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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.

LET YOUR MONEY GO GLOBETROTTING • Letting your money go globetrotting is way less scary than it sounds and way less expensive than you would think. Follow our tips on how to invest globally - it could be one of the smartest money moves you'll ever make.

When the universe gives you a pinch

BEHIND THE SCENES • Want to order a copy of go! Hiking or Wild Places? Meet the Media 24 Lifestyle trio who handle the admin for more than 20 magazines: office manager Yumna Tofey, driver Nazeer Najaar and dispatch clerk Bongani Lamani.

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LETTERS • Where have you been? What have you seen? Write to editor@gomag.co.za

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

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IN BRIEF

Pick your own flowers

Living with Nuts, Manguzi, KZN

NIGHT WATCH

Mimicry or coincidence?

VIEW FROM HERE Bonné de Bod • She’s the brains, along with Susan Scott, behind awardwinning documentaries such as STROOP and Kingdoms. Their latest docuseries, Bewonder & Bewaar met Bonné de Bod, airs on kykNET from 17 July 2022.

BOOKS AND MUSIC

ROAD MUSIC

MEET THE AUTHOR • In his photography book, The Boer War in Colour — Volume 1, Tinus le Roux dusts off black-and-white photos from a pivotal event in South African history and gives them new life in colour.

Mr Claude and I • Growing up in Kuruman, Lorato Trok remembers the important role the Moffat Mission - and a very cantankerous goat - played in her life.

Slackpack with soul • On the Shoreline of the San trail, the rugged scenery of the West Coast envelops you like a cool fog bank. And on those remote beaches, the southeaster will blow your worries away.

Make time for Ithala • Ithala Game Reserve is one of KwaZulu-Natal’s best-kept secrets, and the perfect place for a short, wild break.

A ramble to the furthest reaches • In Namibia, it often feels like you’re the first person to travel through a landscape, that you’ve been transported to another, wilder era. Come get lost in the Kunene Region in the north-west of the country - in a good way.

TAKE YOUR PIC • Somewhere out there, a beautiful photo awaits. Go take it! Then send it to Toast Coetzer at takeyourpic@gomag.co.za

SEND US YOUR BEST TRAVEL AND NATURE PHOTOS!

Where most of the roads are less travelled

Smokiń hot! • You don't need a smoker to infuse your dishes with a delicious smoky flavour. Ingredients like smoked paprika, bacon and smoked snoek bring all the taste - with a shortcut.

Back to the future • Minivans are as retro as mullets and Lion Lager, but all three (the buses, the hairstyle and the beer) are making a comeback in 2022. Pierre Steyn drove the new Hyundai Staria and Opel Zafira to see if the family bus still has some bite.

Power down • Loadshedding is part of our everyday vocabulary, and it will be for some time. There seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for us or for Eskom. Not everyone can afford expensive solar panels and inverters; thankfully there are more affordable ways to survive power outages.

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Greater Kalahari & Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park • Join us on “The Highwayman’s Adventure Route” on deep sand tracks through the vast expanse of the world’s...