Getting to Pilgrim’s Rest from Johannesburg takes longer than you think it will. It shouldn’cheek by jowl, as the obvious path along the N4 is pretty straight forward – Witbank, Belfast, Waterval Boven – but this is where it starts getting fuzzy, because by this stage not only were we tired, having only left work …
A young friend of my daughter’s recently sent me a link to a webpage started by one of her friends to encourage carpooling in Egypt. Cairo reputedly has 20 million inhabitants and I’m minded to bet about 10 million cars. These days any message at all can take hours. I think that this is a …
Everyone with a passion for Africa and Travel will always appreciate good photos of the African landscape, cultures, people and wildlife. With a continent so full of amazing beauty, you don’t need to be a professional photographer to take stunning pictures. But of course it helps to have some skills, so instead of making an …
One important precept, Healthy Travel in Africa, is something that whole travelers should read at least the bare minimums about before taking off. And two important sub-categories are Travel Immunizations for Africa and How to Travel Healthy. I remember that I had a whole variety of shots and drinks (sounds like a party, but I …
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has quietly opened for business. Tourists can spend a magical hour with the Mountain Gorillas, like this little lady named Kakula, in her natural habitat. Welcoming tourists to the park would have been unthinkable a year ago, while rebel soldiers literally ran the wardens out …