On the way to Lake Malawi, we stopped at Mangochi to visit the Lake Malawi Museum. Beside of artefacts representing the local culture, there were remains and mostly pictures of all the steam ships which served at Lake Malawi. In front of the museum, we could watch a game of Boa, a traditional and very …
We had heard good things about Liwonde NP and we were not disappointed. At Liwonde Safari Camp, we had a great place to stay at the border of the park. From 2 platforms, we could watch many animals already from the campsite. At night, we had elephants marching through our camp, getting very close to …
After crossing the border at Mwanza, the landscape was dotted with little hills and everything was so very green, it felt like spring in Europe. Here it was just the end of the dry season. The first town we reached was Blantyre, the capital of the south of Malawi. Blantyre was founded in 1876 through …
On the route from Chimoio to Tete we needed a place for the night. Greet, from our last stop at a mango farm, gave us the number of Chris, a farmer in this region. He invited us to stay at his farm and sent us the instructions how to find him. We took a turn …
As there is no camping in Maputo, we decided to book a room at Joli Guest House, which had a pool and beautiful decorated rooms with air con, which sounded great after we had suffered from the heat in Kruger NP. We just made it onto their little parking through a narrow gate, but that …
On the way from Pretoria to Mozambique, we stopped first at Witbank, now Emalahleni (Boat & Caravan Club at the dam), then near the Sudwala caves which we visited the next morning (very nice Mankele Campsite). After our visit to the caves, we passed White River, where we found a car museum and finally we …
As we drastically had lost power and torque over the last two month, we checked the turbo and the air filter system frequently. We found two urgent problems: first a broken intake gasket and second critical development of damage and oiling to the impeller. We decided to replace the turbo to avoid further critical damage. …
On our way to Pretoria we made a couple of stops to give our engine a brake. One was at Nan Hua Temple, the second biggest Buddhist temple in the world! It was just outside of Pretoria and a big complex with 3 shrines with different Buddha statues. The 3 brown Buddhas in the main …
Chrissiesmeer is a small remote village in the lake district, an endless flat grassland with little lakes at around 1600 metres asl with Chrissiesmeer, the largest natural lake in all of South Africa. We camped at a place called Genesaret, where we parked our car at a beautiful lawn directly at the lake shore. There …
In Ngwenya, we stopped at the glass factory, which produces hand-blown glass ware from recycled glass. You can watch the glassblowers from a walkway on the first floor, which was very interesting. Of course their is also a shop, where you can buy glasses and more, but there is also a café and many more …
