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

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Letter to the Editor

Making Headlines Looking ahead to 2022 • Many manufacturers were forced to postpone new vehicle introductions during the past two years. Despite ongoing supply difficulties, 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for those in the market for a new set of wheels. Adventure Afrika chatted to the various manufacturers, and scoured the internet and online forums to pick our favourite upcoming models.

Gear & gadgets

The 'grand' adventure • Award-winning author Angela N. Blount once said the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. This certainly rang true during a recent adventure in Mozambique.

Behind the wheel: Toyota Hilux 4x4 Legend RS

Ready for tigers?

Tried & tested

Travel Guide

Anything but Dull • For many travellers, Dullstroom is just a pitstop for a bite to eat and quick browse in the main street shops en route to the Kruger National Park or elsewhere in Mpumalanga. After finding some hidden gems in this quaint little town recently, Mary Willemse declares it an ideal weekend getaway when you feel like the city is closing in on you.

Travel Guide

Suzuki Vitars Brezza

going, going, Gonarezhou • For tour guide George van Deventer of Trans Africa Self Drive Adventures and Tours, Zimbabwe is one of the most beautiful countries in southern Africa. He shares his recent adventure to Gonarezhou, the southernmost national park.

More about Trans Africa

To plan or not to plan… • In the previous issue we covered the aspects that make life easier leading up to the first border post. This month George van Deventer from Trans Africa Self Drive Adventures and Tours gives a few more vital tips to help you make the most of your overland experience.

Hitting the great Karoo’s back roads • Plains with views for days, white fleece clouds patterned against a bluer than blue sky, and the light from a million stars. After fifteen days and almost 3 000km taking in these Karoo sights, Maryke Roberts declares this the perfect breakaway to clear your head.

Travel guide

A tough one in the north west • Viewed by Mountain Passes South Africa’s users as one of the ‘tough ones’, the Maanhaarrand Pass in the North West province offers some interesting twists and turns. Trygve Roberts explores.

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North West favourites • It’s no secret that South Africans are a tad camp-crazy. Fortunately, we are privileged to live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with excellent campsites in all nine provinces. Rikus Truter from Lekker Kampplekke shares his favourites in the often underrated North West Province.

Let’s cook with Lekker Kampplekke

The dangerous but docile boomslang • In the previous edition we confirmed the boomslang as one of the most dangerous green snakes found in nature. However, bites by these snakes are quite rare, says Luke Kemp from the African Snakebite Institute.

It’s not inside, it’s on top • A roof rack is an expensive purchase, and has a myriad uses...