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“Rolling Up Our Sleeves”
Wildlife conservation is a complicated business and we got the opportunity to have a real closeup view on the matter as it pertains to the fastest species on the land, the cheetah. Namibia is known as the cheetah capital of the world with 20% of the world's population...
“In Their Element”
Wow what an amazing few days we have had! Botswana is fast becoming the epicenter of wildlife conservation. 2.5 million people live in Botswana and the government has been able to set aside close to 40% of it's land mass, which is the size of France for wildlife and...
”Very Off The Beaten Track”
Well we have definitely been off the grid these past 10 days. I don't think there are many places as remote as the Nama Karoo of southern Namibia - possibly the Antarctic! But what an amazing experience! We arrived at the Oana campsite in bitterly cold weather and met...
“OK… We Couldn’t Come To Cape Town And Not Experience The Wine”
We did a one day wine tasting cycle and visited 3 estates in Stellenbosch. It is the second oldest town after the Mother City (Cape Town). Simon Van der Ster, the Dutch governor of the Cape in 1679 established the area as an arable bread basket servicing the Dutch...
“Spot the elephant’s closest relative…”
The dassie.... looks like an over sized hamster or rabbit without the ears and legs! We found a family of dassies living dangerously on top of Table Mountain. They obviously couldn't read cos they were looking for hand outs and there were notices every where to not...
“A Vist To A Township”
We did a visit to a township called Imizana Yethu, a left over from the apartheid regime that ended in the early 1990's, where blacks were segregated living in crowded housing. There are some improvements like running water, electricity and the possibility of home...
“Taking Precautions”
Baggage tampering is not uncommon in Jo'burg and we were travelling via Jo'burg to Cape Town. After asking a South African local in the airport line with his bag wrapped, who did not press the need, we ummmed and ahhhed but then decided to go for it! We have nothing...
Essential Prep
Over the weekend we saw a matinee performance of the Disney's Lion King in a West End Theatre, London. Fantastic performance with amazing costumes. Now we are pumped... En route to catch our flight to Cape Town via Joburg. 14hours in the air here we come!!!...
“Crack a few eggs to make an omelette…”
Making a right mess deciding what to pack. We are expecting some cold weather especially at night in the desert. There is also a baggage weight restriction for all in country flights of 20 kilos, that is the weight equivalent of 4 cats in Chloë speak! The sleeping...
“Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty…”
We drop by Trailfinders. We have been using their services since they were a hole in the wall business 30 years ago. Now a one stop shop for all your travel needs, from tickets to visas to inoculations. We pick up our airline tickets and stock up on travel essentials...
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