What's the one thing you can't do without on a desert island? We asked ten adventurers who are preparing to spend 30 days in complete isolation, competing in the endurance test of a lifetime.

SA's universal 12th language has been given the nod with a 2010 postage stamp campaign.

From tranquil birding to the adrenalin rush of a white-water rapid thrill, all the way to the awe-inspiring smoke that thunders - the Zambezi is a river that demands respect.

The Otter Trail is on every hikers dream list. Here's how to tackle the granddaddy of South African trails.

Nothing clears your head like an adventure you've never attempted before. Just ask Peter van Noord, who soared above the mountains in a glider above the Winelands town of Worcester.

It somehow seems easier to breathe more freely on a ship, surrounded by water, says Andrea Weiss, who cruised to St Helena and back with her family.

We chatted to one of South Africa's great mountaineers (and the first black African to summit Everest) about travel, achievements and farting in a tent.

For a perspective of Cape Town, unlike any other, you need to try this.

Feed, stroke or even pose for a photograph next to one of the mystical Knysna elephants.

Tim Jones sums up his Mont Aux Sources chain ladder experience in three words: "Rain, wind and vertigo."