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.

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Adventure Afrika

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A new top contender • The Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation, better known as BAIC, is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in China and recently introduced a new crossover into the South African market to rival big Chinese counterparts such as the Haval Jolion and Chery Tiggo 4 Pro. Anton Willemse Jnr reveals more.

Gear & gadgets • It’s the season to be jolly and the perfect time to spoil the adventurer in your life with something special… Herewith our team’s top picks for Christmas 2022.

Like a hot knife through butter!

JIMNY gone wild • Intrepid road trippers, Calvin and Kelly Fisher, recently returned from a sojourn across our borders, where they got to experience the best of Botswana and Zambia from behind the wheel of a Suzuki Jimny.

It’s a pan party! • When Anton Willemse Snr heard about the OppiPanne music festival in Botswana he was intrigued. What was it? How would it work? Would it be a success? With more questions than answers, he decided to head across the border to find out for himself. What an extraordinary experience it turned out to be!

What a rack!

Towing Guide: Vagabond

You've got power

It’s in the bag!

Stepping back in time • As a direct descendant of the Dorsland Trekkers of the 1800s, Jan-Harm du Plessis had a strong urge to retrace the route his forefathers had taken through Namibia as they headed north from South Africa to Angola. The result was an epic trip that took the family from one glorious destination to another as they explored, experienced and made memories that will last a lifetime.

A tremendous tyre adventure in the transkei • General Tire’s Grabber is one of the country’s most popular all-terrain tyres. Now the company has introduced a new version, which is aimed squarely at the overlanding market. To prove its off-roading chops a group of journalists recently set off on an awesome trip through the Transkei and Anton Willemse Jnr went along for the ride.

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In search of adventure • Graeme Sharp and his two friends, Buck Odonoghue and Jo Craig, were on a mission to explore the wild and remote parts of Zimbabwe. He shares their travel diary and a few handy tips for others considering a similar adventure.

A Wildlife viewing least! • In the southern part of the Kruger National Park, near the Malelane gate, lies Biyamiti… one of the most beautiful bushveld camps in the area and a spectacle of fauna and flora. Natasha and Anton Schutte of Sunset Adventure Travel believe it’s the perfect place for nature lovers who long for an unforgettable experience in a place where they can relax and unwind.

Hidden gems and broken bridges • Zambia is the new tourism frontier in southern Africa. With Botswana, Namibia and our other neighboring counties done and dusted by most adventurous explorers, many are looking to Zambia for their next overland adventure. George van Deventer and Marlene Hurter, of Trans Africa Self Drive Adventures &Tours, did just that.

Top tips for travelling to Zambia

Buffaloes & bitches • Leilani Basson imagines things. She dreams things in pictures or as movies. She has vivid visions of the...