Aardvark’s maiden journey’s summary stats: Cape Town to Kenya and back
HOME (BITTER)SWEET HOME… I’ve avoided writing this summary post for the past 5weeks, as I couldn’t get myself to close the chapter on...
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Itinerary #7 – Mozambique camping details and distances
Due to the violence and safety concerns in Northern Mozambique, we opted to rather enter Mozambique via Malawi at the Mwanza border, and...
Itinerary #6 – Tanzania camping details and distances
Our Tanzania journey consisted of 2 legs: · Leg 1 going north from Malawi to Rwanda, following the western border along Lake Tanganyika...
Itinerary #5 – Kenya camping details and distances
We drove from the Malaba border post in the west of Kenya towards Nairobi, where after a brief break we went north to Mt Kenya before...
Itinerary #4 – Uganda camping details and distances
We drove from the Cyanika border post in the south of Uganda, turning around at Murchison Falls as the most northern point on the route,...
Week 23: Mozambique/South Africa: From the coast to Sabie
I’ve been a bit slow in writing this 23rd week’s blog…partly because we’ve engaged with more people in the past 10 days than in the...
Week 22: Mozambique: All along the Indian Ocean
Our second week in Mozambique was split between picture perfect beach days and yet more rain…the rainy season is now definitely (again /...
Week 21: Malawi/Mozambique: From Lake Malawi back to the Indian Ocean
Aahhhh…the joys of waking to the sound of the waves again! After a couple of looooong days in the car, we are in the final East African...
Week 20: Tanzania/Malawi: From Zanzibar back to Lake Malawi
And we’re back in Malawi! As I’ve said in a previous blog, we’ve decided to skip North Mozambique for safety reasons, and rather retrace...
Week 19: Tanzania: From the East Coast to Zanzibar
This week was a continuation of our “beach holiday” on the Tanzanian coast…but as always, with a twist! What was supposed to be a very...
Week 18: Tanzania: From Lake Victoria to the East Coast
Hallo Indian Ocean 😊 After yet another week filled with almost too many amazing experiences and memories, we’ve reached the eastern...
Week 17: Kenya/Tanzania: From Mt.Kenya (KEN) to Lake Victoria (TZN)
Happy happy 40th birthday to me tralalalala! And what a birthday week it has been…from watching the sunset from the foot of Mt.Kenya, to...
Week 16: Kenya: Welcome back to Africa 😊
And we are back on the mother continent! A bit earlier than planned, but hey, Africa called too strongly 😊 Our South-East Asia venture...
Week 15: Kenya: From Nakuru to Nairobi to…ASIA 😊
This blog marks the end of the first leg of our East African / Cape to Cairo trip…we decided to take a bit of a break (from our African...
Week 14: Uganda/Kenya: From Lake Bunyoni (UGD) to Nakuru (KEN)
This week mark our 100th day on the road, our 9th country and our 2nd equator crossing – what a crazy amazing adventure it has been this...
Itinerary #4 – Rwanda camping details and distances
We drove from the Rusumo border post in Tanzania, in a round-about way through Rwanda on our way to Uganda, exiting at the Cyanika...
Itinerary #3 – Malawi camping details and distances
We drove from the Mchinji border post in Zambia, through the central and northern parts of Malawi, on our way to Tanzania. The majority...
Week 13: Uganda: From Lake Bunyoni to Murchison Falls
GO BOKKE!!! And a shout out to Aardvark for hitting it’s 100,000km milestone during week 13…and for Team Aardvark as we crossed the...
Week 12: Rwanda/Uganda: From Nyungwe National Park (RWN) to Lake Bunyoni (UGD)
Our 12th week on the road saw us arriving solidly in the rainy season in this part of the world! I still prefer to call it the “short”...
Week 11: Tanzania/Rwanda: From LakeShore Lodge (TZN) to the Nyungwe National Park (RWN)
Our 11th week saw a couple of very long days on the road, with a variety of random, and not so random long-awaited experiences,...
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