How do you know what to expect when you get a brief for 5 people wanting to travel in three nearly hundred year old Bentley's' and a Land Cruiser for an expedition through western South Africa and Namibia? The one thing you can be certain of is a lot of Namibian dust. The rest was [...]
Crossing into Botswana at Kazangula was a very appropriate place to go through our last border crossing as it demarks the rough quadripoint of three of the four countries we were exploring on this expedition - Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana (sadly we had to skip out on Zimbabwe this time as we had extended [...]
After only being in Zambia for 2 weeks, we very quickly learnt that the friendly smiles of the local people were totally innocent. Zambians know how to have a good time and are not shy to get you involved! Livingstone, Kariba and the lower Zambezi had delivered some delightfully colourful humans with many a memory [...]
Our introduction to Zambia started with the usual border crossing bureaucracy! To be fair, it was nothing we were not expecting. However after 2 hours and being the only humans there other than the multitude of officials, my patience was slowly waning, along with the daylight hours left to make our way to Sioma. A [...]
After a little over a week spent in Etosha National Park, we both knew it was time to head north to unchartered territory for us both and to what can only be described as literal greener pastures. The last time I was this far north in Namibia, the Caprivi Strip, as it was known then, [...]
Lesson number one of Namibia desert exploring: always wear shoes! Lesson number two of Namibia desert exploring: beer, no matter how cold or how good, is not considered adequate hydration! En route to Swakopmund we decided to take a quick turn in at Walvis Bay. I fondly remembered Dune 7, the sand dune situated just [...]
We had been given sage advice not to drive too far on our first day of the journey after all the build-up, excitement and moments of minor panic, such as my illogical fear of running out of tea bags! However, with Namibia giving an update on travel restrictions a day two before departure we [...]
Where does one even start when planning a dream expedition? When one has to take in nostalgic factors like revisiting places you last went to with your family over 25 years ago; playing the Namibia winter vs summer game and a travel companion terrified of a chill factor below 18’C (she is from Malawi [...]
As a child I was blessed to explore large areas of Southern Africa. Driving countless miles with my parents, sister and occasionally a collection of country cousins, taught me a lot about roadtripping and future overlanding expeditions from an early age. Most notable is no matter the age, always have padkos on hand (Afrikaans for [...]
The journey to an overlanding trip of a lifetime! 46 campsites / lodges / chalets 19 500 kilometres 3 countries 9 border crossings (2 somewhat illegal and momentarily!) 5 covid tests 3 months of planning 1 shredded tyre 2 car services 1 written off vehicle 3 traffic fines 16 500 photos 440 beers (give [...]
