W/R to Angola, we are really curious: after decades of civil war, the battered but resource-rich country was slowly reviving before the significant decline…
Category: Animals
Transit Namibia: from South Africa to Angola
After the exciting detour to the Richtersveld N.P., on the South African side, we enter again Namibia at the border near Oranjemund. Oranjemund was…
The Eastern Cape – The province of extreme contrasts
Coming from the impressive Drakensberg mountains, we drive through lovely farmland: sparsely populated, well-ordered, scenic landscape ... like in the Allgäu in Southern Germany.…
Through colorful Swaziland to the wildlife of Khwa-Zulu Natal
Swaziland or Eswatini - as the king renamed his country for the fiftieth anniversary of independence recently - surprises us. The small country, which…
Touching encounter with Nana – the elephant grand mama of the Thula-Thula Game Reserve
Friends recommended reading the famous book by Lawrence Anthony, The Elephant Whisperer, as an African reading. Lawrence, a gifted animal rights activist, buying a…
Via the “Black Forest Panoramic Road” to the Kruger N.P.
South Africa welcomes us with high wire fences (even the orchards are hermetically sealed, otherwise they steal ... not just the fruit, but all…
Mozambique – holidays on dream beaches and swimming with whale sharks
What a contrast: within two days we drive from the high-altitude Eastern Highlands in Zimbabwe to the tropical palm beaches of Mozambique! The border…
The West of Zimbabwe – Dollars or $-Bonds?!
What have we not all read or heard about Zimbabwe from other Overlanders: countless roadblocks with corrupt police officers who want to improve their…
East Botswana – encounters of a very special kind
After having diagnosed the problem of Shujoo in a competent workshop in Francistown - the second largest city of Botswana with 100,000 inhabitants -…