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South Africa

Train travels with my bestie.

My childhood bestie was a reluctant traveller. Until now

“Which station should I get off at?” she texts en route. “You’re well-versed, not like your anxious non-traveller friend.”

  • Catherine Marshall
The Claremont Boutique Hotel.

Long an Aussie favourite, this African city is in for a big year

With more routes from Australia and the launch of new international and design-led hotels, all eyes are on Cape Town.

  • Julietta Jameson
Giraffes in the Kruger National Park.

This world-famous national park is my cure for modern stresses

One of the world’s greatest national parks turns 100 this year. I’ve been visiting it for almost half its life.

  • Catherine Marshall
Bartinney Wine Estate, on the slopes of the Botmaskop Mountains.

South Africa’s ‘French corner’ is the ultimate gourmet escape

An hour from Cape Town, the Franschhoek wine valley’s reputation as the country’s food capital is well earned, but it’s not the only reason you should go.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Walk, don’t run.

‘If you run, you become prey’: In this camp, not all guests are human

“Where can I go for a jog?” I ask naively. “You can’t jog here,” the ranger says.

  • Steve Jacobs
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From a distance, Rio’s colourful favelas look appealing.

Authentic insight or voyeurism? My struggle with slum tourism

I saw a colourful, poor neighbourhood from a distance and wanted to visit it. But I learnt just how thorny, divisive and nuanced the issue is.

  • Gary Nunn
Cape Town.

I thought I knew South Africa, until I did it in a new way

No wildlife, but lots of real life: why you need to see South Africa’s coastal cities, and why a cruise is the best way to do it.

  • Brian Johnston
The UNESCO-listed Cape Floral Kingdom isn’t just the smallest, but also the richest of the world’s six floral kingdoms.

Here to see animals, it was the plants that blew my mind

If travel has one superpower, it’s the ability to transform us in the most surprising of ways.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Leopard in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Why I was wrong about one of Africa’s biggest safari parks

Too big, too crowded and too regulated, I thought. One hour into our first game drive and I’m eating my (safari) hat.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Chapman’s Peak Drive on the Cape Peninsula.

Dramatic peninsula is home to one of the world’s most scenic drives

Spectacular scenery, diverse wildlife and an infamous cape await at the most south-western point of Africa.

  • Kerry van der Jagt