January 2020 issue on sale! Posted on 17 December 2019 Tags:Botswana, Cape Town, istanbul, Karoo, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, painted wolf, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, turkey, Velddrif, Zimbabwe For our January 2020 cover story, the Getaway team combed the streets of Cape Town to bring you a 15-page locals’ guide to what’s hot in the Mother City this summer. This month, we launch our new African food series, kicking off the year with Cape Malay cuisine by Chiara Turilli. Pippa de Bruyn checks out 11 of the best places to rest your head in North Zululand. Photographer Nick Dreyer shares his portfolio from his years of following African wild dogs on foot in Mana Pools. Catherine Hofmeyr heads up the West Coast to Velddrif to brave the bokkom, and Darrel Bristow-Bovey wanders the beguiling streets of Istanbul. We also show off the winning pics from 2019’s Getaway Gallery competition, and with the new year comes new opportunities to flex your photography skills in the Getaway Gallery 2020, with prizes worth more than R160,000. Readers are encouraged to email their travel tales (no more than 250 words, plus any pics) to [email protected]. The reader with the winning letter wins a Black Diamond ReVolt 350 lumen rechargeable headlamp and Black Diamond Zip Lantern worth R1,600! Top shots from your travels could also win you a R500 Cape Union Mart voucher. Tag @getawaymagazine and @capeunionmart in your shots on Instagram and use the hashtag #explore to enter! Have a prosperous, adventure-filled 2020! Nicholas Dyer – Wild dogs of Mana Pools portfolio, page 60 The African wild dog is one of our most enigmatic creatures and also one of the world’s most endangered. Photographer Nicholas Dyer spent six years following three packs on foot in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. This is what he saw. Getaway Team – Insider’s Cape Town, page 72 Cape Town’s major tourist attractions are legendary, but wait, there’s more… Like Strandlopers of yore, the Getaway team combed through the Mother City to bring you our insider tips and hang-outs – from hush-hush speakeasies to tucked-away tidal pools, ‘secret’ sunset spots and personal favourites for a bite Catherine Hofmeyr – Velddrif, page 98 Driving over the Berg River on Carinus Bridge, you’d probably dismiss Velddrif as just another Weskus fishing dorpie; but then you wouldn’t meet Captain Tollie, taste artisanal cheese or sip a poetic gin Darrel Bristow-Bovey – Istanbul, page 104 You’ll probably never have enough time to fully explore the beguiling streets of Istanbul, but Darrel Bristow-Bovey knows them pretty well. Here is his guide to the city that straddles two worlds. Photographs by Achmat Booley. Regulars ED’S LETTER Justin Fox writes to President Cyril Ramaphosa 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 Anton Crone sees Victoria Falls through the eyes of the chacma baboons 16 WISH YOU WERE HERE A stretch of theTongaporutu coastline on New Zealand’s North Island 18 Escape DRINKS Sip on these this summer 20 WHAT’S UP Ideas and inspiration 22 FIRST LOOK Two safari islands 26 HISTORICAL JOURNEYS The longest trek 28 NATURE Shepherding the Karoo 30 ECO-LOGIC How to kill a river 32 ADVENTURE Wildlife encounters on foot 34 FOOD Cape Malay kicks off our new African series 36 GEAR Packing for the beach 40 Photography GETAWAY GALLERY Here they are: the 2019 winners! 44 MASTERCLASS Wildlife in black and white 56 PORTFOLIO Wild dogs of Mana Pools 60 Travel BEST BEDS North Zululand 66 CAPE TOWN Our 15-page locals’ guide to good times 72 WRITERS’ PLACES Where they find their inspiration 89 WEEKENDER Velddrif is both salt-of-the-earth and sophisticated 98 ISTANBUL Secrets of a city that straddles two worlds 104 WHERE NEXT… Find out where we’re headed 122 Wins WIN A FAMILY SAFARI AT SANBONA WILDLIFE RESERVE IN THE KAROO, WORTH R42,000! Win two nights for a family of four at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in the Little Karoo 97 SEND US YOUR PHOTOS Enter the 2020 Getaway Gallery photographic competition and stand a chance to win prizes worth more than R160,000 55 SUBSCRIBE & SAVE 45% Pay just R283 for 12 issues. Email [email protected] or call 0874052005 Related Posts June 2023 issue now on sale! 13 March 2023 May 2023 issue now on sale!... read more March 2021 issue now on sale! 17 February 2021 Some of South Africa’s most beautiful and luxurious private safari lodges have dropped their prices... read more February 2021 issue now on sale! 19 January 2021 PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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