Our March issue is out! In our cover story, Melanie van Zyl undertakes a 4×4 expedition through the sublime wilds of Namibia’s Kaokoland and becomes smitten.
We also feature foraging on the Cape’s West Coast, a Southern African all-woman overland expedition and two crazy South Africans who headed to Iceland to search for the Northern Lights in the middle of winter. Editor Justin Fox hopes this issue whets your appetite as much as it does ours. Look out for our bumper 30th birthday issue next month and, to celebrate, a spectacular coffee-table book called The 30-Year Safari.
This month’s contributors
Melanie van Zyl – Kaokoland, page 88
Ten days, seven rivers, four wheels, and three guides open the door to Namibia’s Narnia: the wondrous and remote northwestern wilderness.
Alexandra Findlay and Luke Bell – Iceland, page 96
Home to volcanoes and glaciers, Iceland is an unpredictable mix of adventures. Here’s why two young, intrepid Capetonians decided to navigate the island in midwinter.
Janine Stephen – Cape Point, page 76
Most trips to the Cape of Good Hope involve a run to the lighthouse and back. But what’s the point of that when there’s so much else to see and enjoy? Alternative views of this iconic tip of the continent abound.
Heinrich van der Berg – Moods of Nature Portfolio, page 68
Heinrich van der Berg is a thinking photographer. As he says: ‘Black-and-white photography is more about texture than subject, more about character than beauty. It’s about what’s inside.’ This is a selection from his latest book, Moods of Nature.
Upfront
Ed’s letter
Justin Fox on the sublime Kaokoland wilderness
Contributors
Meet this month’s experts and adventurers
Travelling tales
Darryl Bristow-Bovey finds inspiration on a cruise ship
Inbox
Our favourite letters and messages from our readers this month
Escape
Wish you were here
A romantic ruin in Ireland
First Look
Sabie River glamping
Nature
Birdsitting – it’s a thing, and you can do it
Calendar
The top events this month
Bites
Street food in Joburg
Gear
The off-roader’s toolkit
Neighbourhood
Beach life in Summerstrand, PE
Amazing places
See for yourself – in a new series by David Bristow
Photography
Masterclass
Get the aerial perspective
Gallery
Six images out of Africa from our readers
The Final Cut
Joburg Central
Lodgings with character in buzzy ‘hoods
Road trip
West Coast
Roushanna Gray forages for padkos in rock pools and on road verges, with awesome images by Filipa Domingues
Food
Thailand
The perfect balance of flavours
Gear
Drones
We test four options
The Good Read
Sihle Khumalo
Back to Zululand
Insider’s Guide
Cathcart
Gillian Warren-Brown finds a pink Merc and family cricket teams
Competitions
Send us your photos
Win a trip to Bazaruto Island and camera gear, worth over R100,000
Win Waterberg breaks
Two safaris at Mhondoro Lodge in the Welgevonden Nature Reserve
