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.

A day in the life of A GAME RANGER

Adventure Afrika

Letters to the Editor

BRAIN POWER • Identify the next bird species in southern Africa in the word block. It can appear horisontal, vertical or diagonal and can be in any direction. Diaeresis and circumflex are not used (words in brackets per explanation).

New Amarok breaks cover

Two models added to Kia Sonet range

Accessorise to your heart’s content

Celebration time for GWM

Mahindra makes waves • Mahindra recently revealed its new corporate identity and a few new models at Gerotek, just outside of Pretoria. Mary Willemse reports.

GLADIATORS, ARE YOU READY? • In a market flooded with SUVs and bakkies, buyers are spoilt for choice, particularly in terms of double-cab offerings. However, one brand has been conspicuously missing… until now that is. Almost three decades after the Comanche was discontinued, Jeep re-entered the bakkie fray with the introduction of the Gladiator. Anton Willemse Snr attended the local launch and reveals all.

Gear & gadgets

Have you hugged a rhino today?

About Pilanesberg Nature Reserve

West Coast, Best Coast! • Childhood friends, Noël Cloete and Gavin Manuel, adore this country and its unrivalled scenic beauty. So, when the opportunity arose to start a business to inspire more people to see and appreciate this wonderful country in its purest form – camping at various scenic spots, mostly along the pristine West Coast – the boys jumped, both feet in! Mary Willemse caught up with them and one of their guests.

Join the PadlangZA crew

win a trip with Ultimate Adventures! • Valued at R16 500pp

Man and beast in the wild kalahari • Bernie Williams, who manages the 4x4 Mega World Offroad Club, fell in love with all things bush, bundu and wild camping as a young lad. That passion has only grown over the years and has moulded him into a man of the wild, a man with a pure love for the bush and adventure.

A journey of hope • Julita Lambrechts is a driven businesswoman, well known and loved in South African music circles. During the pandemic she wanted to make a difference, no matter how small… And so, her journey to bring hope began.

Let the fun beGIN! • A few months ago, in our My Ride & I section, we featured an impressive group of women who are taking the overlanding and camping world by storm – G&T in hand. The “Tannies met ‘n Trailer” recently spent some time in the Addo Elephant National Park. The group’s Ayesha Cantor shares their experience and a little bit about what she has learnt about being a tannie.

The story of #TanniesMetnTrailer

What l’ve learnt on this journey

DANGEROUS SNAKES OF BOTSWANA

Not tonight, Josephine • Another Bush Babes first. An adventure where women get to live their childhood dreams of working with animals and experiencing what it would be like to become a wildlife veterinarian. This is the vision that Leilani Basson, founder and owner of Bush Babes Conservation and Adventures had when she created this first-of-its-kind adventure for civilians. And of course, it just had to include a helicopter to make things real. The first-ever Game Vet Adventure was held in 2017. Fast forward to 2022 and it has become one of Bush Babes’ signature and most...