by Lawson Brooks | Feb 25, 2026
Wildlife travel in South Africa is often framed around game drives, lodges and carefully timed sightings. Yet some of the most memorable encounters happen when animals are simply part of the landscape, moving through places where people also live, swim, holiday and...
by Lawson Brooks | Feb 25, 2026
South Africa is often sold through the lens of safari, but some of the country’s most astonishing natural experiences unfold without binoculars, trackers or dawn game drives. Across deserts, coastlines and mountain ranges, landscapes shaped by wind, water and time...
by Lawson Brooks | Feb 25, 2026
I had placed my faith in humanity—and it answered. The post The World Is Kinder Than the Headlines: How Visiting Every Country Healed My Grief appeared first on Wander Magazine | Live Well, Eat Well, Travel Well.
by Lawson Brooks | Feb 21, 2026
South Africa’s botanical gardens are inviting visitors in for free as part of National Gardens Week, offering a rare chance to explore some of the country’s most celebrated green spaces without paying an entrance fee. Tayla Kohler / Unsplash From 9 to 15 March, a...
by Lawson Brooks | Feb 21, 2026
Music has a way of shaping how we experience the world, writes Miriam Kimvangu. Image used for illustrative purposes/The Joy of Jazz/Mpilomadonsela135/Wikimedia Commons From jazz filled cultural districts to laid back towns that feel like a folk song brought to life,...
