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Mar 24
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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 then travelled strai...

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Mar 24
2 min

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 to exit into Rwanda a...

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Mar 23
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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 turning south towards t...

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Mar 23
2 min

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, and then exited Ugan...

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Feb 27
6 min

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 7months prior to that (th...

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Feb 14
5 min

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 / still / did-it-ever-...

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Feb 5
6 min

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 country before we hit...

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Jan 29
8 min

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 our steps south alon...

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Jan 25
6 min

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 relaxing week, ended u...

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Jan 15
9 min

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 coast of Tanzania. When w...

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Jan 8
6 min

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 listening to fish ea...

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Jan 2
4 min

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 took us from the whit...

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Nov 22, 2019
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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 break, as well as the...

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Nov 13, 2019
9 min

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 far! (yes I know it ...

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Nov 10, 2019
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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 border. Rwanda’s infrastru...

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Nov 10, 2019
2 min

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 of the roads that we ...

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Nov 7, 2019
10 min

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 equator for the first tim...

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Oct 29, 2019
8 min

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” rainy season (supposed...

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Oct 24, 2019
9 min

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, culminating in our arrival in...

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Oct 16, 2019
8 min

Week 10: Malawi / Tanzania: From Nyika National Park to LakeShore Lodge in Kipili

Our 10th week saw us swapping Lake Malawi for Lake Tanganyika on the western side of Tanzania…we seem to have a preference for campsites either on mountains ...

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Itinerary #7 – Mozambique camping details and distances

Itinerary #6 – Tanzania camping details and distances

Itinerary #5 – Kenya camping details and distances

Itinerary #4 – Uganda camping details and distances

Week 23: Mozambique/South Africa: From the coast to Sabie

Week 22: Mozambique: All along the Indian Ocean

Week 21: Malawi/Mozambique: From Lake Malawi back to the Indian Ocean

Week 20: Tanzania/Malawi: From Zanzibar back to Lake Malawi

Week 19: Tanzania: From the East Coast to Zanzibar

Week 18: Tanzania: From Lake Victoria to the East Coast

Week 17: Kenya/Tanzania: From Mt.Kenya (KEN) to Lake Victoria (TZN)

Week 16: Kenya: Welcome back to Africa 😊

Week 15: Kenya: From Nakuru to Nairobi to…ASIA 😊

Week 14: Uganda/Kenya: From Lake Bunyoni (UGD) to Nakuru (KEN)

Itinerary #4 – Rwanda camping details and distances

Itinerary #3 – Malawi camping details and distances

Week 13: Uganda: From Lake Bunyoni to Murchison Falls

Week 12: Rwanda/Uganda: From Nyungwe National Park (RWN) to Lake Bunyoni (UGD)

Week 11: Tanzania/Rwanda: From LakeShore Lodge (TZN) to the Nyungwe National Park (RWN)

Week 10: Malawi / Tanzania: From Nyika National Park to LakeShore Lodge in Kipili

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