On the road early morning with 3 hrs to Zambia border.All goes smoothly apart from the bird killing 1 ran over at high speed and 10min later a bird flying into the window screen. Kids all traumatised that 1 Yellow Billed Hornbill taken out but not too bothered about the black bird, Maz trying to soften the blow saying he saw them both fly off - not. It's a fantastic drive up to the border on a the main road and a chance to spot wildlife including numerous elepha...

Up early, rusks, coffee and a quick Game drive that amounted to nothing exciting. Heading north to Francistown a place we visited last time round and reminisce about getting supplies for crossing into Zimbabwe and the epic football stadium and 100s of 1000s supporters we had to navigate through.No time for stopping as on a mission to get to our home for the night. 6hr drive, roads quiet so could stick to 120 mph but the roads seem to have some pretty deep pothole...

Stockpiled with a large breakfast we hit the road. It may seem stupid but one of my big regrets from last time was never stopping roadside to pick up a large bag of avocados usually on the outskirts of towns where there are loads of stalls run by locals selling avocado, oranges, nuts. This time we stopped I'm thrilled to have my source of avocados my regret now has been dealt with. It seemed to take forever the 5hrs to reach the boarder of Botswana. Easy process ...

One last adventure in Botswana Five Days, 3200km on African roads and we make it to Planet Baobab in Botswana for one last adventure into the bush, Nxai Pan. A full day at Planet Baobab was just what was needed, washing, relaxing, swimming and a chance for me to book flights back to England via Dubai. We pack up everything ready to head off to Nxai Pan first thing in the morning. It's only 60 km down the road so we make it to the entrance gates nice and ear...

Road to Johannesburg by Maddalena (from Arusha) We had 5 intense days driving from Tanzania back to Jo'burg to fly home with only a short break in Botswana, this is Maddalena story. Day one: So today we woke up at 4.30am so we could get started. We have our android tablets to entertain us but we can't have them till 7.30am because the sun is not up and the light will distract dad. We drove all day to The Old Farm House in Iringa in Tanzania, it was dark whe...