Sealed highway of varying conditions finally delivered us to Mozambique’s amazing sandy beaches in the early afternoon. This was it, the Indian Ocean. Our goal. We started in Namibia at the Atlantic Ocean and chased sunrise right across Southern Africa to the Indian Ocean in Mozambique. We detoured a short way off the highway to … More Sunrise Caught: Hitting the beach in Mozambique
“They’re not friendly in Mozambique,” “traffic police target foreigners, they’ll turn your vehicle over,” “everyone wants to make you pay”. These were some of the comments made to us before we crossed the border into Mozambique. We were already braced for it being the hardest country: they speak Portuguese not English, its a big country … More Chasing Sunrise: Who doesn’t crave a gravel road? (Mozambique)
Our destination for the day was Zomba; we wanted to visit it’s plateau and have a break from the heat in its cool mountain air. We started the day with Emma getting a haircut in the town before hitting the road. Initially the road followed the southern tip of the lake. We thought we’d easily … More Chasing Sunrise: Southern Malawi
Malawi is one of the smallest countries in Africa and usually features in the top 5 poorest countries in the world. It is also often dubbed the “warm heart of Africa,” as its people are known for being the friendliest in Africa. We got lost again leaving Zambia. Apparently going from a sealed road across … More Chasing Sunrise: To Lake Malawi
Our camp in Livingstone was fenced but being on an elephant corridor we were warned they sometimes get in, and that the hippos can come up from the river nearby. Everywhere in Africa has a night security guard, this camp had 2 and they patrolled together. They helpfully told us to light our fire as … More Chasing Sunrise: Finding Adventure in Zambia
The Zambezi is Africa’s 4th longest river. Almost 2,700km long it flows through 6 countries; Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It spends the most amount of time in Zambia and forms the country’s border with Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Our route was taking us from Botswana to Zambia which meant we’d be crossing … More Chasing Sunrise: Crossing the Zambezi and admiring its power at Victoria Falls
We reached camp at mid-afternoon. Marie was still feeling pretty washed out and the drive had been very long and hot. 10km south of the border town of Kasane (it has border crossings to both Zambia, which we planned to take, and Zimbabwe) we had a choice of a shorter 4WD access road or a … More Chasing Sunrise: Botswana – Chobe National Park
It was a 3 hour drive to Maun, the town that is the jumping off point for the Okavango Delta. We got there around lunchtime and headed to the airport as ideally we wanted to fly over it. There are plenty of scenic flight operators (and all are doing the same route). It turned out … More Chasing Sunrise: Botswana – Okavango Delta
We dragged ourselves away from Etosha around mid-morning and hit the road east. Our destination was Rundu at the base of Namibia’s finger. A solid 4 hour drive we’d also resolved to try and fix the major niggles with the 4WD given it wouldn’t be long until we’d be leaving Namibia. Getting low beam lights … More Chasing sunrise: Out of Namibia and into Botswana
Our 2 hour fight from Cape Town to Windhoek, Namibia landed early. Immigration was also a speedy affair. We were pleased as it was late. We’d booked a guest house the day before and through them organised a taxi transfer. It was expensive but there are a lot of dodgy taxis in Windhoek so it’s … More Chasing sunrise: Part 1 Namibia – Visiting Sossusvlei
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