Africa The Garden Route, South Africa Our plan for the last week of our 6 week Africa journey is to do the Garden Route - a stretch of South Africa's south coast from Mossel Bay to Storms River. We say goodbye to the high-life as we leave the manor and continue East. The road
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Lion's Head, Cape Point, Franschhoek We rise bright and early and a little dusty from the beer sampling the night before. Best cure is to climb Lion's Head, we think. So off we go. This hike is shorter and easier than Table Mountain, but it should have an awesome view of Table Mountain
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Woodstock, Long St We've been enjoying Cape Town so much and because there's heaps to do, we decide to stay a day longer. This means we need to check out of our loft and into new accommodation. We check out mid-morning and aren't able to hit up
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Langa Township, Robben Island Today we've booked in for the township tour we missed on our arrival. Townships, aka "informal housing settlements", aka "slums" are where the bulk of the city's population live. This is set to be a true eye-opener for us. We are picked
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Table Mountain We've been admiring it since we arrived, now it's time to climb it - Table Mountain. There are number of ways to do it. We decide to take the long option which takes us to the highest point, Maclear's Beacon. This is via the
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - City Centre, Bo-Kaap Today is the first day of our trip where we don't have anything on the agenda. Since the day we stepped off the plane in Vic Falls, it's been all systems go. We have a good sleep in, then meander into the city centre. The only
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Gansbaai Go to Gansbaai, they said. See the sharks, they said.... We're picked up from our Green Point loft at 7am. Gansbaai (baai = bay) is about a 2 and a half hours to the East so we make tracks, past the kilometers of slums and into the forest region.
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Stellenbosch, Signal Hill Today is South Africa's biggest test - wine tour time. Those of you that know the real SA (South Australia), know how unbeatable our wines are. We've dabbled in some SA (South African) wines throughout our trip, but as you can imagine, the choices are limited
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Mediclinic, Waterfront Three weeks of camping done and dusted, today we are headed for Cape Town. Mixed emotions as we've heard awesome things about The Mother City, yet sad to say goodbye to the nomadic camping lifestyle, surprisingly. We see our first sign of Cape Town about half an hour
Africa Cederberg, South Africa Our massive days of travelling are coming to an end. A shortish drive into the Cederberg mountains today and into one of South Africa's wine regions. More and more vines are showing up on the landscape now. We stop in at the town of Springbok. It's
Africa Orange/Gariep River, South Africa Today's drive will be a short one, as we cross the natural and border between Namibia and South Africa. We make a quick stop at a small town for supplies and use the second most unsavoury toilet of the trip. The locals wave at the truck. And wave.
Africa Fish River Canyon, Namibia Another early start, today we're off to Fish River Canyon. Bye - bye dunes, Hello multiple rock formations that dwarf Uluru. The scenery for today's drive is awesome. The drive itself, not so much. The stupidly bumpy ride actually breaks the table in the back of
Africa Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia Picture the world's oldest desert - massive, rolling sand dunes, baking sun. That's what we're heading for today. First stop is the industrial town of Walvis Bay to spot some Flamingos. They don't disappoint; massive numbers of different sizes and colours. The
Africa Swakopmund, Namibia We arrive in Swakopmund and are like wide eyed bushmen setting their sights on a big city for the first time. After almost two weeks camping in the middle of nowhere, this is the largest and most civilised town we've seen since leaving Australia! Swakopmund was founded by
Africa Brandberg Mountain / Spitzkoppe, Namibia We depart the Etosha region and head south-west. No more driving for game now, but we should still see plenty of animals over the coming weeks. This is Africa, after all. We are going to get a chance to meet some locals today; people from the Herero and Himba tribes.
Africa Etosha National Park, Namibia Routine start to the day - pommy wash, pack our bags, put down tent, shove down breakfast and hit the road. Today we're heading to Etosha National Park, just a cool 700km in the truck. We stop in at Rundu on our way for snacks and fuel. This
Africa Divundu, Namibia We set off early from Maun and continue our journey Westward. We will be entering Namibia today. As we progress the roads become progressively worse. Tar giving way to dirt in some places. Towns become less frequent. They are more like villages. In some cases a few makeshift sheds with
Africa Okovango Delta, Botswana Our journey to one of the world's largest inland deltas takes us to Botswana's 3rd largest city, Maun. A 600km drive awaits us. 300kms South, then 300kms West. There is rarely a direct route from one point to another in Botswana. We wander the small city
Africa Zambezi River, Zimbabwe White water rafting day... Judgement day. Courts is questioning why she agreed to this. The safety speech from Hippo, our guide doesn't really help, nor does the trek down the gorge. Surely more life-threatening than the actual rafting! Into the raft we go. The 8 of us have
Africa Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe We arrive at Vic falls international airport after 25 solid hours travel. A few big stopovers didn't help. Perth to JoBerg was a fairly easy 11 hours though. Vic falls airport is about 20 kms from the town so it doesn't scare the animals away. We
