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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
2015-08-03 05:04:00 UTC
The following morning we were up & ready to go by 8am. We were on the truck, & within a few hours we made it to Fish River Canyon. The canyon is said to be the the second largest in the world after the Grand, however, there is controversy as…
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Desert nomads at Dune 45 and Deadvlei, Namibia
2015-08-02 04:41:00 UTC
We woke with a slow start, we hit up the supermarket to gather supplies for the next three nights on the road. With just a brief lunch stop at solitaire, the entire day was spent on unsealed roads so we were stoked to finally arrive at Namib Naukluft around 4…
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Himbas, sleeping under stars and Swakopmund, Namibia
2015-08-02 04:12:00 UTC
The following frosty morning, we had a warm cooked breakfast, bid the lonely cheetah farewell with a rub & packed up, ready to hit the road again. Our next stop - the ancient Himba village followed by the vast rock formations of Spitzkoppe where we were to spend the night…
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Cheeky cheetahs - classy cats, Namibia
2015-07-22 06:09:00 UTC
After departing Etosha, our next destination was the eagerly anticipated Cheetah Park. A massive farm where one elderly man & his son rescue cheetahs from farmers - they give them the alternative option of getting the cats taken off their hands as apposed to shooting them for preying on the…
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Etosha - waterholes, rhino soap operas & thieving jackals; Namibia
2015-07-07 05:34:00 UTC
We bid the Hoba Meteorite farewell the next morning as we departed the campsite en route to Etosha. After a pretty easy drive, we pulled up at the national park’s gates & passed through into unbeknownst to us, one of the most thriving parks for discovering wildlife! We took the…
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A dip in the delta & dancing around the camp fire: Botswana
2015-07-06 06:39:00 UTC
Our next stop on our African adventure was Botswana, & the much hyped Okavango Delta. We crossed the border just before lunchtime & due to the spread of foot & mouth disease, we had to hide any fruit or veg we had, as well as we were asked to walk…
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Her Majesty Victoria Falls
2015-06-29 05:58:00 UTC
We were up around 7 the following morning, fed breakfast & back on the truck by 8. We were all buzzing with excitement about reaching the Falls, which is the 7th natural wonder of the world! The majority of the trip was smooth, once again with police checks stunting our…
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Walking lions and chasing rhinos, Zimbabwe
2015-06-19 05:31:00 UTC
Reaching the park around lunchtime, we were greeted by an enthusiastic welcome song & dance performed by a few members of staff. The park itself was therapeutically peaceful & vast, with a giant lake in the middle. Over one hundred species of birds resided around the water’s edge, a bunch…
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House boating with hippos and crocs in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
2015-06-18 05:11:00 UTC
As we boarded our spacious house boat we were all quick to jump on rooms; Sean and I quickly claimed one of the ‘honeymoon’ suites upper deck which was three single beds (that can be pushed together) a mozie net, some cupboards and best of all an open corner railing…
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Kande beach & local kids in Malawi
2015-06-13 05:30:00 UTC
Darkness still loomed when we all crawled out of our tents at 4 am, packing down we sleepily boarded the truck, the engine growled and we were back on the road before the sun had woken. Traffic coming out of the city was chaotic, and slow… It was not even…
