Our journey through Botswana was a fairly brief one, crossing the Kalahari desert from north eastern Namibia to the north west of South Africa. We will return to do justice to all Botswana has to offer towards the end of our journey when we meet up with our friends Jan & Paul. The Kalahari has far more vegetation and population than you may expect of a desert, but despite this we still found plenty of wilderness and sand along the way to make the drive fun a...

Crossing the border from South Africa to Namibia was a straightforward affair and our first in the Landy. The scenery seemed to change quite dramatically and we found ourselves in a barren and arid desert where we made camp for our first night in the bush. Our first few days were busy with sight seeing: the impressive Fish River Canyon; the remote and little visited Bukkaros Crater; and the incredible sand dunes of Sossusvlei where we climbed the “Big Daddy”...

After months of preparation we were finally here walking through Cape Town airport ready to begin our African adventure. First port of call was to go and see the shipping agents so we asked a friendly shuttle bus rep where their office was, to which he very confidently pointed to a place on a map. Just to check he knew what he was talking about we asked him to point out where the airport was. Again he very confidently pointed at the map, this time to a red dot w...

Since we returned from South Africa in March the last few months have consisted of Pam working hard to pay for our next trip and me planning and organising it, I get all the fun ;-) A lot has been achieved. We have bought a Land Rover, fully equipped it and ourselves, packed it up, sorted out stacks of paperwork, and shipped it to South Africa. Our original plans of driving from London to Cape Town had to be shelved because of all the instability in North Afr...

We left Donkey Valley about a week later than planned as we were having so much fun, which meant we only had 3 days to dash down to Cape Town to meet Ralph's Dad, Graham, and partner Liz for their 2 week holiday in South Africa. The highlight on the way to Cape Town was the arid Karoo National Park which we drove ourselves around spotting zebra, ostrich and antelope. The guided walk with our armed escort was fun; luckily we didn't encounter any lions along the...