Day 3 it's a long hike today, 7 hours in total. 100m in and I'm shattered, I have no energy and am starting to feel nauseous as we head above 4000m. I can't stop as I feel so ill when I do, so I plough on slowly with Albert our guide. I'm second in to get to Lava Tower which is at 4600m and I can't believe I have made it. I'm shattered and all I want to do is sleep. Unfortunately it's just a quick lunch stop here to help us acclimatise before heading down to Bara...

Day 2 I was woken by one of the guides at 6.30am and given a hot chocolate to wake up to. I then had 45minutes to organise my backpack and day pack before breakfast. I was given some strange melon type fruit and a very strange version of porridge. I was then given a snack of biscuits and juice for later. 8.15 now it's time to start the climb to Shira camp although it's only 4-5hrs walk it was a very physical climb. Scrambling up a rock face, climbing a few metres...

Day one of climbing Kilimanjaro and I'm climbing the Machame route. I start at Machame gate about 1800m above sea level and start our 4/5 hour trek through the rainforest to Machame Camp. I started feeling not very well from nerve but as we ascend I was fine and just remembered to walk slowly to acclimatise. Looking around I am probably the most unprepared. I have one fleece and one coat had a litre water bottle and that was it. I was then told I needed to buy an...

My last day at Antelope Park was emotional to say the least. I started the day doing research. I jumped in the truck and headed in to a area of the park where the release pride is. This is a pride of lions who have previously been hand raised and walked. They were then put in a 500acre enclosure which would be a semi-wild habitat in the aim they would continue their hunting skills and breed. The cubs then grown (age 5-6) would then be wild cubs and released into ...

Early Monday morning I went to Bulawayo to Matopos reserve where I went rhino trekking. It was beautiful my guide a guy called Andy was extremely knowledgable about the area and the wildlife. He drove us into the park to a spot where the local officers told us they had seen the rhinos earlier in the morning. I jumped out the truck with the other volunteers Alex, Diane and Marina and started to follow Andy through the bush. He showed us the footprints and the impr...