Category Archives: Africa

Celebrating In Windhoek At The Olive Exclusive

  HELLO + WELCOME as we roll from Sydney to London, via Africa. As we go we will be sharing our experience with you. Feel free to dive on in and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     Driving North from the dunes of Namib-Nukluft National Park we headed towards Namibia’s capital Windhoek. We […]

Whispered Words Atop Dune-45

    HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. As we roll we will be sharing our experience with you. Feel free to dive on in and to leave us a comment below.       We drove North from the  D707 track and headed towards Namibia’s Capital to get a few […]

The Most Beautiful Road In Namibia: The D707

      HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. As we roll we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to give us a yell in the comments below.     About a year or so ago my mate Craig, in Cape Town, emailed us a few photos […]

INTO NAMIBIA WE GO

    As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     We entered Namibia through the Kalahari Desert at Mata Mata border post. Even though we crossed borders when we dipped into Lesotho, as […]

KALAHARI DESERT {Part 2: !XAUS}

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below. In our most recent blog post we wrote about entering the Kalahari, here we write about our experience as we headed deeper into the park. Fresh […]

KALAHARI DESERT {Part 1: Kgalagadi Lodge}

    If you think of the Kalahari Desert, what comes to mind? For Gareth and I it brings visions of heat, lions and sandy dunes. Two of these were waiting for us as we headed towards the park.     Our story begins in Uppington in South Africa. We waited it out here for […]

CAPE TOWN, BABY! + HEADING NORTH

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     The coast road towards Cape Town, named the Garden Route, is one of country’s most popular tourism attractions … it’s like the gods of South […]

ON SAFARI AT KARIEGA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE

  NEVER before have we had such an incredible encounter with elephants than at Kariega Game Reserve.         Kariega was our first foray into private reserves in South Africa and boy did it impress. The park is located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, along the Garden Route, and stretches across ten-thousand […]

THE ELEPHANTS OF ADDO

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘hi’ in the comments below.     Driving out of Lesotho we dipped back into the modern era and drove through the Karoo of South Africa. This region welcomed us with […]

Lesotho: Hairpins and Heartache

  Like the hallmark signs of the African leg of our expedition – when we headed up Sani Pass, things got hectic quickly. Lesotho is a landlocked country that sits at high altitude within the borders of South Africa. I have wanted to go there ever since I first visited the country 5-years ago. Gareth […]