Botswana: Kalahari National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park Having travelled this far in Africa we thought we had built up a pretty good repertoire of adjectives to describe the things […]
Tag: Wildlife
Monkeying Around
Zambia: Chimfunshi, Livingstone Botswana: Kasane, Chobe National Park, Nata, Rakops In Northern Zambia there are very few tourist attractions, but one we had been looking forward to was a visit […]
Nightlife In South Luangwa
Zambia: South Luangwa National Park, Lusaka, Kitwe We had heard so many good things about South Luangwa National Park that, having missed out on it during our first crossing of […]
A Mafia Christmas
Tanzania: Dar Es Salaam, Mafia Island We had arranged to spend Christmas on Mafia Island with Josi’s Danish cousin and family and some close friends of theirs who had moved […]
Paradise Found
Tanzania: Ngorogoro Conservation Area, Ngorogoro Crater We both had ideas of what the Ngorogoro Crater would look like, but nothing quite prepared us for what would become our favourite day […]
Following In The Footsteps of Royalty
Tanzania: Serengeti National Park There is a marked difference between the eastern and western halves of the Serengeti. The western corridor is more wooded, with far fewer visitors, no campsites […]
Hiking & Biking In The Great Rift Valley
Kenya: Lake Naivasha, Hells Gate National Park, Maasai Mara Heading south we made our third equator crossing in Africa, although this was the only one with any sign…so we had […]
Gorillas in the Mist
Uganda: Kabale, Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi National Park Uganda makes a great first impression. The climate is pleasant and the countryside a patchwork of various shades of green – from light, […]
Josi’s Top Ten: Malawi
What a country! We have been really surprised by the variety of things on offer in Malawi and the friendliness of everyone we have met. “Hello, how are you?” […]
A weekend in the Yorkshire Dales
Malawi: Nyika National Park, Livingstonia In the far north of Malawi lies a hilly plateau with vast rolling grasslands, clear streams and more zebra than people. This is the Nyika […]
Crocs, Hippos & Mud Wrestling
Malawi: Liwonde National Park When compared with its neighbours, Malawi is not an obvious destination for a big game safari. But Liwonde National Park, nestled on the east bank of […]
Lions, Leopards & Lechwe
Botswana: Chobe National Park: Savuti, Kasane. Chobe National Park is a well renowned National Park and its name is synonymous with a vast density of wildlife and enormous herds of […]
Moremi Game Reserve & Camping with Elephants
Botswana: Maun & Moremi Game Reserve Botswanan border post formalities dealt with, we struck out on the sand road towards Nakaneng, a small town which marks the start of […]
Etosha National Park & Celebrating Josi’s Birthday
Namibia: Etosha National Park. Approaching the Etosha National Park we were already beginning to see some of the wildlife hanging out around the borders – we wondered whether they were […]
Bordering Angola – Epupa Falls & the drive to Etosha
Namibia: Kaokoveld: Epupa Falls, Kunene River, Kamanjab. As dawn broke over our riverside campsite near Epupa Falls, the incessant sound of rushing water which we had heard all night was […]
The road North towards Kaokoveld
Namibia: Kaokoveld: Opuwo The route North from Twyfelfontein to Opuwo is a well graded gravel road, blissfully devoid of the 3 inch deep corrugations that had made the main road […]
Rock engravings & Damara tribes
Namibia: Damaraland: Twyfelfontein & Seisfontein Our first port of call heading north was a campsite, *Aabadi Mountain Camp”, just outside the extremely arid town of Twyfelfontein. Here it has not […]
Dawn, Desert & Dunes
Namibia: Sossusvlei We arrived at Sesriem full of excitement to see the much celebrated and photographed desert dunes of Sossusvlei. Sesriem is the gateway to the dunes and we obediently […]