Dec/Jan 2023

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Behind The Scenes
Best Columnist: Sophia van Taak (“Packing up memories”, go! #167) Best Cover: go! Kruger 2021 Best Brand Extension: go! Kruger 2021 Best Feature in English: “Cape Town's Under Wonder” (Helen Walne, go!#169) Journalist of the Year: Sophia van Taak Esm
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So Many Summers
Isn't it great that our festive holiday coincides with the end of a long and often exhausting year – when it's summer! When I lived in the northern hemisphere for a few years, I struggled to adapt to having a big holiday in June and July, and then ha
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Go!
CONTACT THE TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (WEG & GO): PIERRE STEYN editor@gomag.co.za DEPUTY EDITOR: ESMA MARNEWICK TRAVEL EDITOR: TOAST COETZER FOOD EDITOR: JOHANÉ NEILSON COPY EDITORS: MARIJCKE DODDS, MARTINETTE LOUW CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: JON MINSTER JOURNAL
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Letters
WINNING LETTER My husband Scott and I have taken our two sons (5 and 7) to the Kruger Park four times in the past two years. Our most recent trip was in June 2022 – we travelled from south to north and back again over two weeks. One morning, we left
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Q & A
LEONORA FERREIRA from L'Agulhas writes: We saw this leucistic southern boubou in our garden in May 2020. Other birds fled whenever it tried to get near, but it looked healthy and we saw it often. How common is leucism among this species? Bird expert
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All Aboard The Diaz Express!
Remember the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe? Before it was mothballed in 2006, the much-loved steam train chugged along the coast between George and Knysna, delighting families holidaying on the Garden Route. Now there's a new scenic train in the opposite direc
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In Brief
If you track the course of the moon night after night, you'll notice that it follows the same path against the stars that the planets do. (Incidentally, the sun tracks this same path – it's called the ecliptic and it's where we find the constellation
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Curbside Coffee, Clarence Drive
The food and coffee truck revolution has added yet another layer of indulgence to modern-day living. Wherever wheels can go, so can fancy restaurant coffee! Clarence Drive is the spectacular coastal road between Gordon's Bay and Rooiels, renowned for
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Books
Burchell's African Odyssey: Revealing the return journey 1812-1815 by Roger Stewart & Marion Whitehead, Struik Nature R400 in bookstores The English naturalist William Burchell only spent five years in South Africa about two centuries ago, but many a
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In Rajah We Trust
My mother has an ode to cabbage and tomato bredie in her fingers, and she has the Milk Tart Express in her head, but her heart truly sings when she's preparing her famous chicken curry for us. The roti she makes to go with the curry is also nothing l
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Home Of The Holiday
Karin Joubert, co-owner Most of the lodges around Kosi Bay are run by ownermanagers, which makes a big difference to the guest experience – you get more personal attention. My husband Neels and I are originally from Joburg. We bought this property ba
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Dam Fine!
A highlight here is the beautiful Hennie Steyn Bridge that connects the Free State and the Eastern Cape. The Orange River flows past Bethulie and we have the best sunsets. Keep your eyes open for animals in the area. We see a lot of ground squirrels
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Take Your Pic
WINNING PHOTO Canon EOS 650D Canon 15 – 85mm lens MARLENE WRITES: Bowkerskop is a hill near Mopani rest camp in the Kruger Park, with a beautiful baobab on its side. I was there in June 2022 and I wanted to get a pic of it. When I looked closer, I sa
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Come On Summer!
When I was at high school in the Eastern Cape during the early 1990s, cricket was an integral part of every Saturday in summer. It smelled like sweaty cricket pads, leather balls shiny with age, sunscreen and dry grass. That's if there was any grass
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Send Us Your Best Travel And Nature Photos!
WHY? We publish a selection of reader pictures in every issue. Don't be shy, haul out those shots you've been hoarding on your computer and send them to us! We like just about anything: wildlife, landscapes, portraits, holiday snaps or bugs in your g
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On A Roll!
The winners of the Natural History Museum's 58th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at a ceremony in London on 11 October. A redesigned exhibition, which opened in London soon after, displays the photographs alongside short
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Amazing Glaze
Serves 8 with leftovers Preparation time 40 minutes Cooking time 2 hours 30 minutes • 3 kg easy-carve gammon • 1 onion, roughly chopped • 2 carrots, roughly chopped • 1 bay leaf • 500 ml ginger beer • cloves (optional) •½ cup cherry jam • 2 teaspoons
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Real Value For Money!
The new Mahindra Scorpio – dubbed the S11 – replaced the previous model in 2021. The 4x4 Adventure model features steel bumpers instead of plastic ones, with recovery hooks front and rear, a tow bar, and a mount for a winch in the front, all of which
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Your Gift Guide
A basket is handy to store those things that are always lying around, like blankets, magazines, shoes and toys. Plus, it's beautiful to look at and durable. The Marais family has been producing wicker products in Paarl for three generations. They sel
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Stay Here
Cebe is a blip on the Wild Coast radar between Mazeppa Bay and Wavecrest – a jumble of holiday cottages on a hill with kilometres of empty beaches on both sides. One of those cottages is called Serendipity, and when owner Jeanne Bonello opens her jan
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Where Nature Comes First
It's a Saturday morning in October. From the porch of La Galerie, a popular eatery in Pringle Bay, Van Morrison's “Brown Eyed Girl” is drowned out by the rumble of Harley-Davidsons pulling into the parking lot. “We love stopping here on our weekly br
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Take A Hike
During World War II, radar stations were built on the slopes of Hangklip – a mountain behind Pringle Bay. Walk the Hangklip Trail to understand why. “Look, there's the ocean!” someone calls out after only 2 km on the trail. Wait, that's not possible,
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Mini Bokkies
The oribi is the tallest of the small antelopes found locally. It's a beautiful Orange-brown antelope with a white stomach and black hairs at the tip of its tail. The rams have straight, ridged horns. The oribi is mostly found in nature reserves in K
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Birds
I've been a fanatical birder all my life and I will sing the praises of this pastime to anyone who will listen. Birding gets you out in nature, teaches you to appreciate beauty in little things, engages all your senses, stimulates your mind, builds l
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With My Own Eyes
In April 2022, my husband Willem and I visited the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park with our friends Johan and Leebia Engelbrecht. On the morning of 29 April, we drove from Nossob towards Polentswa, but turned around after about 50 km because we didn't s
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The Rumble In The Jungle
According to my overlander sources, a border official dubbed “Mr Glasses” would make the crossing from Cameroon into Gabon a challenge. Legend foretold that he would insist I had accommodation booked in Gabon before entry was granted. He would even c
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LETTER FROM Sesriem
When I finally look in the mirror, I have to laugh: Mosquitoes have dotted my face with acupuncture. It's as if I have chickenpox, despite the insect net I pulled over my head when I went to sleep. I'm camping at Sossus Oasis at Sesriem and I decided
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Crossword Puzzle
SOLUTION ON PAGE 104 go! Puzzles 13 is now available! Buy a copy at your local shop (R85) or order from our online store media24shop.com GALLO/GETTYIMAGES; EVAN NAUDÉ; SOPHIA VAN TAAK;TOAST COETZER ■
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Africa At Its Best
go! Namibia is on shelf now. Or buy your copy at media24shop.com The best way to experience the world-famous dunes at Sossusvlei in Namibia is to feel the desert sand under your feet. There are several humongous dunes that you can climb, including Bi

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