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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Robben Island was a tour that I had wanted to experience for a long time. I missed out last time we were in South Africa due to bad weather. This time I made sure we visited this World Heritage listed site. When you read any South African guide book or Google “Things to do […]
Six weeks ago we handed over the keys to our Troopy in Australia to have it shipped to Africa. We walked away excited and nervous as all hell. It was with similar feelings we woke the day it came to collect it. We had arranged with our (incredible) shipping agent, Maurita, that we […]