Hit the road with DStv this December

We’ve come a long way on a rough road in 2021. But as the holidays begin, it’s time to put the top down, relax and head for the horizon. No traffic, no obstacles, just the pleasure and adventure of seeing new places and meeting new people. And it all happens when you Choose Joy with DStv this December.

Let us take you from Nepal with the Top Gear gang, to Lapland with Gordon, Gino and Fred. We’re sailing around the dazzling blue waters of Croatia on Parsifal III in Below Deck: Sailing Yacht Season 2, and cooking and sightseeing across Europe in A Long Weekend With Rory O'Connell.

If you prefer to rough it, we have some truly adventurous travel in store as we watch pilots deliver aeroplanes in Dangerous Flights, and tag along with Riaan Manser in How To Adventure, and Jason Fox in Fearless 48 Hours.

And if you’re into staying home, ’n Ster Vir Kersfees takes us around South Africa, while A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun takes us on a commitment-free house hunting expedition.

And there’s so much more to see when you Choose Joy with DStv this festive season.

Road trip!

Top Gear Christmas Special

Hold onto your trousers, Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris are driving from Kathmandu to the Forbidden City of Lo Manthang in Nepal. Can the three not-that-wise men make the crossing in a rickety old Peugeot, a compact old Renault and Nepal's first home-built car?

Watch Top Gear Christmas Special on Wednesday, 29 December on BBC Brit (DStv channel 120) at 20:00

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Gordon, Gino and Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa

Gordon, Gino and Fred are on a road trip to Lapland – ultimate winter wonderland and the official home of Father Christmas – in their light-up caravan. Gino goes ice diving in a mankini, Fred sees the Northern Lights and Gordon wants to eat a reindeer.

Watch Gordon, Gino and Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa on Saturday, 25 December on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174) at 20:00

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A Long Weekend With Rory O'Connell Season 1

Chef and food writer Rory O’Connell travels across Europe, visiting a different city in each episode – Palma de Mallorca, Vienna, Lisbon, Madrid, Bath, Nantes, Copenhagen and Edinburgh – to learn about the culture and the cuisine. Feast your eyes on local art and design and attractions, before Rory whips up dinner.

Watch A Long Weekend With Rory O'Connell S1 from Monday, 20 December on The Home Channel (DStv channel 176) at 18:00

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A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun Season 1

British house hunters are looking for a holiday home where they can enjoy sunshine all summer long. Find out what properties look like in Huelva in Southern Spain, Andalucia, Almeria and the Costa Blanca. We’ll also see Limousin in France, Crete, Lazio in Italy and Portugal’s Algarve.

Watch A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun Season 1 from Monday, 6 December on The Home Channel (DStv channel 176) at 19:00

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Below Deck: Sailing Yacht Season 2

Captain Glenn Shephard commands a brand-new young, attractive international crew aboard the luxury sailing yacht Parsifal III as they cater to the whims of the rich while sailing around Croatia. This season, deckhand Jean-Luc realises that he’s “lost” two guests, there’s a naughty game of Truth Or Dare, and two boat crashes.

Watch Below Deck: Sailing Yacht Season 2 on Sunday, 5 December on E! Entertainment (DStv channel 124) at 18:10

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’n Ster Vir Kersfees

Prepare for a Christmas adventure! The 3 Wise Ones (Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp, Robbie Kruse and Stella) are searching for the true Christmas spirit, leading us from star to star and song to song as they travel around South Africa visiting many of kykNET's favourite people and places. Look out for Solomon Cupido!

Watch ’n Ster Vir Kersfees on Friday, 24 December on kykNET (DStv channel 144) at 21:00

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Dangerous Flights Season 1 and Season 2

Cory Bengtzen and his team of daring pilots have the ultimate strange job: Delivering used aeroplanes to remote destinations around the world… by flying them there themselves. See them get planes everywhere from the Siberian Arctic to the Amazon rainforest, to the Sudan. If the weather doesn’t take you down, the tight sleep schedule might.

Watch Dangerous Flights Season 1 and Season 2 from Monday, 13 December on CBS Reality(DStv channel 132) at 09:30

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How To Adventure Season 1

Riaan Manser has crossed Africa on bicycle and rowed from Africa to the Americas. Now he takes people on 24 thrilling adventures with him. Riaan takes a midwife skydiving on the Garden Route, treks the Drakensberg at Tugela, goes snorkelling off Hout Bay with a magazine editor, and tries canyoning in the Storms River, and more.

Watch How To Adventure Season 1 from Saturday, 4 December on Curiosity Channel (DStv channel 185) at 23:00

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Fearless 48 Hours Season 1

Ex-British soldier and adventurer Jason Fox takes American comedian Rob Delaney and TV presenter Maya Jama through a series of physical challenges while chatting about heartfelt topics in this doccie-reality series aimed at pushing limits and boundaries, and building up resilience.

Watch from Sunday, 5 December on BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) at 19:00

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