Blog
A collection of blog posts from our staff from around our African destinations
Welcome to our new blog, here you will find weekly updates of posts from our experts throughout Africa focusing on country travel news, expert experiences, travel tips and tricks and much more.
The magic of the Makgadikgadi Pans
Before I immigrated to Botswana in 2008, I spent many enjoyable hours binging on Top Gear’s Botswana Special – anything to give me more insight into the country I had just decided to uproot myself and my family to. Whilst our beautiful Okavango is the #1 attraction here in Botswana, it strangely wasn’t these
A Gorilla Trekking Experience in Rwanda
Adventure has always been part and parcel of my life and I guess an adventurer fits in as my third name. Perhaps you can call me Onzi Muyindo Adventurer… Not sure though such name criteria exist but deep down in my nerves I feel it describes who I am. I have always wanted to
My Wanderlust
We see all over social media that people use the Hashtag "Wanderlust" and often quote the latest dictionary as referring to the “desire to travel”. Personally I prefer the word “need” because, for me, travelling is a primal need like food and water. Nothing like a pandemic to make one housebound for while! Google
TRAVEL REHAB – The Road to Recovery, the Namibian way!
After 4 months of absolute mayhem, due to a certain virus - which we don’t give any credit to by mentioning its name – I came dangerously close to having a straitjacket as my daily outfit! Now that was no option for me! One, white or cream is not my colour (I mean, my
From drought to delta, what it’s like living at the gateway to the Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is one of the most magical places on Earth. Yes I am biased, (this is my home!), but I challenge any of you to visit and think otherwise. I live in Maun, a bustling tourism hub that grew at the gateway to the Okavango Delta to furnish high demand for travel
A Tale of the Great Wildebeest Migration
Growing up, I was a curious child with a great appetite for adventure and I really enjoyed travelling and being out and about. I remember my parents bundling me in to our old 504 Peugeot, which at the time was the village attraction, and taking me on adventures across our village. From visiting relatives
The Way Forward – A Word From Our COO
The Way Forward with Martin Botha Our industry is in a terrible crisis and as we enter the fifth month of our confinement the future remains uncertain. The pace at which our once finely tuned travel economy is unravelling is picking up every day and all stakeholders in our industry are
