Repacking success our 20kgs of luggage each reduced to 20kgs between us so we are well within the light aircraft limit which includes hand luggage, and with camera and binoculars mine weighs in at a hefty 7kgs! Today we were awake well before our 5am alarm call and just about to have a second cup of tea when the call came - needless to say we were packed, checked out of the hotel, checked in for the flight and through all the formalities before 6.15; at which ti...

We awoke to another cold morning - frost on the vehicle; the only thing that enticed me out of bed was the thought of a hot shower - everywhere we have been there has been plenty of hot water and given the weather that has been a real plus. I looked out of the window to see if the ground squirrels were up - sensible souls, they were still snug in their burrows! We put the hot plate on in the kitchen to warm it up for breakfast and it definitely helped with eatin...

Today we were up, had breakfast and packed by 6.45am as we were off on the morning walk organised by SAN (South African National) parks. We were the only ones walking with the two armed and very knowledgeable young guides. The good part was we drove to an area of the park that other users don't get to go to; the bad part was a really cold wind that got up with the sun and it never really warmed up - we had dressed in layers which weren't removed as anticipated b...

Today we woke at 4.45am and had 3 cups of tea/ coffee before Hein arrived for breakfast at 7am. After breakfast we made sandwiches to eat while travelling - mine were peanut butter, jam and banana - yum.....John was a more traditional cheese, meat and cucumber! Everything packed up we set off for Upington en route to the Kalahari and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. We arrived in Upington at 9.30ish Hein bought a few more supplies and we bought some water and a...

Up at 6.15 so we were ready for a light breakfast and 7.15 start. Our early day objective was to walk the Dassie (aka rock hyrax) Trail - 6.5kms. It was definitely warmer than yesterday, no frost, but we still needed jackets until the sun was properly up. The trail was challenging due to the fact it went across numerous smooth rocks and we had to cross several reasonably sized rocky tributaries - if we were lucky there was a bridge if not we had to leap from rock...