Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Africa”
Hello from Mauritius! We’ll warn you that this blog might not be as exciting as usual since we spent the week on the beach in Mauritius and it was a “vacation from the vacation”. Mauritius? Most of you probably haven’t ever heard about Mauritius, like us, when our travel agent told us that we would have a lay over there on …
We leave the African continent tomorrow and this will be our last blog from Africa. After leaving Swankopmund (Namibia), we drove past Walvis Bay, where Brad & Angie were staying, we craned our necks to spot them from the truck, but no luck! Sossusvlei We headed for Sossusvlei, the area renowned for beautiful red sand dunes. The dunes are amazing and …
Welcome to the desert! Etosha National Park We left Windhoek and headed north (not quite the direct way to Capetown) to visit the Etosha National Park. It was a long drive day and the Kiwi boys got a bit of a party going on the long ride up. Etosha is one of Africa’s best game parks and we spent 2 …
WARNING: Be prepared for lots of elephant photos! We left Victoria Falls and Zimbabwe without any of the hassle that we encountered entering Zim. It was a country we really enjoyed, even with all its quirks and problems. Chobe National Park We entered Botswana and we continue to notice that these southern African countries are much more developed and Westernized. It …
Yesterday we went on our helicopter ride over the Victoria Falls. We thought we would give you a visual picture of the trip. Neither of us had been in a helicopter before, so it was a cool experience. There were just 4 passangers and the pilot and you got an amazing perspective of how huge the falls are. They are 1.7 …
Hello from Zimbabwe! It’s been awhile since our last blog because finding good internet has been difficult and besides, we have been busy walking with lions and rhinos! We left Malawi and headed across the top of Mozambique to Zimbabwe. We only spent one night in Mozambique, bush camping, but it was a nice stamp in our passport! Mozambique Driving through Mozambique …
