We didn’t have much of a plan for Africa so as we sat on a deckchair admiring the rolling hills in the distance and zebras grazing nearby we clicked ‘confirm’ on a flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. After our three weeks in Kruger we really didn’t know where to go next, we were thinking…
Category: Africa
Wildlife encounters in Kruger National Park | Part 3
We’ve been very lucky to spend 13 days doing 12 hour game drives through Kruger National Park. I’ve written a couple of posts about our first wildlife encounters in the park but here’s what our final week looked like including our first night drive. DAY 8 We could see vultures circling in the sky which…
Lion prides, laughing hyenas and elephant herds | Kruger National Park
After spending the past three days having the most insane wildlife encounters in the southern part of Kruger, today we’re making our way a little bit north. We’ll use Hazy View as our base which is about 25 minutes from the nearest park gate. These are the wildlife encounters we had during our four days…
Self-driving Kruger National Park |Part One – witnessing the BIG 5
We woke just as the sun was rising and enjoyed a nice hot coffee while scanning the river banks with our binoculars for wildlife. The river marks the southern end of Kruger National Park and a short drive from us was the Crocodile Bridge Gate where we could enter the park. The national park is…
Arriving in South Africa and staying in our first game reserve
We’ve been putting Southern Africa off for many years due to safety issues and whenever I read the FCO government website it instantly puts me off as the crime is extremely violent. But we have to remember we’re not the first tourists to visit and we can’t let the scary stories put us off. So…
The best beach in Mauritius | Le Morne
La Gaulette is a chilled little village set beside the sea with a backdrop of forested hills and hunting grounds. It’s not a nice area to swim or sunbath as it’s marshy, muddy and rocky, however it offers much more affordable accommodation than Le Morne which is just a few kilometres away and one of…
Swimming with sperm whales, humpbacks and dolphins in Mauritius
Update: It’s been brought to my attention that it’s illegal to swim with whales in Mauritius and is no longer allowed. I’ve dreamt of snorkelling with whales for a long time but after our plans of going to Tonga failed due to it still being closed to tourism we started researching other countries. I discovered…
Exploring Mauritius by public bus| First stop Blue Bay
Mauritius is known for being an expensive honeymoon destination but I discovered it was just about possible to get a room for as little as €25, cheap street food and very affordable buses so it was decided, we’d fly to paradise! Mauritius sits in the Indian Ocean and was formed thousands of years ago by…
BEST DESTINATIONS FOR HIKERS WHO LOVE THE MOUNTAINS
We hadn’t really seen mountains before we started our travels back in 2008 and we certainly had no idea what it felt like to explore the great outdoors. It was something we’d never tried but we soon realised the beach towns didn’t give us the same amount of joy that a long hike through jungle…
How to travel long-term | Volunteering around the world
Volunteering has really helped us stretch our budget whilst travelling the world. We first tried it out in Australia when we lost our job at a sweet potato farm after only 6 days. We drove to the beach, covered in red soil, eating a pot-noodle whilst feeling very sorry for ourselves and our dwindling bank…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 