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Game Plan

  • September 04, 2015 | Kate Turkington

How lucky we are in South Africa to have Kruger National Park – one of the world’s most sought-after destinations – on our doorstep.

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Five-star accommodation in the Eastern Cape from beach to bush

  • August 14, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Radio, Travel

Mount Anderson Reserve—a little known treasure

  • July 28, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Travel

Shayamanzi houseboat on Jozini Dam

  • July 15, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Travel

Dublin, and Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way April 2015

  • May 15, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Radio, Travel

Mozambique - a dream destination

  • February 14, 2015 | kat | Category: Radio, Travel

I’ve just spent six glorious (and very hot) nights in this lovely Indian Ocean country. It’s a poor country, but its tourism industry is growing all the time with accommodation ranging from tiny desert island lodges, sumptuous colonial hotels and 5-star resorts, to friendly backpackers’ and B&Bs, as well as lots of self-catering accommodation.

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The Cradle of Humankind: Does the past have a future?

  • February 02, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Travel

A recent visit to the World Heritage Site of the Sterkfontein Caves and Maropeng, the Visitor Centre, took me back 40 years ago to a trip I made then with the late, legendary paleoanthropologist, Professor Phillip Tobias. It also took me back millions of years ago to the time when early hominids roamed these hills and valleys.

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Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon

  • January 17, 2015 | Kate Turkington | Category: Radio, Travel

Magical Mystical Peru

  • December 27, 2014 | Kate Turkington | Category: Radio, Travel

Most people, when they hear the name Peru, go a bit misty-eyed and thoughtful. The name conjures up visions of lost civilizations, ancient mystical ruins, towering mountain peaks, friendly genuine people, and of course, the mighty Amazon. It’s one of those almost mythical travel destinations that’s on most people’s wish-list.

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About

Kate Turkington is one of South Africa’s best-known broadcasters, travellers and travel writers. From Tibet to Thailand, Patagonia to Peru, Kashmir to Kathmandu, St Helena to St Albans, the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, like Shakespeare’s Puck she has girdled the world. She continues to travel when and where she can but Johannesburg is home where she writes and blogs in print and on social media.

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