'extreme falls' (Written (very) ex post- using diary extracts) Spend a number of days in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, which is also the point in which our original group changes a bit- a number of people leave, and some new people join us to head to Kenya. As well as the amazing site of the Falls themselves, there are quite a number of activities set up to do here to entertain the tourists. I do a 'lion walk', where I meet a couple of 18 month lions, eat at an a...

'into the delta' (Written (very) ex post- using diary extracts) In Chobe National park on the Botswana and Zimbabwe border where we have been on a sunset cruise, and see lots of hippos and elephants. Got here after leaving Namibia, where we spent a night on the Angola border in a camp, before making it into Botswana. Stayed in a great wee camp near the town of Naum, before a 3 day trip into the Okavango delta which we could only reach by mokoro boats. We stayed...

'a matter of life and death' (Written (very) ex post- using diary extracts) After leaving Swakopmund we went to a camp at a place called Damaraland which is in a really remote location in Namibia in a national park. I stay up after everyone else has gone to bed to take in the setting- the moon is full, and the landscape around us is so vast. I see a vertically falling meteor for the first time. Spend a day at a cheetah park, before getting to Etosha National Par...

'sand dunes and skydiving' In the town of swakopmund for a few days, which is on the skeleton coast of namibia. the country is very arid and dominated by the namib desert on the coast and the kalahari desert to the east. swakopmund is a bit of an adventure place- and i do its 'big 3' adreniline activities, sandboarding, quad biking and skydiving, all of which are pretty cool. we also spend some time out in the dunes, and we climb 'dune 45' at sunset, which offer...

'africa, at last' Arrived in cape town, having come from fiji via sydney. the city is one of the most beautiful i've been to- with the huge table mountain dominating over the city and the ocean. the views from the top of the mountain are amazing, and i also spend some time around the waterfront and also visiting robben island- where mandela was held for 18 years of his imprisonment. i meet my group, with whom i'll be travelling up to nairobi with over the next 6...