Stuck in the Mud

The build-up and start of our trip to Mana Pools was very stressful. Our plan was to leave Cape Town on a Monday morning. On the Friday afternoon before that a suspension fault warning suddenly lit up on our Land Rover. Fortunately our friends at Twin…

With slightly less than 300km to travel to get to Kasane there was no rush leaving Camp Kwando and we got away at about 8:30am. First stop was of course Katima Mulilo to find a craft market and a miniature Mokoro.…

Pippa and I were both looking forward to our trip through the Caprivi. Pippa had worked at the State Hospital in Rundu in the late 1970’s and visited various Mission Stations between Rundu and Popa Falls as part of her nursing…

Another year and another trip up north! This time up through Namibia to Etosha National Park, across the Caprivi Strip (now called the Zambezi Region) and finally into Botswana for another visit to Chobe National Park before heading home. We left…

Our trip from 3rd Bridge to Tshima Bush Camp near Maun and then our journey home. We were up early to pack and get going on the start of our long journey home. I was feeling a lot better. The medication as…

Our 5 nights at 3rd Bridge campsite in Moremi. It took about half an hour for John and the others to check in at the entrance gate before we finally set off for 3rd Bridge. It was only a 50km drive so one…

Our drive through to South Gate and 2 nights camping there on our own. With only 122km to drive to get to South Gate we were able to enjoy a good breakfast, delivered to our tent in a basket, before…

Kalahari Guest House to Cornwall Safari Lodge. The next leg of our journey to Moremi took us up north through the Bokspits border post. From there we crossed into Botswana and then travelled east along the Molopo River road to the turnoff to Cornwall…

We were lucky enough to once again be invited to join John and his family on their trip up to Botswana. This time for 5 nights at 3rd Bridge campsite in Moremi. John’s friend Graham, his wife Louise and son Ben would also be…

Harare to Mapungubwe And so it was time to head south on our journey home. We’d booked 3 nights at the Mazhou campsite in Mapungubwe and had originally planned to go via Bulawayo and then through the Plumtree border post into Botswana…