A trip to Africa would be incomplete without a visit to the seeming endless Serengeti. Said to be a major inspiration to the movie the Lion King, the Serengeti did not disappoint. Pride Rock The Serengeti means endless plain in Swahili and once you are in the park it’s easy to see to how it …
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On our last visit to the beautiful island of Zanzibar, I spent a lot of my time under the waves while diving in Zanzibar. The island of Zanzibar itself was once a reef, and the main city in the town was called Stone Town from the use of coral as foundations for many of the …
Most days overlanding Africa start early to pack up camp and make breakfast so we can get on the road and on to our next destination. First things first the tent comes down and get packed under the truck. The tents go down easier than they go up, and even that part isn’t too bad. …
Earlier this month, at the start of our African adventure, we were in charge of taking some amazing photos around with Africa with our Safari mates. We lead a photo tour on the Gorilla portion of our tour with Acacia Africa. We traveled through Kenya and Uganda taking some pretty stunning photos along the way. …
It’s way better to visit that to say. Located in central Botswana the Okavango Delta is a massive tangle of rivers and waterways that are feed from the Okavango River. The only way into the Delta is in shallow-draft canoes and pushed along by wooden poles. The original canoes were made from hollowed-out tree trunks …
Located near the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania is one of the most interesting places we have visited, the Ngorongoro crater. Millions of years ago, the crater was full of bubbling lava. Today the lava is gone, but all of the walls are intact, making it the largest volcanic caldera in the world. The …
It has to be right, right? If a full-fledged witch doctor says it’s going to happen, I guess we are having three kids. That might cramp our travel style he didn’t mention when these three kids would be coming. He did, however, reassure Hannah, or well me I guess by letting us know that all …
An African safari is a trip of a lifetime, and one that will not disappoint. It was the #1 thing I was looking forward to on our trip. However, a month before we were set to fly to Africa I started freaking out…what were the bathrooms like, what was I going to eat, can I survive …
If you find yourself on an African safari, you most likely will either start, end, or go through Victoria Falls. Most safari trips spend 2-4 nights in Victoria Falls, either on the Zambia or Zimbabwe side. On both of our African safaris, we spent 4 nights in Victoria Falls on the Zambia side. Victoria Falls …
Planning an overland African safari? Preparing to travel to Africa for a long trip can be stressful. Let us help, we’ve been there before. We’ve spent more than 110 days in Africa living aboard an overland truck on an epic African safari. Many overland safari companies put together lists of what to pack, but we …