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South Africa’s number one travel and outdoor lifestyle magazine. We pay our own way and tell it like it is. We drive back roads and speak to real people, giving you practical information about affordable destinations in southern Africa. Each issue is crammed with excellent photography, honest gear reviews and delicious recipes to make at home or in the bundu. Whether you’re looking to escape for a weekend or a month, your journey starts here.

In the next issue

Go west, young man

BEHIND THE SCENES • Web editor Marcelle van Niekerk travelled to the Richtersveld and southern Namibia for the first time (p 44), with Bhejane 4x4 Adventures. She got lost a few times, as you should on an adventure…

WINNIN LETTE

WRITE TO US & WIN!

SPEAK TO US

Q & A • Every month our experts answer your questions about birds, bugs and beasts. Write to editor@gomag.co.za

CHECK THIS

Meet the world’s newest button spider

FOR YOUR CALENDAR • OPEN GARDEN & RARE PLANT FAIR, STELLENBOSCH

VISIT AN ALPACA FARM

GET YOUR GEAR FIXED – FOR FREE!

Heed this cobra’s warning signs

Fair morrow, Mercury

PHASES OF THE MOON

Peter & Colleen McNulty • For many people, retirement is a time to rest and potter around the house. But this couple from Knysna had other plans: Over the course of 18 months, they cycled more than 20 000 km, from Amsterdam to Cape Town! And they’re already planning their next trip…

NANAGA FARM STALL, ALEXANDRIA

BOOKS & MUSIC • Journalist and author Deon Maas tells us about his new life in Berlin, Louis Theroux gets weird in the USA, Bruce Chatwin waxes lyrical and Tina Turner will blow your hair back on the N1.

MEET THE AUTHOR • TV producer, journalist and author Deon Maas recently moved from Joburg to Berlin with his wife Veda. His latest book Witboy in Berlin is a moving and often surprising account of his new adventures in Germany. He tells us more.

CLASSIC READ

ROAD MUSIC

Rhino roadblock in the Kalahari • Many things can happen on the 220 km drive from your Kalahari farm to the school hostel in Olifantshoek. Willem van der Berg remembers one particular Sunday when a rhino got in the way.

West Coast, best coast! • The West Coast is a destination of the heart; it’s not a place where you rush from one activity to the next. Take it slow with our eight-day travel plan and you might just fall in love. Plus, there’s seafood on the menu every day…

Atlantic Ocean

THE MANY FACES OF A MOUNTAIN DESERT • Sand dunes turn smoothly into towering rock gorges and the Orange River tumbles through a landscape bursting with unlikely life. Join us on a tour of the Richtersveld and southern Namibia, complete with diamonds, wild horses and a ghost town or two.

IN OTHER WORDS

Rising from the ashes • Angola was at war for 25 years, and the south-eastern corner of the country was hit particularly hard. The dust has long since settled, but the evidence of conflict is everywhere. Even so, the will of man and nature to start over is abundantly clear.

ALASKAN ADVENTURE • Reader Antonie de Klerk drove the Alaska Highway in summer, through a wonderland of forests, glaciers and snow-capped mountains.

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Ngorongoro in bloom

Your Easter menu, sorted • From stuffed lamb and chicken pie on the braai to sides and a decadent dessert, this is how we celebrate the holidays.

What to drink this Easter

Camp and go slow • Bikepacking is like hiking, but on a bike. Give it a try – it’s less intimidating than you think.

DAVID MALAN

LEONIE MERVIS

LASITH MADURASINGHE

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