Bonnievale to Burton Fleming

March 31, 2023

God’s Garden: Kitulo National Park

6 – 7 February 2023 The rainy season brings a special delight to southern Tanzania: the flowers of Kitulo National Park. The park is in the southern highlands at 2 600m and consists of montane grassland and patches of forest. Nicknamed God’s Garden (Bustani ya Mungu) or the Serengeti of Flowers, it is one of…

March 19, 2023

Into Tanzania and the hunt for Ngozi Crater Lake

4 – 5 February 2023 200 metres, that is roughly the length on the one-stop border compound at Nakonde / Tunduma. Just 200 metres, but it may as well be to the moon and back for the difference it makes. The moment you drive into Tanzania you know you are in a different country. There…

March 10, 2023

Zambia: Barreling up the Great North Road

Dashing up through Zambia and re-visiting the old favourites

February 24, 2023

Up through Zimbabwe, Matopos & Hwange

24 – 29 January Beit Bridge. Just mention the name to any South African self-driver and the horror stories start, days long queues, corruption, bribes, police clearance hassles, infuriatingly insistent touts, endless searches, made up rules. Well it’s much better now. Promise. Am setting out the border experience in more detail than I usually would…

February 9, 2023

Savour the Berry

22 – 24 January 2023 It is Sunday 22 January 2023. It is late afternoon. Things are starting to cool off slightly after a blistering week in Joburg. I am sitting on the west wing, as we call our west facing stoep overlooking the gravel garden. Cold glass of chenin in hand, both cuckoos are…