Day 10 After our epic cheetah adventure, our wildlife viewing was only beginning – on Day 11 we started heading towards Etosha National Park for our stint of game drives in one of Namibia’s largest National Parks/Wildlife reserves. What’s really cool about the “park” is that the animals are just going about their normal lives, […]
Today we drove. And we drove. And we drove. It was SO incredibly hot that pretty much the entire bus was passed out for the entirety of the drive, aside from when we hit the shopping mall with bathroom and ATM. I’d say everyone woke up and hopped off the bus at that point! Then […]
This morning we got to sleep in until checkout of Amanpuri at 10 since we only had a drive of 150 kilometers. I actually woke up naturally at around 8:30am and popped off to the breakfast café. Apparently included in our accommodations was hot breakfast, so I ordered scrambled eggs with cheese and “very cooked” […]
Today we got up hella early because we had a decent distance to cover AND we had our first border crossing – South Africa into Namibia via the Voolisdrift Border Post. We had a quick breakfast and since Jane and I are tent experts now, we had everything packed up pretty quickly, so I was […]
After waking up and having our first breakfast together, we hopped back in the truck (whose name is Mara, btw!) and headed towards the Gariep (Orange) River. The river is named for the Dutch version of the White House, in case anyone is curious! The Orange River is en route to the Namibian border and […]
Since it’s still around the beginning of the tour, I thought it would be kinda fun to introduce you all to “The Perfect 10” – aka the ten crazy kids who are on Desert Tracker together. Desert Tracker from Acacia Africa is actually a really cool tour. It starts in Cape Town and if you […]
Then I did a bit of work before I headed off to the pickup point at Ashanti Green Point Backpackers, which was only a 2 minute cab ride from Never@Home. Frankly it was totally walkable, but since I was carrying my cash payment for my tour in USD, I decided not to risk walking with […]
In the spirit of running this trip completely unplanned, when I arrived in Cape Town I wasn’t really sure when I was leaving, where I was going, or really what the plan was going to be. I had a vague inkling of going to Johannesburg and then Tanzania, but that’s really it. I had what […]
One of the first activities that caught my eye when I arrived in Cape Town was shark cage diving. I don’t even know WHY – I abhor going underwater without an air tank and regulator… but something about this just seemed like a “must do.” I was toying around with the idea and had sent […]
When you read any guidebook or ask any CapeTownian what to do or see in Cape Town, one response that will *always* be there is “Table Mountain.” As one of the new 7 Natural Wonders of the World, Table Mountain has recently become an incredibly popular tourist destination, and of course, Cape Town has understandable […]
