Border crossing: Zambia to Malawi to Name: Mchinji No. of officials: 5 Building: 3 Time taken: 1 hour Other: Crossing was smooth with Customs & Immigration in the same building […]
Month: October 2013
Lake Tranquillity v. City Gridlock
Zambia: Lake Kariba & Lusaka En route to Lusaka we made a detour to the western shores of Lake Kariba. Straddling the Zambian / Zimbabwean border this immense lake was […]
River Activities & Shenanigans
Zambia: Livingstone The drive northeast from the border to Livingstone is uneventful. In the last 5 years smooth tarmac has replaced what was by all accounts a terribly potholed road. […]
Boats, Touts & Border Crossings
Border crossing: Botswana to Zambia to Name: Kazangula No. of officials: 5 Building: 3 buildings – each for different things! Time taken: 1 hour 30 minutes Other: A 5 minute […]
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 […]
Rock Painting: Limited Guided Visits
Botswana: Tsodilo About 400km Northwest of Maun lies the remote area called the Tsodilo Hills. This is the only Unesco World Heritage Site in Botswana and evidences the earliest human […]
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 […]
Traversing Africa 2013 compared to 1870
When Henry Morton Stanley’s epic expedition left Bagamoyo in Tanzania in March 1871, he was not travelling light. His quarry was David Livingstone – explorer extraordinaire but missing and not heard […]
Humble shack or border crossing?
to Border crossing: Namibia to Botswana Name: Dobe No. of officials: 2 Building: Tin hut Time taken: […]
Josi’s Top Ten: Namibia
We have had so many adventures already just in Namibia and we have really loved it. It is already hard to imagine what could possibly be our top ten for […]