As we drove off for another pre-dawn departure at 6 we all drifted in and out of consciousness due to the early start. Our first stop was at a reasonably large town called Springbok where, seeing as it was the last travel day of the tour we treated ourselves to a Wimpy breakfast each! We set off again chomping on our takeaway, stopping at a few more petrol station / toilet combinations to break up the 680km (420 miles) journey south to Cape Town. Slightly l...

We got up early AGAIN and headed for the border via the usual shop stop. We were soon at the border and crossed into South Africa with unbelievable ease - probably the quickest border crossing we have done. It was only about a 15 minute drive until we got to camp, so we were pitched really early. It was a small camp area so all our tents were really close together but it seemed kind of fitting for our last night under canvas! We ate a delicious lunch of cou...