On the road again

A short road trip to KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique for weddings, wildlife and water!

Where the wild things are

Hunting for tigers in Nagarhole national park, drinking coffee in Coorg and beer in Bangalore

Mozambique magic

Blogged by Dave We had a couple of spare weeks before heading out to Europe and so we decided to head across to Mozambique for some scuba diving and a bit of warm weather. It also coincided with a trip some of our friends were doing and we planned to meet up with them in……

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……

Fever Dreams

Mapungubwe National Park and Pafuri trails Blogged by Anne We arrived back into South Africa via the Pont Drift border post which means a short 4×4-only drive across the Limpopo River. The border post is only open to vehicles in the dry season, when the river is full it is pedestrians only via a rickety……

Up close and personal

For our last few days in Botswana we had decided to head to Tuli, on the border of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. However, to break up the long journey from the Okavango we spent a few nights at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary (http://www.khamarhinosanctuary.org.bw) near the town of Serowe. Khama is a small private community……

Raining cats and dogs in the Okavango Delta

Blogged by Anne  The Okavango Delta is the star of Southern Africa’s wildlife areas and an important world heritage site. It is the largest delta in the world, and is unique in that the river doesn’t flow into the sea, but rather seeps away into the Kalahari desert. If it wasn’t for a quirk of……