful message concerning ocean pollution. Similarly, Erlo and Lauren Brown’s astonishing hike from Cape Agulhas to the Angola border had, as one of its aims, making people aware of the plastic soiling our shores. From birding in KwaZulu-Natal to e-biking through the Namaqualand daisies and hiking the Tugela from source to sea (our cover story), we hope you’ll have an equally adventurous July!
Chiara Turilli – Indian cuisine, page 44.
This year, we’re being inspired by 12 iconic travel destinations – and the cuisine that can take you there instantly. This month it gets somewhat spicy.
Matthew Sterne – Tugela, page 48.
The Tugela is considered to be South Africa’s wildest river. Getaway went rough and remote while tracking the course of ‘The Startling One’ from source to sea.
Carinè Müller – East Coast of Africa, page 88.
This is the story of a boat made from flip-flops, toothbrushes and water bottles, which sailed down the East Coast of Africa from Kenya to Zanzibar to save our seas.
Justin Fox – Japan, page 96.
Come September, Japan will reverberate to the roar of crowds and the shrill referees’ whistles. In the run-up to the Rugby World Cup, we visited the island nation to hike its back roads. Once an ancient highway through the Japanese Alps from Kyoto to Tokyo, the Nakasendo Way is today a forgotten byway made for slackpacking holidays.
Upfront
Ed’s letter
Justin Fox loves sailing East African dhows. Here’s why…
Contributors
Meet this month’s experts and adventurers
Travelling tales
Michelle Hardie leaps into her life
Inbox
Our favourite letters and messages this month
Escape
Wish you were here
Provence’s purple haze
Nature
Whale sharks of St Helena
First Look
Presidential lodgings at De Hoop
Calendar
The top events this month
Bites
Destination dining in Jozi
Gear
Essential swag for three kinds of roughing it
Neighbourhood
Chill out on Durban’s Bluff
Amazing places
West Coast Fossil Park
Photography
Masterclass
Shooting spring flowers
Gallery
Five images out of Africa from our readers
The Final Cut
Pringle Bay
Superb self-catering stays in a coastal eco-zone
Road trip
Tugela
Matthew Sterne follows this fascinating river from source to sea
Food
India
Spice up your winter
Travel
Australia
Veteran odd-beat lensman Obie Oberholzer gives us his angle Down Under
Agulhas to Angola
An incredible journey on foot with photographer Erlo Brown
Tembe Elephant Park
It’s the small things that caught Anton Crone’s eye in this Northern KZN park
Namaqualand
Follow daisy-lined byways on an e-bike with Roger and Pat de la Harpe
East Coast of Africa
Carinè Müller sets sail with a purpose on a dhow built from plastic litter
Japan
Justin Fox goes slack-packing (or was it?) up an ancient highway on Honshu Island
Insider’s Guide
Livingstone
Like its namesake, Michelle Hardie went exploring and discovered a vibrant town
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