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 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…
…and on to Mana at last! We had an early start from Harare and arrived at the Zimbabwe National Parks office at Marongora later that morning to meet up with my brother John, his wife Judith and their 2 sons, Warren and Brett. Their…
Cape Town to Molopo Lodge A year after our first eventful venture into off-road travelling, we were given an opportunity to join my brother John and his family again, this time to Mana Pools in Zimbabwe – we didn’t need a…
After months of planning and preparation we were about to set off on our first overland trip. Our planned route was from Cape Town up through Northern Cape, into Botswana via Bokspits border post, Mabuasehube, Maun, Moremi, Savuti, Chobe, Kasane,…