So after nearly 5 months of travelling through 14 countries and kissing giraffes, riding ostriches and swimming with sharks, my Africa trip is finally over. South Africa has been interesting...it definitely does not feel like Africa. Its very modern and clean, and is more reminisent of America than anywhere in Africa! The garden route has been beautiful though - the beaches are stunning, but very similar to home in that they have the same colour sand, the sea is...

Hi all, So we finally made it to Cape Town in one piece after 16 weeks - we travelled via Cape Agulas (the most southernly point of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet) and Stellenbosch (the wine region, where we got a little drunk!) once we got into South Africa. Cape Town is a pretty cool city, its very westernised and very white, which is strange after months of being in Africa. Our trip actually ended quite disappointly, as we didn't have an of...

On our first day into Namibia, we went for two truck drives through Etosha National Park. Surprisingly we saw some decent game, we saw some lions relaxing underneath trees, in addition to seeing both black and white rhino. We haven't seen rhinos up close on this trip, so this finished our animal spotting for the trip. Black rhinos are pretty rare to see, so to see it a couple of metres away from the truck was really cool. It then decided to charge at us, but lu...

From Zim we crossed over into Botswana and went on a river cruise in Chobe National Park. It was pretty cool, as we saw hippos on land and got within 2m of them. I've seen lots of hippos before but never completely out of water, so I really enjoyed it. They are so big and so funny looking, but I think I'm secretly in love with them! We also got within a metre of a couple of crocs and I got a little scared, as the were within pouncing distance of my seat on the ...

Hi all, Apologies for the delay - will try and write a couple today. We have a spare, chilling day which we don't often have, so will take advantage! Following on from my last blog at Antelope Park, we watched lion feeding which was pretty amusing. We were behind a wire mesh fence with dead animals and guts a metre in front of us. Then male adult lions were let into the enclosure and sprinted towards the food. Even though the fence was in front of us, we ...