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.

Adventure Afrika

BRAIN POWER • Identify the tourist attractions, bridges, dams, pontoons, Meiringspoort’s 26 drifts and special routes of southern Africa in the above block. The names can appear horizontal, vertical or diagonal and can be in any direction. Diaeresis and circumflex are not used. The “bridge”/”dam”/”drift”/”kloof”-part is taken out to spare some space.

Letters to the Editor • READER OF THE MONTH

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Making Headlines

All systems go for 2022 Ford Range • Ford recently revealed what they called the smartest, most versatile and most capable Ranger ever. Dubbed the “customer’s Ranger”, the automaker collaborated with customers worldwide – including southern Africa – to create an even more desirable pickup partner.

Peugeot set to (re)conquer Africa • The battle of the bakkies has taken a surprising new turn with the arrival of the long-awaited Peugeot Landtrek. Mary Willemse drove it at the media launch in Gauteng and the North West.

Coro a Cross - a new player in town • November saw the launch of the first locally-built hybrid vehicle in South Africa, marking an important milestone for Toyota, and for this country’s motor industry. A contingent of motoring media was flown into Cape Town and whisked away to the Mount Nelson Hotel where the reasoning behind this bold move, and significant investment by Toyota SA in their Prospecton plant, was explained.

Gear gadgets Roam the unknown

Ho, ho, ho!! • On these pages during the past year, we have selected some of the latest and greatest gadgets on the market and have now rounded up our favourites as Christmas gift ideas.

Northern Cape nostalgia • Four days, 1 323 kilometres, six Jimnys and a thousand memories… Anton and Mary Willemse join Suzuki South Africa for an epic trek through the Northern Cape to some of the remote gems in our country’s largest province.

More about African Expeditions

Call of the wild • A trip two years in the making, Jason Fitzpatrick and partner Milica Cochrane recently joined Ultimate Adventures on one of their most popular tours – to the magical Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Timbavati - heaven on earth • This month, Anton and Natasha Schutte visit the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, which is part of the Greater Kruger National Park.

Affipadaf anniversary adventure • People often forget that you don’t have to travel far and wide to enjoy beautiful places and fun-filled activities, especially when you live in a country like South Africa. Chantelle and Jaco Potgieter share their short but action-packed trip in the Mpumalanga province.

Try it! Bush snail rolls

The Amazing AmaTrokkie

The Affipadaf shop and Affipadaf Restaurant & Deli

Knowledge is power when overlanding • George van Deventer of Trans Africa Self Drive Adventures and Tours believes that the journey is almost more important than the destination. With over a decade of experience, he ensures that his tours exceed even the wildest expectations of his guests. He shares some tips to make your trip stress-free and easy too.

Border post do’s and don’ts

Take your 4x4ing to the next level • With basic 4x4 training and minimal off-road driving experience, a novice 4x4 driver can take on a...