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TAKE ME, I'M YOURS
OCT 2018
4
THERE ARE #savetheoceans
TREASURES 1 116 WHALES books to
HIDDEN SPOTTED ON THE read on
ACROSS SA DE HOOP your next
One treasure hunter
uncovered R60 000 COASTLINE flight
TAKE ME, I'M YOURS
UPFRONT CONTENTS
OCT 2018
Your adventure 4
starts here
THERE ARE #savetheoceans
TREASURES 1 116 WHALES books to
HIDDEN SPOTTED ON THE read on
ACROSS SA DE HOOP your next
One treasure hunter
uncovered R60 000 COASTLINE flight
Cover image Getty Images
086 100 1234
Upfront 6 Ed’s letter 8 Readers’ pictures 10 Readers’ letters Lifestyle 16 Ed’s choice To advertise in Juice,
contact Advertising Sales
20 Books Taste 25 Spoilt for choice 28 Turkish cuisine Travel 36 Little house on the Manager Nick Armstrong on
Fazenda 45 Trek back in time 51 Mpumalanga like you have never seen it before 56
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Mussels, mampoer & alpacas 61 Treasure island People 68 Sinako Dunywa on finding FOR MIKATEKO MEDIA
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TRAVEL SOUTH AFRICA
MPUMALANGA
LIKE YOU'VE
NEVER SEEN IT
BEFORE
IN AN EFFORT TO ENTICE MORE SOUTH AFRICAN
VISITORS TO EXPLORE ITS BOUNTY, MPUMALANGA
TOURISM AND PARKS AGENCY RECENTLY LAUNCHED
THE MYMPUMALANGA CAMPAIGN AND INVITED
A FEW LOCAL STORYTELLERS TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR
THEMSELVES DURING A FIVE-DAY ROAD TRIP.
WORDS: NADIA KRIGE
God's
Window
is so called for the
panoramic view of the
Lowveld more than
900 metres down into
lush indigenous forest.
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T
o many South Africans, Mpumalanga is
synonymous with the Kruger National Park.
It’s where they head for their bushveld
breaks, often making a beeline for their
destination of choice so as not to miss out on any great
game-viewing opportunities. While this is all good and
well, Mpumalanga – the place where the sun rises – has
so much more to offer travellers!
I went along for the ride and found myself enchanted,
enthralled and thoroughly energised by the vast array
of new and lesser-known experiences on offer. Here are
a few of my favourites:
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TRAVEL SOUTH AFRICA
TAKE A TOUR OF A
CAMP IN STYLE TROUT HATCHERY
WITH AFRICAMPS IN DULLSTROOM
Known as the trout capital of
AT MACKERS Africa, it’s hardly surprising
Even though I’m not a big fan that Dullstroom draws keen
of adrenaline rushes, I’m no fly fishers from far and wide.
shrinking violet when it While we did try our hand at
comes to outdoor this elegant sport (nay, art)
experiences. In fact, there’s during our stay at Dunkeld
nothing I love more than a Country and Equestrian
weekend of camping, HOP ON AFRICA'S LONGEST Estate, our efforts brought
preferably somewhere the no dinner to the table and
cellphone signal is weak and TOBOGGAN TRACK AT we were left completely
the closest body of water is LONG TOM TOBOGGAN devoid of any close-up
strong enough to sing me to By the time I realised just how insane trout sightings.
sleep at night. This quickly changed,
I was for doing this, it was far too late.
This, my friends, pretty however, as we were invited
Without even a hint of protective gear
much describes Africamps to take a tour of Dunkeld
between my fragile body and the
at Mackers, just outside Trout Hatcheries, a state-of-
landscape rushing by, I found myself
Hazyview, to a tee. Except, the-art trout breeding facility
it’s even better! Instead of strapped into a ridiculous toy-like that not only helps stock local
ever-deflating blow-up vehicle, flying along a twisting and dams, but also happens to be
mattresses and dome tent turning metal pipeline at about the Southern Hemisphere's
quarters, this glamping site 45km/h. leading supplier of certified,
offers sprawling 55m² canvas Now, please understand, I am an disease-free trout eggs to the
homes-away-from-home, earth child who prefers her feet Northern Hemisphere.
complete with white linen, solidly planted on the ground. But for During the tour, we were
warm showers, flushing some reason, Long Tom Toboggan introduced to trout in every
toilets, a fully kitted kitchen, tickled my fancy and I simply had to phase of life: from the tiny
even a cute fireplace to keep try it myself. Yes, for the two minutes week-old fish, already
you warm on chilly nights. and 45 seconds it took to complete the swimming upstream against
Each of the 10 tents can 1.7km track, I was so terrified that the gentle current generated
sleep five people in two I couldn’t be sure that the tears in their tanks, to the fertile
separate bedrooms and looks streaming down my face were really females being tested for their
out on a particular beautiful from the wind. However, by the time readiness to lay eggs.
section of the Sabie River. I pulled the flimsy little brake stick It’s an intricate setup,
What makes it even more back and came to a standstill at the priding itself on its
exciting is the fact that they end of the track, I felt kind of sustainability, employment
only opened their doors to invincible. I guess that’s what of local workers and the
guests in July this year, adrenaline’s all about, right? farming of top-quality fish.
which means it’s all brand- Booking is essential.
spanking new. WHERE: Misty Mountain Resort on the Long
Tom Pass, between Lydenburg and Sabie WHERE: Dunkeld Country and
WHERE: Hazyview Equestrian Estate
COST: Dependent COST: R250 per person
COST: R50 per person
on time of year More info: www.longtomtoboggan.co.za More info:
More info: www.africamps.com www.dunkeldestate.co.za
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TRAVEL SOUTH AFRICA
IT'S A SURREAL EXPERIENCE,
STEPPING INTO AN ELEVATOR
THAT LOOKS MUCH LIKE THE
ONE AT YOUR OFFICE, ONLY
TO BE GREETED BY A
SPECTACULAR TREE-FILLED
VIEW THROUGH THE LARGE
GLASS PANES.
an elevator that looks suspiciously much
like the one at your office, only to be
Go visit
greeted by a spectacular tree-filled view If you haven't visited
through the large glass panes. Slowly Mpumalanga recently,
dropping 51m down a cliff face, the doors I can highly recommend
soon slide open onto a wooden boardwalk adding it to your local
and an enchanted fairy world. travel bucket list! Thank
In the forest you can follow a 600m you to Mpumalanga
wooden walkway, including a suspension Tourism and Parks
bridge or two, and learn more about the Agency for hosting us,
AN AFROMONTANE FOREST delicate ecosystem through interpretive and to First Car Rental
ADVENTURE AT GRASKOP boards as you go. The first 100m has no for providing us with
road-trip vehicles.
stairs, bridges or obstacles, so it's 100%
GORGE LIFT wheelchair-friendly.
If you thought Mpumalanga was all
bushveld and pine plantations, think WHERE: Graskop
again! There’s actually a magical
COST: The conservation feet at the gate is
Afromontane forest, much like its famous
PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY IMAGES
Knysna cousin in aesthetic appeal, just R20 for adults and pensioners and R10 for
waiting to be explored. children. To take the lift adults will pay R175
We got to experience it first-hand each, while pensioners. and children get to Nadia Krige is a
hop on and enjoy the ride for freelance writer based
during a visit to the Graskop Gorge
in Cape Town. You can
Lift, yet another new addition to R120 each. find her on Instagram
Mpumalanga’s tourism offering. It’s a More info: @nadia_safaria or visit
rather surreal experience, stepping into www.graskopgorgeliftcompany.co.za her blog peregrina.co.za
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