11+ hour, 26+ min ago   (510+ words) Park Hyatt Johannesburg has been named Africa’s Leading New Hotel for 2026, putting the 31-room luxury property in Rosebank among the continent’s standout new stays. Screenshot from Park Hyatt’s Instagram video The hotel, which opened in 2025, was recognised at the World…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (529+ words) Africa is home to some remarkably unusual animals who have evolved extraordinary physical features to help them find food, navigate their surroundings or survive in challenging habitats. Others simply look as though they were designed with an unusually vivid imagination....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1053+ words) Wine routes may be some of South Africa’s best-known road-trip experiences, but you don’t need to drink wine to enjoy the landscapes, farms and food along the way. Across the country, food producers have created their own reasons to stop,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (272+ words) Some places become so familiar to us that we forget to ask what happened there before we walked through its doors. Curries Fountain Stadium in Durban is one of them. Amar Preciado / Pexels / Illustrative purposes only The historic sporting ground…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1130+ words) You don’t have to spend half your weekend on the N1 to get out of Johannesburg. These easy escapes are close enough for a Friday afternoon departure and far enough to feel like a proper break. If the city has started…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (952+ words) About 2.023 billion years ago, something from outer space struck the Earth’s surface with such force that it created the oldest and largest known impact structure on the planet. Vredefort dome world heritage site / tadpolefarm / Wikimedia Commons The crater is the…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1445+ words) Across South Africa, animals arrive from extraordinary distances. Some have crossed continents, while others have travelled from the cold waters of the Southern Ocean or moved south in response to seasonal food and breeding opportunities. Their journeys bring swallows back…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (47+ words) Getaway Magazine WATCH: Black bear casually crosses street in Tennessee Screenshot from ABC News Facebook video A black bear gave onlookers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, quite the surprise when it casually wandered across the street, seemingly unfazed by the attention....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (478+ words) Our country has plenty of beautiful place names, but it also has a few that make you stop the car, reread the sign and wonder what on earth happened here. From a town named after unbearable heat to a place…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (401+ words) Planning a longer Thailand escape? The Thailand visa-free South Africa rules are changing, and South Africans are about to have less time to enjoy the country without a visa. Phra Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand / Sumit Chinchane / Unsplash Thailand has announced…...