Adventure Afrika

Adventure Afrika: a new, exciting and diverse magazine title which will be printed alongside an Afrikaans offering – Avontuur Afrika. Aimed at outdoor and adventure enthusiasts, Adventure-Avontuur Afrika will bring your dream trips to life with engaging content, packaged within multiple platforms to accommodate and cater to our audience preference. The core content pillars being entertainment, education and awareness; the content promises to push boundaries and showcase a world of adventure to print and digital audiences alike.

Finding SERENITY

Adventure Afrika

Letters to the Editor

Gear & Gadgets

Toyota leads beach clean-up

Ford supports Vulture conservation

Jeep reaches major milestone

Exclusive new lodge in Masai Mara

Update on the Afrika Odyssey Expedition

Reinventing the van life

Think BIG • The new Suzuki XL6 is a people mover in its own class. Positioned above the familiar Ertiga seven-seater, the XL6 combines creature comforts and efficient running with practicality and style. According to ANTON WILLEMSE it’s the ideal vehicle for the modern family and is fun to drive.

BOTS, bakkies and Bok! • South Africans are seemingly crazy about many things that start with the letter ‘B’… Botswana, bakkies, braai, biltong and Bok van Blerk. To bring these B’s together, the Adventure Afrika team put together a readers’ tour to the OppiPanne music festival on the Makgadikgadi pans. One of our readers, ESTER VAN ZYL, shares her experience.

Our steed HILUX RAIDER X

BunduTec for the bundu

It’s not inside, it’s on top!

Four times the fun!

A flashy record for SUZUKI • What do 787 Jimny owners have in common, apart from being part of a cult-like community filled with immense pride and belief in their rides? Well, they are all ‘Officially Amazing’ as Guinness World Record holders. MARY and ANTON WILLEMSE, joined hundreds of Jimny owners who descended upon Clarens in the Eastern Free State over Heritage Day weekend to celebrate all things Jimny.

To nowhere and back • In the final part of his trip to the Tibesti mountains of Chad, GRAHAME MCLEOD and his fellow travellers make their way out of the Tibesti back to N’Djamena. On the way, they regularly fill up from the many mobile gas stations that ply the piste.

Tripping in style • In celebration of Kia’s 25th anniversary in South Africa, ANTON WILLEMSE and his daughters head to Hartbeespoort in a Sonet to savour the highlights of the area and the vehicle.

Our steed Kia Sonet 1.5 LX

Kia celebrates 25 years in South Africa

Get in & go with Kia: 25 favourite daytrip destinations

Finding RIFT VALLEY pearls • DEO and SIMONÉ DU PLESSIS are truly living their dream at the moment, travelling through Africa’s most sought-after tourist destinations in Baloo, their trusty 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser 79. An absolute highlight on their expansive adventure was Uganda. They share their adventure.

Travel Guide

Meet the contenders • After months of preparation and planning, we are pleased to present the contenders in our comprehensive test of all-terrain tyres. In coming issues we will delve deeper into the results of the test in order to give you, our readers, the most up-to-date and accurate information when it comes to choosing the best rubber for your ride.

Bucket-list birds • “The presence of a single bird can change everything for one who appreciates them.” This quote by American writer and biologist Julie Zickefoose truly encapsulates what birding is about – especially for avid birders who want to tick off those once-in-a-lifetime sightings. ANDREW DE BLOCQ, Avitourism Project Manager at BirdLife South Africa, marvels about the Pel’s Fishing Owl and Pennant-winged Nightjar in this first part of our ‘bucket-list...