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Travel.
Kruger lodges, Karoo farmsteads, Cape coastal walks and the under-reported corners of South Africa — first-person reportage from inside the country.
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Into the Interior
The Karoo at 2 a.m.
Three hours from the nearest city, the Karoo offers something most South Africans have never seen: a sky so dark that the Milky Way casts shadows. The astronomy tourism industry quietly building itself around this fact.
New Horizons
Southern Africa without borders
The SADC regional travel agreement that comes into force in July 2026 will allow citizens of fifteen countries to move freely across southern Africa. For the tourism industry, it is the most significant development since the abolition of apartheid travel bans.
Urban Immersive
Sleeping in Soweto
A new generation of Soweto hosts is offering something no hotel can match: genuine immersion in the daily life of Africa's most storied township. We spent three nights in three very different homes.