I travelled from Cape Town to the Kgaligadi Transfrontier Park and back to Cape Town over 23 days and 4,700 kilometres in May 2025. I was travelling with my cousin, Denise Skeffington, for most of the time, and we were joined for two weeks by another of our cousins, Nick Stodel. We were travelling in my 1999 Land Cruiser 105. Nick travelled with us in his eighteen-month-old Land Rover Defender. We each had our own ground tent. When I quote prices, I use the original currency. At the beginning of my trip the exchange rates to the GB Pound were: South African Rand 23.27 and Botswana Pula 18.4. I have used these rates throughout this report, irrespective if rates changed or the actual conversion rates differed. Day 1 – Saturday 3rd May 2025 – Cape Town to Varswater Beach in the Namaqua National Park – 477 kms Both Denise and…
In April 2022, I travelled 5,000 kms through Malawi in 24 days. I started my trip in Livingstone in Zambia, drove two days to Malawi, did a big loop through the country, and then returned the vehicle to Livingstone.
In September and October 2021, I travelled 7,000 kms through Tanzania and Zambia in 40 days. I started my trip in Arusha in Tanzania, headed down the eastern side of Tanzania as far as Nyerere National Park and then travelled west across the width of the country to Lake Tanganyika.
Tibby and I stayed for four nights from 21st November 2020 at Shamwari Private Game Reserve which is 80km from Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
