Leaving Stonetown we headed on the long drive to Moshi. We had to camp well short of Moshi and the cloudy conditions meant we could not see Mt Kilimanjaro. Loud music during most of the night meant little sleep but also this was the worst night for mosquitoes ! The following day we made camp at Arusha the base camp for our visit to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro National Parks. Serengeti is a massive area and seven times the size of the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya...

Following on from last blog entry Indra and I took the motorised hang glider flights over Vic Falls. Another true life experience as you sweep out over the falls lip and through the spray and then viewing a herd of elephants drinking in the Zambezi, a submerged family of hippo and vultures feasting on a dead hippo. It was a bit scary but really glad we did it. During the short flight you fly over Zimbabwe and my pilot advised me he sees more elephants on the golf...

Loads of kilometeres travelled since last posting !!!. We stayed outside Etosha Park and made several game drives inside where we were lucky to see plenty of animals including cheetah, rhino, zebra , giraffe, elephant and all the antelope types. Sleeping in the open is fantastic at night as through the vents you can see most of the galaxies clearly. The sounds are also fantastic. From Etosha we made our way to Waterberg Plateau which is a fantastic rocky outcrop ...

Well after a 3am start and 27hr plane/check -in journey we finally made it late evening into a windy Cape Town. Amaxing view of South Pole from aircraft. Despite being very tired we still managed to go to the top of Table Mountain, but apologies to walking friends as we caught the cable car to the top. Amazing views on a rare , clear and windless day. Didn`t manage to get to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated but did get a good feel of his presen...