Tag Archives: SOUTH AFRICA

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 […]

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 […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 37}

  HELLO + WELCOME  to the Aussie Overlanders Wrap Up {Edition 37} where we let you know what’s been going on as we make our way from Sydney to London, overland through the guts of Africa. I read on my FaceBook feed recently that “apparently” it’s too late to wish each other a happy new year, […]

Our First African Wildlife

  The day after the Troopy arrived we were keen to get out of town. So keen, that we accidentally slept in! A couple of bottles of South Africa’s finest shared with new friends had us waking up with foggy heads. But true to our word we piled on in and hit the road. We […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 36}

  HELLO + WELCOME to the regular Wrap Up of what’s going on as we make our way from Sydney to London, via Africa. At long last we have arrived in South Africa to begin the African leg of our epic overland journey. It’s Kirsty here with Wrap Up {Edition 36}. I  feel quite nostalgic […]