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Teagan Cunniffe

A Zulu rickshaw driver, North Beach.

Durban City Hall.

Fresh produce at Bangladesh market.

Umhlanga lighthouse, with the Durban skyline in the distance.

The floating deck at Wilderness Safaris DumaTau.

Inner-city areas are best explored with a guide, on a walking or cycling tour. Excellent options are Past Experiences or Joburg 360.

Pablo House's spacious terrace has wonderful views over one of the few ridges in the city left untouched by mining.

Lebo's Soweto Backpackers is known for its participatory African food experiences — including the cooking of potjiekos (stew) and drinking of sorghum beer (a challenge for some palates).

Tumi Mokgope, guide and resident of Melville – one of the city’s hippest nightlife areas.

For all the gold that’s passed through the city, Jo’burg’s enduring colour is green: while there may be no sea here, no mountain or grand river to draw the eye, the city is awash with trees. So many, in fact, that they’re estimated to outnumber humans more than two to one, making the city one of the most wooded in the world.