As we had a an important party to attend in Tulbagh and my birthday wish was to be with our family on the 9th of December we decided to take the scenic slow route home. From Jhb we drove to Bloemfontein and turned left towards Port Elizabeth. Now that we are back in SA we … Continue reading 2nd – 9th of December: The scenic route to Cape Town
Road tripping with the Blacks. Marilyn and Leon had to get back to Johannesburg to return their hire vehicle and of course Simon and Mel who always up for an adventure travelled with us for a few more days which was such fun. After a night close to Louis Trichardt where the rain came pouring … Continue reading 28th Nov to 1st Dec: Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
As most of you are familiar with Kruger NP, I am not going to go into too much detail other than the Northern Kruger is a great place to visit. We particularly enjoyed Tsendze Rustic Campsite as the site staff pointed out 3 beautiful owls in the tree's right above our campsite. Sometimes it's the … Continue reading 17 – 27th November: Road tripping with friends and family, Kruger National Park, SA and Gonarezhou, Zimbabwe.
From Monkey Bay, we popped around the corner to check out Cape Mc Clear as we were so close, far more commercial than Monkey Bay but nice accommodation also right on the beach, plenty of bars and restuarants, sailing and snorkelling also available. It was time to go and meet our gardeners family. Enos is … Continue reading 7 – 16 November – Gorongoza National Park to the Coast of Mozambique
Early to rise as it was border crossing day, which is always a mission. Filled up with fuel and bought some veggies along the side of our road to use up all our Tanzanian shillings. Well! 3km from the Ksumulu border we got another fine for going 60km in a 50km zone and the cops … Continue reading 1 – 6 November: Tanzania to Malawi
We missioning south now, spent 2 days getting back to Utengule Coffee Lodge, close to Mbeya. We spent a night here three and a half months ago with Richard and Sue, the smell of the coffee got us back here. This time we did the coffee tour, which was really interesting. Just love their coffee … Continue reading 30 – 31st October – back at Utengule Coffee Lodge
The rain stopped, the roads where clear and we managed to cross back into Tanzania. Just after the border we turned left and went to the coast. Well we found a resort called Fish Eagle Point and all I can say is it is paradise. Check out the website: http://www.fisheaglepoint.com We were warmly welcomed by … Continue reading 27th – 29th October – Finding the Maldives of Africa, Fish Eagle Point, Tanzania
At last we got to see our kids. We flew Matthew and Tammy out for a week so we could have a family holiday together. Their flight arrived at 3am in the morning so we spent the first night in an apartment in Mombassa. Our first 3 days we spent at Twigi Lodge on Tiwi … Continue reading 21st – 26th October: Mombassa, Tiwi and Diani Beach
Once again we stayed at Wildebeest Camp in Nairobi, serviced the car, did some shopping, admin and blogging. Nothing too exciting except we met Karolos from Lithuania who was riding a 400cc off road bike from Lithuania to Cape Town, when we met him he was really sad. His bike was broken as well as … Continue reading 12th – 20th October: Nairobi to Mombassa
As we arrived at the Sabache Community camp we met a documentary film maker and he told us about the Retetie Elephant Sanctuary for orphaned elephants so we asked one of the Samburu tribesman to take us, as it is very difficult to find, well hidden in the Mathews Range of mountains far from they … Continue reading 10 – 12 October: Back in Kenya, visited the Retetie Elephant Sanctuary and the Sabache Eco Camp
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