Mzanzi Travel - Local Travel Inspiration (Issue 5)

EDITOR’S NOTE
Autumn 2017
trust you all had a wonderful festive season filled with exciting travel to the many marvellous
I destinations South Africa and the continent have to offer and that by now, like us here at MzanziTravel,
you are already fully immersed in an exciting new year. To help our readers along in 2017 – and for those
seeking a breather after the first few hectic months – we have selected a number of wonderful Easter
Getaways in this edition. In the next edition we will feature some excellent Winter Break destinations.
CITY PASS
For our regional feature in this edition we travelled to the Northern Cape, surely one of South Africa’s
most fascinating provinces. Not only is it geographically the largest province, albeit the most sparsely
populated, but it is still a living testimony to some of our most ancient history, while at the same time it
hosts some of the most exciting modern technological advances in the fields of energy and astronomy.
These extremes are evident from the rieldans, South Africa’s oldest dance form still practiced in villages
and towns here by the descendants of the Khoisan and Nama people (featured in this edition), and the
Southern African Large Telescope, the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere and
among the five largest in the world, located at Sutherland (featured in Hidden Gems).
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For our main feature article we visited South Africa’s two truly enchanting lake districts – the one around
Chrissiesmeer in Mpumalanga in the north and the other along the Garden Route in the south. These
lake districts offer unsurpassed natural scenery and much to do and experience. Who would want to
travel to the lake districts of England and Scotland with such attractions right here on our doorstep?
This edition is also packed with other informative and enjoyable articles about Malawi, the Warm Heart
of Africa; a fascinating picture spread of Kolmanskop, a deserted mining town in the Namib Desert;
business travel in South Africa; and on the tourism offerings of Soweto, Sutherland, Rocherpan on the
West Coast, and the quaint Karoo town of Philippolis, among others.
From 19-21 April we will be in attendance as a Gold Tier Partner at the World Travel Market in Cape
Town and we hope to see you there! In the meantime, enjoy the read.
Stef
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