Posts Tagged ‘Overland Safari’
Overland Safari 2 – Botswana
The Botswana Diary …
Day 15: Waking at 5.30am, we jumped on a safari 4×4 and drove into Chobe National Park. The game drive however had started well before we entered the gates. Just as the sun was coming up we were lucky to see some beautiful elephants on the side of the main road. By 6am we had entered the gates and spent the next 3.5 hours in hope of seeing more cats. However it wasn’t to be. Not that we are complaining as there were plenty of hippos in Chobe River, so many impala and warthog, banded mongoose, chapma baboons, ground squirrels, giraffe, crocodiles, buffalo and plenty of different bird species. At this point everyone was probably too spoilt because although this is a huge amount of wildlife in one morning, we had really hoped to see Lions or Leopards (N.B there are no rhinos in Chobe NP).
Overland Safari 2 – Our last few days in Tanzania…
The Tanzanian Diary cont…..
After such a beautiful break on Zanzibar Island, we made our way back on the ferry to Dar es Salaam to get ready for our 2nd Overland Tour with Africa Travel Company.
Overland Safari 1 – Tanzania
THE TANZANIAN DIARY….
Day 20: Early start this morning, we departed at 4.30am en route back to Kigale where we said goodbye to some of the crew who had only joined us for the Gorilla Trek. We then had a full day driving and crossed the border and by late afternoon we were in Tanzania. Overnight was spent in Sayari Guest House. We have no idea where we got the energy from but even after such an early start, the crew were up for a few drinks and then someone started us off with Karaoke… Singing The Gambler. Many others were keen to take the microphone after that…
Overland Safari 1 – Uganda
THE UGANDAN DIARY
Day 9: Border crossing today in Uganda – ‘the country of smiles’. Overnight at Jinja Campsite which is on the White Nile overlooking Bujagali Falls downstream from the source of the Nile. We spent the next 4 nights here to enjoy some of the ‘adrenaline junkie‘ activities on offer…
Overland Safari 1 – departs from Kenya
Our first Overland Safari was a 32 day tour through Eastern Africa. We travelled from Kenya through to Uganda, onto Rwanda and finished with a week in Tanzania – our last stop being the beautiful Zanzibar. We averaged about a week in each country and although there were some long drive days, our itinerary was jam packed with game drives, nature walks, adrenaline junkie activities, relaxation and many funny moments with our fellow travellers.
Nairobi, Kenya (Intro to Eastern Africa)
Having experienced a freezing European winter we were excited to go somewhere warmer and that somewhere was our 6th continent on our journey – AFRICA!
We flew directly (8hours) from London to Kenya‘s capital, Nairobi in Eastern Africa in mid January in between the short rainy season in November & the long rains in March through to May. We welcomed the 30 degree heat.
