Category: World Trip 2017-2018
A 62-day trip covering eleven countries; United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa between 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018.
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Monday 15 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Climbing Dune 45, Hiking to Deadvlei (the Dead Valley), Namib-Naukluft Park Canyon An early morning pickup from my hotel just before 6 am so we could get into the National Park the moment they opened the gates which was critical to avoid the worst of the sun and heat…
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Sunday 14 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Flamingos, Luna Rock formations, Tropic of Capricorn Today was a long travel day but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get to see and experience more of this unique country. About 5 minutes out from Swakopmund the temperature rose quickly and never really dropped under 30 for the rest of…
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Saturday 13 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Dolphin Cruise, Fork n Nice (Fish & Chips vendor) Today I had selected a dolphin cruise option for my stay in Swakopmund and three tour members joined me; Gaelle, Rita and Isabelle. As we were being picked up at 8 am our crew organised for lunch at 7.30 am.…
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Friday 12 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Spitzkoppe landscape and rock paintings Despite having a comfortable room I got little sleep last night due to the group bonding session next door and the 5.35 am alarm today. This meant the unusually for me I did doze off a few times when crossing the amazing Namibia landscape.…
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Thursday 11 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Desert landscape, group bonding Today we left Etosha behind us and headed deeper into Namibia and Southern Africa. The landscape keeps getting more and more arid and you can see the starts of desert all around us.
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Wednesday 10 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Jackals and vultures eating a dead zebra Our second game drive of Etosha National Park is also likely my last one of this trip. It’s amazing how every single game drive bought something new and wonderful and today it was so again. The majority of the group upgraded to…
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Tuesday 09 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Giraffes, Lion, Cheetah, Wildebeest, Jackals, Hyenas, Ostriches, Elephants, the Etosha Pan Our game drive today saw as move from one end of the Etosha National Park to the other end, a distance of roughly 180 kms that we took the entire day to complete between 6.30 am and 4.30…
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Monday 08 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Etosha National Park 30 minute overview drive Today we journeyed to Etosha National Park, one of the oldest national parks in the world and our home area for the next three days. The drive to Etosha was very smooth and easy on the well made and maintained roads. Ever…
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Sunday 07 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Group Dinner Today I farewelled amazing Botswana and entered Namibia for the first time. This is the second last country of my 2017-18 Africa Trip and my passport is almost completely full, in fact it is over full as I had to remove the Brazil Visa to make room.…
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Saturday 06 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: The San people / Bushman Experience Today we truly become venturing into more desert areas of Africa as we continue our march further south. We left the Delta Rain Campsite at a late time around 8.30 am as our drive today was only 500 km on great roads meaning…
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