Nic writes... We made it! Over 27 days we travelled from Northern Botswana to Cape Town. We (95% Rich) drove 6,498.2km (it wasn't worth the stress of driving around in Cape Town to make it up to 6,500), stayed in 18 campsites and one hostel (it was freezing cold and we thought we deserved a night in a proper bed) and definitely had experiences of a lifetime! The southern half of Namibia was defined by the crazy landscapes and equally crazy weather. We visited t...

We spent a lot of time in Malawi thinking "this would all be so much easier if we had our own transport". Well now we do! It is rather swanky transport too, a great big Toyota Hilux 4x4 with extended range fuel tanks, a fridge, and tents with mattresses which fold out of the roof. If only D of E had been like this. Anyway, we picked the car up in Kasane in Northern Botswana on the 13th of September. Since then, our trip (in a nutshell) has taken us through vario...

Nic again After we left Livingstone, we crossed the border into Zimbabwe and the town of Victoria Falls. From there we visited the falls again. We had heard that it was better to view the falls from the Zimbabwe side, but I don't think either of us realised how much better the view would be. This time we saw the main flow of water and it was incredible. Even one of the more minor flows was more impressive than anything we had seen on the Zambia side. We got dren...

Richard's turn again. The last blog was sent when we had just arrived in Cape Maclear, which turned out to be a lovely place full of sunsets, beach hopping and hammocks. Once we left we embarked on a very long stint of travelling, out of Malawi and right through Zambia to Victoria Falls. We had considered flying for this section to save a couple of days, but decided to save some money and enjoy seeing Africa go past out of the window. The journey into Zambia als...

Nic's turn… We have spent the last week relaxing in various different locations. We stayed in Nkhata Bay where we took a boat trip to a beach and swam in the lake; Bua River where we went on a short morning trek with an armed guard (apparently he only ever had to fire his gun into the air to scare elephants - we didn't see the gun in action or any elephants) and had sundowners on a river bank whilst watching crocodiles catch and then fight over a huge fish (pi...