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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.

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 55 Sesriem and Deadvlei, Namibia

    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…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 54 Swakopmund to Sesriem, Namibia

    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…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 53 Swakopmund, Namibia

    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.…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 52 Brandberg to Swakopmund, Namibia

    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.…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 51 Etosha to Brandberg, Namibia

    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.