Writer/photographer Martin Bissig and a group of mountain bike adventurers come face-to-face with some of Africa’s most beautiful creatures during their incredible bike safari

Dennis Chu takes a day trip from Mozambique to South Africa's famed Kruger National Park for a quick, but rewarding tour.

BETHLEHEM, SOUTH AFRICA — An African safari is something I’ve wanted to do ever since watching Out of Africa with my mom as a teen. The high cost of a fully guided, catered safari, however, was something I wanted to avoid.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - On the outskirts of this South African beauty is one of its oldest suburbs — Woodstock — where the run-down buildings have mostly been gentrified by creatives. Their workshops border crumbling houses that for generations have been inhabited by fishermen and factory workers. Now, its hip urban coffee shops sell antique motorbikes alongside freshly roasted beans … market stalls hawking toy cars conjured from Coke cans … restaurants that out of the blue join the ranks ...

CANSBAII, SOUTH AFRICA - My first sighting of a shark while diving was five years ago in Cuba. I remember it well. The sun was shining, the water was calm and the air was salty sweet.