This winter, let crackling fireplaces, generous sharing plates and a glass of wine transport you to the Mediterranean. No passport required.

While summer fades, winter invites a slower, softer rhythm. Crisp walks, cosy fires and warm drinks set the tone for a season to savour.

The Constantia Wine Walk is a half-day guided walking tour that takes guests on private trails through the vineyards, offers 10 wine tastings, and ends with a delicious harvest platter lunch at the final stop.

Of the 900 bird species in Southern Africa, approximately 500 can be seen in Kruger National Park, whose birdlife is as diverse as its landscape.

People want authentic experiences and interaction with locals. It’s an added income-generating model for homeowners while, at the same time, showing the community that these sorts of things are possible, provided everyone is on board.

The famous Gorge Walk at Howick Falls is being revived by the local community. Once a popular tourist attraction, it has been officially closed for over a year, but local youth have spotted an opportunity to launch a business and keep tourism alive.

An advertorial feature exploring three new self-drive tourism routes across Namibia — the Arid Eden Route, the Four Rivers Route, and the Omulunga Palm Route — developed by the Namibia Tourism Board and Open Africa in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Account Namibia. The piece covers the country's landscapes, wildlife, and cultural attractions, with a focus on how responsible, self-drive tourism sustains and uplifts local communities along the routes. Written for Fla

Sustainable travel is about supporting people and infrastructure long after you’ve departed. It’s about the Triple Bottom Line: environmental, economic, and socio-cultural sustainability. Economic sustainability is about building linkages, keeping the money local, and revitalising the economy.

Trade is the essential element of human advancement, co-operation, collaboration, discovery, and prosperity. Trading is what makes entrepreneurs, what drives the wheels of society, what creates jobs, and gives people a purpose in life. Trade is where people find one another, what connects and liberates them from isolation.

Working for a non-profit organisation that uses tourism as an economic platform to create and sustain jobs in rural Africa, I was exposed to the positive effects of responsible tourism. It’s tourism that maximises economic, social and environmental benefits and minimises impact and cost. The long-term effects of visiting an area are the backbone of responsible travel.

Based on the riverine landscape, people and birds, the Kavango Open Africa Experience Route allows travellers to venture off the beaten track to explore one of Namibia's most pristine destinations.

A feature exploring South Africa's North West province via the Segarona Heritage Experience, a self-drive route launched by NGO Open Africa and the SAB Foundation. The piece traces the journey from Johannesburg through the region's landscapes and local villages, spotlighting attractions such as the Kadithswene archaeological ruins, Groot Marico's moonshine culture and literary heritage (novelist Herman Charles Bosman), 'The Eye' spring at the source of the Marico River, and t

Trade is what makes entrepreneurs, what drives the wheels of society, what creates jobs, and gives people a purpose in life. If the market existed, more jobs could be created, standards would improve, and rural areas would thrive on the influx of travellers.