Being mesmerised by the flames of the campfire under a star-filled sky is indeed special. But the night becomes magical when you add the trickling sound of a river or the reflection of the moon on a still dam.

With a caravan in tow, photojournalist Leon Botha has travelled to some of South Africa's prettiest spots.

Mark Gamble is CEO of EducoAfrica, an NGO that uses wilderness experience to help young people grow and develop.

Creating the ultimate camping list will be Magriet Kruger’s next challenge.

Conservationist and wildlife photographer Peter Chadwick regularly travels for work and has lost count of all the places he’s pitched a tent.

Last year former TV personality Rita van den Heever went on her first camping trip, but it definitely won’t be her last.

Camping alone in nature is a transcendental experience. It is so quiet without the crowds that one can hear the flap of a bird’s wing, the whispering of shy leaves and the silence-hugging landscape as it stretches awake in the early morning.

Few things in life come close to watching a breathtaking sunset over endless hills while your potjie bubbles away happily at your side. Or enjoying a panorama of silence and eye-candy from the comfort of your fold-out chair. It’s not impossible to find camping destinations with such magnificent views, you just have to know where to find them.

The little camping customs adopted by each family or group of friends are what make camping trips so special.