Leaving Snake Park Camp for Ngorongoro Crater we briefly met a German family who recently flew their bike and home-made sidecar into Mombassa and are heading south. Nice guys, but they’ve got a real task on their hands – they’ve … Continue reading
We left Will & Lindsey (still bickering) at Bridge Camp and drove about 250km east to Chipata (30km from the Malawi border). The first 100km or so was typical African wide sky, forested landscape. For the latter 150km the landscape … Continue reading
About 20 minutes after we left Safely at the entrance to Dundumwezi Gate it started to rain. Heavily. Just what we needed with the tracks already soft and deeply rutted. There is no bush-camping allowed in the park, due to … Continue reading
Whilst the car was at Foley’s Africa with Nick Selby we got the chance to spend some time doing nothing at all at Maramba River Lodge in Livingstone. It’s been a great place to chill for a few days. We … Continue reading
We met Gilles from Belgium over a glass of wine and then had coffee with him the next morning before he set out for Mozambique. He has just spent 5 months coming down the west coast of Africa from Europe. … Continue reading
The Botswana currency is the Pula (meaning ‘rain‘) and it’s divided into 100 Thebe (meaning ‘raindrops‘). Cool huh? Appropriate too as we’ve had plenty of rain since arriving. The bar at ‘The Old Bridge’ is a busy mix of back-packers, … Continue reading
We left Kruger by the Phalaborwa gate and headed west. It was strange to be on main roads again. Despite them being quiet, for the first couple of hours the speed was almost un-nerving (55mph / 80kph!!). Driving through villages … Continue reading
Being in Kruger for almost 3 weeks has been wonderful. . We’ve seen animals that are shy… …some that are really ‘in your face’…. …and some that look fierce & intimidating when you come across them, but when they think … Continue reading
The best way to see Kruger is to drive round the dirt tracks, river courses and waterholes. Here, you have to look for the animals, they don’t often come to you. Once you get into the rhythm though you start … Continue reading
The back of the Mercedes 4×4 behind us was a write-off. It had been hit by a truck at about 30mph after the queue of traffic we were in stopped; I stopped; the guy in the Merc behind me stopped; … Continue reading