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Winter 2014
6 WAYS TO EXPLORE DUNEDIN
FIND THE CRUISE FOR YOU
FABLED GRAPES Get on the Istrian wine trail
Slogans to stencils
Street art tells the story of Buenos Aires
Royal Caribbean are the world innovators in cruising. Take a look at some of our amazing firsts – all included in your cruise fare.
First ‘360° views’ capsule 100 metres above sea level Launches October 2014 on Quantum of the Seas
First sky-diving simulator at sea Launches October 2014 on Quantum of the Seas
First licensed Broadway shows including ‘Chicago’
First bumper cars at sea Launches October 2014 on Quantum of the Seas
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05 Travel watch Travel updates, what’s happening in the industry and the best deals on offer. First ice-skating rink for skating and glittering ice shows
First FlowRider® surf simulator
First and only DreamWorks® characters at sea
First rock-climbing wall at sea
06 Cruise news Special packages and cruise tips.
08 Luxury cruising covers the world First living park at sea – Central Park
First flying fox ‘Zip Line’
First Interior staterooms with virtual balconies
First promenade with shops, bars and cafés
New Zealand Quest 11 nights
Tropical Queensland 11 nights
South Pacific Paradise 12 nights
Tropical Delights 9 nights
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Whether waterslides or WW2 history is your thing, there’s a cruise for you.
10 On the trail
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Argentinian graffiti
14 The walls of Buenos Aires talk Walk the streets and track the city’s political and cultural revolution.
19 Big island treats Forget volcanos, tour Hawaii’s food bowl for chocolate and coffee treats.
20 S ubtle side of Hong Kong What to see when you get off the tourist track.
Get a hit of Scotland in New Zealand’s South Island.
24 T he Traveller’s Choice Expert agents talk the talk after walking the walk.
25 T ravel smart How to travel solo.
26 Agent listing
Following the Croatian wine routes.
12 Dunedin to-do list
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22 Mandela lives on Remembering the legacy of a great leader in the Rainbow Nation.
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Choice = spectacular options Travellers are now looking for more than a white sand beach holiday, but rather destinations with an abundance of choice that open the door to a vast range of holiday options. This edition of Discover is full of destinations that will lead you off the beaten track, open your eyes to hidden gems and captivate all your senses. Explore the flight options to the colourful city of Buenos Aires, with its array of lively street art and top-shelf activities, along with vibrant Hong Kong which offers something new each time you visit. Hawaii is more than just a beachside attraction, boasting culinary delights that will tantalise your
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tastebuds. For you wine lovers out there, the Istrian wine trail should be added to your bucket list. Walk in the steps of Mandela in South Africa, find out what is on the horizon for luxury cruising or journey to Dunedin in New Zealand. With a variety of choice leading to spectacular options, contact your local Travellers Choice agent for expert advice and guidance on your next holiday adventure.
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ITALIAN FOR FOODIES
Can you recommend a typical dish of the area? Mi può consigliare un piatto tipico della zona? Can you recommend a wine to go with this? (Literally - Do you have a wine that would marry with this dish?) Avete un vino che si sposa con questo piatto?
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Captain Kevin Oprey stands beneath the soaring hull of Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2, the largest and most expensive ocean liner ever built, during the ship’s Round World Voyage in its 10th anniversary year. Captain Oprey surveys the scene from the top of QM2’s bulbous bow, an underwater projection that minimises the creation of bow waves around the waterline when the ship is under way. Two safety crafts were standing by during the photo-shoot, but Captain Oprey remained sure-footed throughout.
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and Iceland are all top destinations for 2014 and 2015. Disney is sailing to the Norwegian Fjords, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Celebrity Cruises has added stops at Dutch Harbour, Vladivostok and Mystery Island in Vanuatu. Silversea is heading to Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia; Silver Discoverer – the newest in the Silversea fleet – now goes to the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia and Kimberley region, saving travellers a 24-hour drive along unsealed roads.
Royal Caribbean International – which celebrated its 50 millionth guest last summer – will launch the 4180-passenger Quantum of the Seas in November 2014 with the first bumper cars and virtual skydiving at sea; a circus school with a flying trapeze; and a London Eye–inspired North Star dual canopy glass observation pod on a mechanical arm that lifts passengers over the side of the ship, 300 feet above the water.
and nightclub of Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection’s Antoinette can be lowered to fit under bridges. Other companies are adding drawcards such as sundecks with putting greens. There’s also been an upturn in the number of specialist themed cruises – whether you’re into golf, wellness or WWI history, there’s an expert-led itinerary for you that will allow you to indulge you passion both on land and onboard the boat.
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Most operators are happy to tack on city breaks, safari camps stays and even train journeys. After totting up accommodations, all-inclusive food, wine and spirits and curated excursions, cruising is an absolute bargain when compared with independent travel. Plus, you only have to unpack once.
SE Asia is to be a hot destination in 2015.
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Not far-flung enough? Lindblad is marking the 2014/15 and 2015/16 Antarctica seasons with a celebration of the Centennial of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition with a raft of special treats – guests can toast Shackleton, Hurley and their fellow explorers with the same whisky favoured on the original voyage, a limited release of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt. Going on an expedition doesn’t mean slumming it: every cabin on the 100-passenger Silver Galapagos is a suite and almost all have a veranda (along with on-demand entertainment, Wi-Fi and butler service); 95 per cent of the cabins on the brand-new 264-passenger, Arctic-bound Le Soleal have a balcony to enable passengers to get up close to icebergs, polar bears and whales as the aurora borealis blaze overhead. If entertainment tops your list of key requirements, the largest ships are more like floating towns with distractions galore. On Celebrity’s big ships, such as the Equinox, the top-deck lawn is real grass. The Disney Fantasy’s AquaDuck – a perspex tube ‘water coaster’ – slips passengers around the deck and out over the ocean.
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CROATIA Coke bottle and fills up to the brim. There’s no question that this is is the real deal. My wife points the hire car back onto the ‘wine road’. One could spend a lifetime exploring Istria’s four driving trails (including the white wine route around Rovinj, the Merlot hills around Buje, and the Teran vineyards around Pazin) but we stick to the Malvasia route from Poreč to Visnjan. With medieval towns and undulating vineyards, it looks like Tuscany 50 years ago. Yet these large-leafed vines must survive biting winter winds and sun-kissed summers, so are made of sterner stuff. Malvasia does well in Spain’s Balearic and Canary Islands, and is enjoying a resurgence in Brazil and Australia too.
ham. Travel + Leisure magazine rated Istria as a ‘Best Life Changing Trip’, while Fodor’s lauded it as one of Europe’s ‘Top 15 Food & Wine Destinations’. Glass of Malvasia in hand, we can hardly disagree.
PHOTO: CROATIAN NATIONAL TOURIST BOARD
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Follow the signs
Locals post ‘Vino here’ signs every 500 yards along the wine routes, such as the white wine trail around Rovinj (pictured).
On the trail Wine tasting in Istria has come a long way, but retains its charm and tantalising taste. WORDS TRISTAN RUTHERFORD
COUNTLESS EMPIRES HAVE WANTED A SLICE OF Croatia’s Istrian peninsula and its fabled Malvasia grapes. Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Austrians fought over its 402 kilometres of coast. Some vineyards were damaged in World War Two, as Yugoslavs battled independence from their Italian overlords. In the proceeding socialist era, Malvasia grapes were dumped into co-operative vats to make table wine. The region’s great and good fled to Australia and America in search of a better life, if not a better drink. How the tables have turned. This morning, my wife and I viewed the UNESCO-protected Byzantine mosaics in Poreč. The town’s wine-tasting rooms sit inside Viennese mansions on Italianate piazzas. Four well-marked ‘wine routes’ now meander through the countryside passing hundreds, if not thousands, of wineries en-route. I’m now sitting underneath an olive tree at Vina Cocolo, sampling tongue-tingling Malvasia wine at AU$3.50 per litre.
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We’re on the trail of some of Istria’s award-winning liquid gold. We park up at the imposing Marijan Arman vineyard with high hopes. The Arman family’s great-great-grandfather planted the first vineyard here in the 1880s, and the current crop of Armans was among the first to adopt modern production and marketing measures in the mid-1990s. It shows. We’re regaled with glasses of vivacious Grand Cru Malvasia and oak-aged, ruby-red Teran Reserve over plates of air-dried
LINKS: Official Istria Tourist Office (istra.hr) Association of Istria Winemakers (vinistra.com) Vina Cololo (elvio.kokolo@inet.hr) Vina Marijan Arman (vinaarman.com)
Back in favour Scores of tourists are joining Croatia’s resurgent wine trail. Little wonder why. Cocolo’s proprietor hands me two starter samples of Malvasia and Chardonnay. The former is apricothued, yet with a tangy salinity that borders on savoury, with legs that drip down the glass. The Chardonnay is light, crisp and ice-cold, with a dizzying fizz that fills the mouth. Two further samples of Merlot and Teran, the latter a relative of Italy’s blood-red Refosco variety, arrive in quick succession. As the owner and I chat, her niece delivers a platter of homemade goodies to “enhance the wine”. There’s the youngest, softest salami I’ve ever tasted. Pecorino cheese comes from an aunt. The prosciutto is home-cured. This is rare in Croatia, where meats are generally smoked. Here in Istria, the salt-tinged sea wind is enough to air-dry the region’s hocks, hams and piggy delights. I’m not the only one with crumbs on my notebook. There’s an Austrian family shading under a fig tree. Some Germans are on their second bottle of iced Malvasia. And there’s a couple from Melbourne, who in this case are not some of the many Aussies of Croatian descent who have formed a newfound love affair with this most blessed of countries.
Local fare Table by table we are ushered in the musty, dusty, pork-scented cellar. This routine is copied at all of Istria’s vineyards. We’re welcome to decant fine wines from AU$3 to AU$7 per litre. One local even pops in with a plastic two-litre
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Dunedin’s train station (pictured) features a floor laid with more than 750,000 blue and white Royal Doulton porcelain tiles.
Dunedin to-do list Spend time exploring this elegant, architecturally-significant city with its staunch Scottish heritage. WORDS BEV MALZARD
DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND’S SECOND LARGEST city (and the country’s oldest) in the South Island, is a little overshadowed by the big guns up north. Almost in a time warp, all the development and economy went to the North Island after WWI and it’s turned out to be not such a bad thing. One of the most arresting aspects of Dunedin is its window to the past. Edwardian Baroque monuments blend with the gold rush era architecture; Art Deco buildings still stand and Venetian Gothic windows loom close to Corinthian columns and Italian Renaissance facades. The breathtaking craftsmanship has been preserved due to lack of crazy 20th century progress here. Dunedin’s forefathers laid the city out to replicate Edinburgh (including many of the same street names).
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Add the following to your to-do list: • Spend half a day in Otago Settlers Museum, an edgy architecturally-designed masterpiece that houses the area’s past treasures of settlement. Take the guided tour. • Climb the world’s steepest street! Baldwin Street annually hosts the ‘gut-buster’ race up this incline, but you can choose your own pace. • The shopping here is excellent, so head to the Octagon along George and Princess Streets. Ignore the side streets at your peril as quirky stores and boutiques are dotted throughout. Meridian Shopping Centre on George Street offers 50 distinctive specialty stores. It is also home to a Dunedin hero – Arthur Barnett’s department store, a retail treasure for 100 years. • Scottish poet Robbie Burns keeps sentry at the upper end of the Octagon. Dunedin’s rich poetic soul extends to the Writers Walk behind Burns’ statue. • Visit Larnach Castle – New Zealand’s only castle. Built in 1871 by William Larnach, the building is now a private family home, which has been lovingly restored over the past 40 years by the Barkley family. • Dunedin is close to Otago’s extraordinary natural beauty, wildlife in sea and on land, windswept outcrops and grass-edged trails to walk and explore. Streetscape or landscape, Dunedin and its beautiful peninsula may not have changed for a century, but its age and beauty is precisely what makes it so special. Contact your Travellers Choice agent
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ARGENTINA
The walls of Buenos Aires talk Cake, steak and tango are beautiful things, but to find the hot-blooded heart of Buenos Aires, you need to hit the pavement. WORDS KERRY VAN DER JAGT
Graffitimundo holds tours of Buenos Aires to share the story of the city’s street art.
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’m standing on a street near the Chacarita bus depot in Buenos Aires, staring into the demonic eyes of Jack Nicholson. “Look closely,” says Ana Montenegro, my tour guide from Graffitimundo. “What do you see?” I squint at the mosaic artwork, turning my head side to side, then I see it; Jack’s eyes, like his character in The Shining are following me. Though it’s a warm day I get a chill up my spine. As I’m learning, there’s more to street art in this city than meets the eye. To uncover more, I’ve joined a half-day tour with Graffitimundo, a non-profit organisation established in 2009 by a group of friends keen to promote urban art and support local artists. Led by Ana Montenegro, a former journalist and passionate proponent of all things arty, we begin
in the bohemian neighbourhood of Palermo Viejo. At our first stop we see a stencil of a man wearing a hazard suit and gas mask. Ana explains that the figure is El Eternauta from the Argentinean science-fiction comic strip by Héctor Germán Oesterheld. “After Oesterheld was kidnapped and killed during the Dirty War in the mid-70s, El Eternauta became a symbol in the fight against oppression and a reminder of the missing people,” she says. Unlike other international cities, where street art is often viewed as vandalism, in Buenos Aires, street art is seen as an acceptable form of selfexpression. “People in Argentina have been repressed so many times,” she says. “The walls have become our voice.” ►
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Artists took to the streets Graffiti began in the 1950s in Buenos Aires, when political organisations paid people to write slogans and post candidates’ names on walls. During the Dirty War (1976-1983) self-expression halted, not reappearing until democracy was reinstalled in 1983. The 1990s saw the arrival of the US-inspired hip-hop culture, and with it, graffiti ‘tags’, but it wasn’t until the economic crash of 2001 that the real street art movement took off. “With more than half the city’s 35 million people living in poverty, artists took to the streets to make up for what we had lost,” Ana explains. Not all street art is the product of politics and propaganda. In contrast to the disturbing El Eternauta, Ana points out Totoro, a whimsical, bunny-like character from the Japanese children’s animated movie My Neighbor Totoro. “You’ll find this little guy everywhere, particularly near primary schools,” she says. “For no other reason than to share the beauty of the film.” On a road leading to a primary school we see the phrase ‘Tomas Te Amo Papa’ (Tomas, I love you Papa) and ‘Cata Te Amo Papa’. While it would be easy to dismiss this scrawl as the work of vandals, it is in fact a message from a lonely father to his
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The man is not allowed to see his children,’ Ana explains, ‘so he writes love notes to them along the route they take to school.’
children, Tomas and Cata. “The man is not allowed to see his children,” Ana explains, “so he writes love notes to them along the route they take to school.” Our next stop is a park where an apartment block is painted with a mural of two anthropomorphic figures doing battle. This is the work of Jaz, a pioneering street artist known for creating huge murals that resemble delicate watercolour paintings. Through his use of unusual materials, such as asphaltic paint and petrol, and depiction of half-man, half-beasts, Jaz draws attention to street violence, particularly football hooliganism.
Ana explains while it is illegal to paint murals on public buildings, it is legal if you have consent from the building’s owner. “In nine out of 10 cases the owners will give permission,” she says. “In fact, many business owners commission artists to paint their walls, paying them in paint or meals.” We stop at a wall painted with repeating stencils of Chairman Mao, a commission from the building’s noodle bar owner. Graffitimundo is currently collaborating with a group of artists to produce a feature-length documentary titled White Walls Say Nothing, which aims to capture the history and heart
of Argentine street art. “It is the story of our city,” says Ana. The tour ends at Cambodia on Hollywood, a bar that doubles as a street art gallery in the trendy Hollywood Palermo district. Here we find a party atmosphere, as many of the street artists are busy setting up for the evening’s art exhibition. Rather than feeling excluded, we are invited to the rooftop for opening night. I buy Ana a pizza, someone shouts me a beer. As night falls and couples begin to dance, Ana sums it up best, “In Buenos Aires street art is for everyone.”
1. Graffitimundo tour guide Ana explaining that Jaz draws attention to football violence through his half-man, halfbeast murals. 2. Street art is an accepted part of the streetscape. 3. Minotaurs fighting by Jaz. 4. The demonic stare of Jack Nicholson is created by tiles.
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Big Island treats Chocolate, honey, coffee and tasty heirloom vegetables are on the menu here. WORDS SUSAN GOUGH HENLY
HERE AT THE ORIGINAL HAWAIIAN CHOCOLATE Factory on the Big Island of Hawaii near Kona, where voluptuous crimson, orange, green and gold pods are growing out of the trunks of four metre-high trees, I’m being shown how these pods are transformed into the velvety brown confection we all love. All this activity is taking place in what is possibly the world’s smallest chocolate factory located just metres away from where the cacao is grown.
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One of the oldest cash crops on the Big Island is Kona coffee, brought over from Brazilian cuttings in the early 1800s. There are about 800 small family-run coffee farms dotted along a 50 kilometre stretch of the Mamalahoa Highway. Kona coffee can only be grown on the lush mountain slopes of the active Hualalai and Mauna Kea volcanoes which provide nearperfect conditions: rich volcanic soil on cool mist-shrouded hillsides, a year-round warm climate and plenty of rain. The village of Holualoa is Kona’s laid-back, artsy centre and I enjoy scrumptious pastries and a local latte at the Holuakoa
Café. It is Saturday and the Holualoa Farmers’ market is in full swing so I sample some of the wonderful raw materials used in the next door Holuakoa Restaurant, a trailblazer for the slow food movement here.
Wine of the tropics A number of nearby coffee farms, such as the Buddha’s Cup, Greenwell Farms, and Mountain Thunder Coffee Plantation, are open to visitors. I visit the multi-award-winning Buddha’s Cup, where owner Christine Coleman invites me to see just how distinctive the coffee flavours are from each different ‘terroir’. At UCC Ueshima Coffee Company, I roast my own coffee. I shovel my beans into an individual roaster and listen for the first crack, which starts the caramelisation process; then the second crack where the oils inside the beans develop their flavours. They even take a photograph of me to paste on the outside of the vacuum-sealed bag and I put the coffee in a beautiful Hawaiian-print burlap tote bag. My final visit is to Big Island Bees. Here, bee whisperer Garnett Puett has fashioned the largest organic honey operation in the United States. I learn about how hives are organised, where the queen resides and how these bees feast on single flower varieties since the white Hawaiian ohia lehua blossom, the red Christmas berry and the Macadamia nut blossom each bloom at different times in different parts of the island. Puett achieved fame as a sculptor in New York specialising in wax castings that he covered with sugar syrup which he then turned over to his bees to create vast collaborative works. These days he creates a different magic with his intensely flavoured raw, single-flower honeys that are a perfect expression of the Big Island’s spectacular lushness.
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CHINA Many of the old buildings are here, nudged on either side by a shiny new construction. Walk through Star Street or the hip and happening shops and cafes. Search for the Hung Sing Temple and the famous Blue House, almost derelict but there’s a breath of life still hanging on. The Blue House was built in the 1920s and is Lingnan-style (with Chinese and Western architectural features). The distinctive blue colour has no deliberate aesthetic quality – the decorators at the time only had blue paint, so the blue house it became.
Subtle side of Hong Kong
5. For a happy hour drink
What do you want from Hong Kong? Adventure, luxury, authenticity, culture, tradition, ancient or modern history, food, fashion, fads? In the ever-evolving island, you’ll find it all.
The Pawn is a three-storey building that was a pawn shop in colonial times. The atmosphere here now is clubby, with bars and restaurant to while away the evening. In a semi-historic setting, The Pawn is owned by The Press Club Room Company. The building is one of the few token old buildings left standing in this neighbourhood.
WORDS BEV MALZARD
THE GREAT CENTRE OF ASIA, HONG KONG ACCEPTS change effortlessly, evolves and is a world leader in presenting personal activities and attractions for the new visitor or repeat traveller. As well as the ‘big’ sightseeing events in Hong Kong, there are many little experiences to be had that don’t come with a fanfare – discover for yourself.
1. Start your day off One of the Cultural Kaleidoscope Programs; Mr William Ng and Ms Pandora Wu are two Tai Chi masters and are your teachers for an early morning practice in the Sculpture Court, in front of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. (From 8–9am, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.)
Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong province.
6. Dinner at last Have a stunning Cantonese meal with a selection of classics at Chungs Cuisine. The restaurant is set in a modern skyscraper (Number 10/F Times Square, Causeway Bay). Contact your Travellers Choice agent
TRAVEL TIP: Buy a Museum Pass. For just $HK30 it allows you unlimited admission for one week to seven museums. Download the ‘Heritage Walks Hong Kong’ App.
2. Head out for a spot of shopping After Tai Chi, catch the double-decker red bus to Stanley Markets. Enjoy a fast ride around the winding roads, then go shopping. There is an array of remarkably good quality products here and I defy you to come away without a beautiful (and inexpensive) cashmere wrap or sweater; a handbag; jewellery or silk jacket. Time to view Murray House at Stanley overlooking the sea. This establishment is a 160-year-old restored three-storey colonial building that was dismantled in the early 1980s from its original site in Central and transported and put together again here in Stanley.
3. Hungry? The Boathouse is a pretty cute place for lunch – on three levels with a nautical theme, the unpretentious restaurant overlooks the sea at Stanley. It serves European food, is good for a change of culinary pace and the location is fab.
4. Walk off lunch
Take part in a free morning Tai Chi class then practice in the park.
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Downtown to Wan Chai, a refurbished area of Hong Kong. Wan Chai was a quiet sandy bay 150 years ago on the northern shoreline of Hong Kong. It was a fishing village with the local temple, Hung Sing Temple, now surrounded and almost swallowed up by residential buildings. Over the years Wan Chai grew to become a prosperous transportation hub. Almost 160,000 folk live here today and up to 600,000 flock daily to the district to work and shop.
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SOUTH AFRICA times a day. Allow four hours for the tour and return ferry ride. Cape Town itself is one of the world’s most beautiful cities to visit. The range of activities in and around Cape Town is enormous. Tours, treks and tastings abound from abseiling and shark cage dives for the adrenalin junkies, to urban wine and food tours, to the gorgeous Stellenbosch or Constanzia regions within an easy drive of downtown.
Beyond the city While Cape Town may be the most desirable city in South Africa, it is by no means the only one worth visiting. To continue the ‘Madiba Trail’ cross to Johannesburg for an exploration of the once forbidden (for white folks) township of Soweto, a perfect bookend to the Robben Island adventure. Here, in an unassuming red ‘matchbox’ brick dwelling at 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, is the so-called Mandela House. Pock-marked
Mandela lives on Once strife-torn and segregated, Nelson Mandela’s life and death has turned this area of the world into the Rainbow Nation. WORDS RODERICK EIME
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NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE tells you, you can only visit Robben Island, you can never experience it. Ever since the last prisoners were released in 1996, the cells of Robben Island have stood empty. The stark painted walls, rusty bed frames and chipped iron bars sit alone and forlorn; the stiff, salty sea breeze whistling a shrill tune as it passes through. Only those poor souls who lived behind these walls can ever claim to have experienced this God-forsaken place. The saga of Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela shall always hold a special place in the story of Robben Island. The once renegade activist, National President and father of modern South Africa spent 18 of his 27 years in jail on Robben Island, along with numerous other high profile ANC leaders such as Kgalema Motlanthe, who also served as President
with bullet holes and scorched from fire bombs, Nelson Mandela lived at this address from 1946 until the time of his arrest in 1962. Upon his release in 1990, he briefly returned here, stating famously in his autobiography: “For me No. 8115 was the centre point of my world, the place marked with an X in my mental geography.” The South Africa you visit today is a far cry from the strife-torn, segregated country of Mandela’s adult years. Beyond Cape Town, there is much to explore, including safaris in Kruger National Park to chardonay wine tasting. The bright ‘Rainbow Nation’ which hosts world-class sporting events and welcomes around 10 million international guests annually is the glittering and glamorous gateway to Africa.
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Visit Robben Island off Cape Town to view the cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison before the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1990.
of South Africa, Oliver Tambo and current President, Jacob Zuma. Perfectly located a tantalising distance from Cape Town, the 7km of angry sea acted as the ideal barrier to escape attempts with the only ever escapee doing so in 1660 by stealing a rowboat.
Mythical presence With the passing of Mandela at the age of 95 last December, and the almost immediate release of the movie adaptation of his autobiography, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Madiba’s presence on all things South African is at the moment almost supernatural. The jumping-off point to UNESCO World Heritage-listed Robben Island is right at Cape Town’s glorious V&A Waterfront with ferries running four
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Not-so-secret agents show and tell the best of their travel experiences. MICHELLE BARKER Managing Director, Jayes Travel, Newcastle, NSW
TANIA ALLEN Owner/Manager, Oliver Travel, Adelaide, SA
❰ TRAVEL SMART ❱ TRAVELLING SOLO
COMPILED BY TIANA TEMPLEMAN
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Revel in the freedom to do whatever you want to, whenever you feel like it. Travelling solo can create - or recapture the true freedom of being on the road.
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Get an early start and fill your days with
Your all-time favourite destination?
Your all-time favourite destination?
Africa – especially Kenya.
Paris for the people, the architecture and the food. It’s all about walking through St Germain and seeing a jazz band playing on a street corner.
What do you never leave home without?
interesting activities. Rather than feeling lonely, you will be grateful for a few quiet hours before bed.
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Seek out one of your favourite things at each destination. Whether you enjoy football, fine wine, sailing or chocolate,
Noise-cancelling headphones.
How do you stay in touch with family and friends while travelling?
What do you never leave home without? My camera and lots of memory cards.
I’m a big fan of Skype/Viber and social media sites like Facebook and Instagram.
Your favourite destination in Australia?
Your favourite destination overseas?
It would have to be Tasmania with its crisp, fresh air, great food and wine and amazing history.
Some of my favourite restaurants in the world are in New York. I could go and just eat my way through the city, but I also love the atmosphere, the shopping, sights, arts and culture – how can you possibly resist New York?
Your favourite travel app?
there will likely be a local equivalent.
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Restaurants with communal tables or those which offer dining at the bar are especially good for solo travellers. Ask a local or the concierge at your hotel for recommendations.
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Pack light so you can manage your luggage without assistance. One suitcase or backpack and a handbag
Your favourite hotel in the world? Shangri-La – Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Oman.
River cruising or ocean cruising?
or carry on is ideal.
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Break up long trips with an organised tour.
Anything on water – I love them both for different reasons.
Burma is getting more popular each year and I believe Antarctica will once again be a favourite with more transport variety and itinerary options available.
Do you do anything special for your repeat clients? We hold annual events and special welcome home surprises for our repeat clients. Plus they receive free membership to our ‘Club’, which earns them presents of their choice for referring their friends and family.
Can you predict the next ‘hot destination’ or ‘hot activity’ in travel? With the Tour de France showcasing this amazing island, I would have to say Corsica. It’s not a place travellers have thought of as a destination and we are seeing an increase of enquiries.
organise everything yourself and provide welcome company when you have been travelling for a while.
Trip case, so I don’t miss a flight!
Can you predict the next ‘hot destination’ or ‘hot activity’ in travel?
It can relieve the pressure of having to
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Consider having your main meal of the day at lunch time when it’s easier to find a buzzy cafe or restaurant that will keep you entertained.
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whenever possible. It’s easier and safer.
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a walking tour or cooking class. It is a
Arrive at your destination during the day
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How do you advise clients to manage money while travelling? Take a cash passport card and some foreign cash so you don’t have to find an ATM upon landing.
and combat the occasional feeling of loneliness.
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When did you take your last holiday – and where to?
great way to meet like-minded travellers
Offer to take a photo of a family or couple at a tourist site. You will make their day and their grateful smiles will make yours.
A cruising holiday in Europe.
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Why we love it:
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• Jam pack your Waikiki stay… race to the surf, learn to strum a ukulele, dance the hula or pay a visit to Honolulu Zoo. • Three days to discover the Big Island by car; admire the breathtaking Akaka Falls and visit one of the most active volcanoes on earth!
• Four days to lap up the sun-soaked Waikiki beach, shop till you drop at Ala Moana Centre and relax with a traditional Luau dinner. • With car hire included, explore Maui at your own pace; go on a Hana Highway Adventure, visit the Haleakala Crater at sunrise and snorkel amongst sea turtles.
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