African Expeditions

You say “Flamingos in Kenya” and the immediate thought of Lake Nakuru National park and its world renowned immense population of dainty pink flamingos comes to mind. This however was not the case as a group of friends and I travelled to Kenya and Tanzania in November, where Lake Nakuru was one of our many [...]

When I visited Kenya in late 2009 I didn’t pay much attention to the traffic and congestion. Today you can’t not pay attention. The Chinese in conjunction with the Kenya government are refurbishing roads throughout the nation, and with the amount of concrete going into the constructions I’m sure they will be there for centuries. [...]

A vast and shimmering ocean of dry flat salt, its silvery white and greenish hues transcend for miles as dust devils swirl with abandon along its seemingly endless boundary, air crackles with heat blurring the horizon beneath an electric blue sky; the Etosha Salt Pan in Northern Namibia epitomizes its name as “The Great White [...]

A light tap on my tent canvas brought me reluctantly awake. “Time to go”.  Its 4:30am and I could have very easily gone back to sleep but the image of the legendary ruby dune fields of Sossusvlei began to flutter around! Today we roam the Naukluft. 30 minutes later, we were off, the Expedition Africa [...]

I had never been to Namibia before, so crossing the border into this unknown landscape was particularly exciting. Across the invisible line, I could see jagged orange rocky outcrops set against an electric blue sky, with puffy white clouds drifting overhead as the blazing desert sun shifted to its peak. Khaki lovers in their kitted [...]

“Are there any crocodiles in the Orange River?”…. “Only the inflatable ones these days”. I stare dubiously at the green reeds reflecting their side to side dancing on the murky orange surface of the legendary Orange River, the longest in South Africa.  To me, it looks like the perfect environment for sneaky reptilian agents. Although [...]

Nairobi traffic is an Adrenaline Junkies dream come true when not caught in a rush hour jam. (Also some Junk still running vehicles)  It’s fast, dangerous, no rules fun. Just watch out for the pot holes, Masai cattle brought down to escape the Northern drought I guess, and road runner chickens. Stop off in Dar…, [...]

It starts out as a little warm flutter at first, growing bolder every day and eventually blooms wholeheartedly, you get caught day dreaming about it at your desk, your friends eventually lose interest in your constant excited babbling and your calendar covered in neatly executed crosses hits the big red circle. Yup, you’re escaping the [...]