The best of 2016

Our 2016 highlights reel

Self-drive through Namibia and Botswana – the details

This post is mostly so that we can remember how we did things next time we plan a trip like this. But it might be useful to someone planning something similar or interesting if you like the practical stuff. It contains some detail on our equipment and our final detailed itinerary as well as an……

5 tips for gourmet camping

1. Single use sachets Sachets are compact, light and easy to pack and dispose of. Single use sachets save you from having to store open ingredients and protect them from moisture and bugs. They are also easy ways to pack small quantities. We found an amazing variety of them, including: – Thai curry paste (not……

Try (not) to pitch your tent under a marula tree

Blogged by Anne After Etosha, we travelled south in our trusty Toyota for a few days in the Waterberg. The Waterberg plateau is a national park with a wide variety of animals including black rhino and buffalo. It is edged to the south by rocky cliffs which house mountain species like black eagles. The area……

The Great White Place

Before heading to Ethosa we stopped off in the small town of Kamanjab for some supplies. It was surprisingly impressive! The general store at the petrol station doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it has a surprising array of goodies inside. Another gem is the Impala Meat Market near the other general store.……

Not too far from the beaten track

Blogged by Anne  Kaokoland is the province in the far north west corner of Namibia, bordering Angola. It is known for very challenging roads, largely 4×4 only and impassable in the rainy season. A number of areas (such as the Marienfluss) are tricky to reach without some difficult driving such as the notorious Van Zyl’s……

Just deserts

After leaving Mata-Mata we headed across the border into Namibia for the long drive up to Windhoek, a resupply point before we headed into Damaraland. At the border post we first noticed Namibian’s attitude towards the daylight savings time that had started a few days before. It seems that pretty much everything in the country……