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Overland Travel, Expedition & Adventure Information for 4x4, motorcycle and truck overlanders
We’ve now been on the road for almost three years. There have been two longer breaks, one for about three months in Patagonia when we flew in to work in Antarctica, and a second break, for about 5 months when we signed up for another season in Antarctica earlier this year. Other than this we’ve been more or less…
Four months was always an ambitious timetable for a trip as long as ours, and with a bit too much fun, and a bit too much customs admin behind us, we were sitting a bit too far north with a bit too little time when we finally set out from Kigali. Anna had already travelled quite a bit in this…
Heading North from Dar, the PPE made light work of the well travelled and nicely tarred Dar-Arusha road. Although we had planned on staying further up the Swahili coast at Pangani, we settled on Lushoto, in the Usambara Mountains and were met with sparklingly cool mountain breezes. Not since Swakopmund, on Africa’s West coast had we experienced sub 25 degree…
We made a hurried return back to Dar just in time for Christmas.. and lo and behold.. we’re still here. What was meant to be a week in town catching up with friends turned into six. Nevertheless – Christine and I are planning our escape for the end of this week.. and who knows – we might even make it.…
Crossing the border into Tanzania was an ordinary affair…usual money changers, customs clearance agents, and insurance agents heckling for your attention and your business…except for one thing. A customs official who actually knew more about the carnet de passage than we do. The Tanzanian customs officer had the knowledge and presence of mind to fill in the middle section of…
Kilometres Driven: 10,159 Countries Visited: Kenya, Tanzania & Malawi Days on the road: 75 Days Camping: 70 Days of Rain: 2 National Parks Visited: 10 Favourite National Parks: Lake Nakuru, Kenya and Ruaha National Park, Tanzania Favourite Animal: Anna – Giraffes Russ – Elephants Favourite Animal Experience: Elephants ripping trees outside our roof tent, leopard drinking out of our water…
Well we did it & I’m not in the bad books… thank you very much indeed to the accommodating thousands of wildebeest & zebra that we bumped into in Serengeti for saving my bacon! Before I go on to expound the wonders of the migration in the Serengeti, I’m afraid I am going to have to say that, for us,…
We knew this day would come but when it finally arrived we weren’t ready to let go. Margie and Gerro drove up from S.A. to join us on the road for just over a month and a half. We all met up in Mwanza, Bruce (Mike’s brother) included and our first adenture was crossing the border to Kenya and heading…
Lake shore Lodge Well well well we have arrived. In the middle of nowhere (Western Tanzania). We found a little piece of heaven on earth – Lakeshore Lodge, this is a must if you have a trip in mind to visit either Katavi or Mahale N.P.’s. It is breathtakingly beautiful!!! And it’s right on Lake Tanganyika. Not only is the…
After a gruelling 8 hour 12 hour mission we finally got to Katavi and were blown away!!!! Morning greetings Chasing the crocs away Jam packed Aggression in the mud Aggression in the mud Chasing the Lions once again The family huddled together as they could smell the Lions …
With time and days passing us by so fast, we drive back in into Tanzania with our sights set on 3 National Parks which make up the last stops on the East African leg of Global Inc Safari. Park number one on the list is Ruaha NP in the south, the other 2 are in the North and help form…
Katavi The road getting to Katavi is long, hard and slow, it utilises all your senses to make one hell of an impression on any traveler heading out that way. At this time of the year, mere puddles of water remain and the number of Hippo in the park dominate almost every inch of them. Ele dig holes to find…
Over the last 3 weeks we have been on Tanzania’s tourist trail, steering away from being off the beaten track and our carefree, random routes. This was more of a ‘have to see’ than a point to the map and ‘Lets go here’ decision. So far on the trip we have tried to be intrepid with our explorations, preferring more…
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!! Ruaha is spectacular during the dry season, all the game concentrates on the waters edge and you are guaranteed seeing Lions from your campsite on each day and you will have Ele’s in your camp!!!! Scanning for food Another trespasser in our camp Buffalo’s chasing the Lions away What a sunset!!! Checking us out…
Ruaha N.P. Every expat living in Tanzania says this is their favourite park, so we set off with high spirits, as usual. Firstly we had the best campsite, it was right on the bank of what little water remained in the Ruaha River – This is the main artery of the park that supplies all the game with the only…
Same procedure as last year… Some of you already know, there will be a short break in driving, and we’re flying to Antarctica for a few months work. We found a place that we both thought looked good in Tanzania, and the Patrol, our home for the last two and a half years, are parked next to quite a few…
With all the Northern parks done, we set of for a new chapter, a chapter that we hope will be more intriguing than any other parks we have been to todate. We have heard from so many people that the three big Southern parks will outshine the commercial parks in the North by leaps and bounds. So first on the…
Sad to see a fantastic park being poached to pieces!!!! Game scatters at the first sight of a car!!! Would we go here again….No….expensive and sad to see a park in decline!!!…
Dar is de economische hoofdstad van Tanzanië en ook met 4 mio inwoners de grootste stad van Oost-Afrika. Eerlijk gezegd, we hadden niet verwacht dat het zo achter zou zitten. Onmogelijk om wat kleren bij te kopen, Mr Price (kruising JBC en C&A) blijkt echt de beste kledingwinkel te zijn in Afrika. Ook qua accomodatie vinden we niks deftigs onder…
Usambara Mountains is in the North East of Tanzania not too far from the border to Kenya. One of our reasons to visit the area was because we had heard about Irente Farm and that they produced cheese. Travelling in countries far away you sometimes miss food items that you are used to from home. On the top of our…
Na onze eerste regen tijdens het kamperen hebben we (alweer) nood aan een beetje luxe. Alhoewel een beetje is misschien een understatement. Op weg naar Arusha herinneren we ons dat enkele jaren geleden er een reportage was over een Vlaams koppel in Tanzania. In we are from Belgium zagen we dat zij werkt voor het Rwanda tribunaal en hij dat…
The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the natural marvels of the world, two to three million years old, 2000 feet deep and over 100 square miles, it is surely one of the more remarkable places we’ve ever been. Located 110 miles west of Arusha, Tanzania, thousands of tourists flock here every year to see one of the most amazing wildlife…
Posted from Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. We plugged into the Garmin that the next destination was Moshi and it took us down a 4wd road which at some places we thought we werent going to make it. At one particular spot I even said to Larry take the phone and put it in your pocket and jump out if you see…
The paradise island off the coast of Tanzania that you find in all the nice and cool travel magazines. I had high expectations, and could even be persuaded to leave the Patrol at a beach resort on the mainland for more than a week. How we were supposed to get out to the island had been discussed for a few…
Friday 5th to Saturday 6th October 2012. Karatu, Arusha. The next morning we busied ourselves with filtering water before getting on the road. We drew a small crowd of Masai men, who were eager to help and chat to us. They helped with all we started, zipping up our tents for us and helping pile things back into Bluebelle. With…
Wednesday 3rd to Thursday 4th October 2012. Ngorogoro Crater. Climbing the mountains of the western rift shelf we got a stunning view of the valley and Lake Manyara. High on the hillside, we stopped at a lookout to admire the view. Luke tested out the echo and there found an awesome ricochet of sound. In Karatu, we hunted for something…
Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd October 2012. Tarangire National Park. The next morning we were up with the sun and were rewarded with spectacular views of Kilimanjaro. We were in Arusha stocking up on supplies for the Tarangire National Park when we met Roland and Rita; overlanders travelling south from Holland. We stopped in a swish ex-pat part of town…
Posted from Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. We had a lovely drive through the rain forest on our way to Mambo Viewpoint campsite ($5 pppn). We set up camp and enjoyed camping with Gabby and Marcelle for the 2 nig hts they stayed. We took a walk to the vewpoint, a little of a challenge for me with my dicky ankle but…
Our Magical day couldn’t have been any better!!! Before B knew……. At least the venue gets a thumbs up Our private pool And the verdict is………..YES!!!!!!…
I thought we were all heading to Peponi, a nice beach campsite to reminisce about the great things we had seen in the Northern Tanzanian parks. However I was not alone as Margie and Gerro were under the same impression, but we lost them somewhere along the way after Mike had a chat with them at a gas station. We…