We spent a week in Singapore exploring, before out flight to Johannesburg. The first three nights we spent at the Marina Bay Sands, a beautiful hotel with roof top spas, shops and restaurants. Moved to the Calton Hotel for the rest of our stay, a very nice hotel which is a bit more budget friendly. …
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South Africa, Jul-Aug 25, Part 6. South Kruger to the End
Some highlights of the second entry into Kruger. First camp Skukuza. A busy campsite, there is a restored train known as the Kruger Shalati sitting on the rail bridge that spans the Sabi River. These trains once carried visitors into the park nearly a century ago, this was stopped because too many animals were being …
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South Africa, Jul-Aug 25 Part 5, Blyde River Canyon and Panorama route
Kruger park was full for this week so we left to have a look around the Blyde River Canyon. On the drive up to the Blyde River Forever Resort campsite we found ourselves in the middle of a celebration. Lots of drinking and yahooing. I thought it might be a soccer or a rugby match …
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South Africa, Jul-Aug 25, Part 4 Mapungubwe to Kruger-Punda Maria to Olifants
When the Elephant Came to Visit. Mazhou camp has an electric fence to keep the animals out so we thought it would be relatively safe, except that when we arrived we found out that the gate had been broken a few nights before by an elephant. One evening, after the camp was asleep after a …
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Botswana, Jul-Aug 25 Part 3,
Alright, buckle up, we are already on out next Africa trip, but while Derek is replacing a blown alternator and fixing random leaks in the truck, I thought that I would upload the last trip. Rose my sister and her husband Lawrence, decided to join us on this trip. From South Africa, Johannesburg area to …
Family trip Part Four Jan-Feb 25. Back to South Africa
From Zimbabwe Ruins to Johannesburg We left Great Zimbabwe with a loose plan, a fridge full of supplies, and dust already coating everything inside the camper, ready to tackle the Hiway detour to the South African border. The highway south from Masvingo is more ‘choose your own adventure’ than actual road. Potholes, herds of cattle, …
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Family trip Part Three, Jan-Feb 25. Botswana and Zimbabwe
Overlanding Zimbabwe: A Gritty, Glorious Road Trip in our 4×4 Truck Camper, ‘Tiny’. From Victoria Falls to Zimbabwe Ruins. When most people think of a family vacation, they imagine beach chairs or hotel lobbies—not five adults crammed into a custom-built truck camper, but here we are. Jo dubbed our trusty camper ‘Tiny’ and it has …
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Family trip Part two, Jan-Feb 25. Namibia.
Fish River Canyon Next stop Kolmanskop, the abandoned diamond mine, now ghost town swallowed by the desert. Wandering through the sand-filled ruins of German colonial houses you could imagine life here in the early 1900s when diamonds seemed to be everywhere. Today, the wind and the drifting dunes tell the story of its sudden rise …
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Family trip Part one. Jan-Feb 25. Western Cape SA, then Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Africa 24th January to 6th April 2025. A road trip from Cape Town, South Africa to Namibia. Up the coast of Namibia, along the Caprivi strip and the tip of Botswana into Zimbabwe. Back to Joburg via Tzaneen. One of the most epic Southern African journeys you can take. It combines beautiful wineries, dramatic coastal …
South Africa. East Coast, Addo Elephant Park, Mountain Zebra and Cango Caves
In-between getting a few things done on the truck we went into Cape Town to look at some historical sites. Robben Island Tour guide was a former political prisoner, which made it worthwhile. We were shown Nelson Mandela’s cell and Robert Sobukwe House, where he was kept in solitary confinement for six years. Sobukwe, leader …
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