We spent a long time at Tiwi Beach at Twiga Lodge, a nice campsite directly at the beach under palm trees, while we waited for our shipment to Oman. Of course we also did some excursions. Amos organised for us to go dolphin spotting at the Kisite Mpunguti Marine NP. A Minibus took us to …
In November 2021, the third COVID wave was still in full control over Europe, while we explored the Vashlovani National Park in Georgia with our 4×4 camper and were busy planning our next travel destinations. The media was full of all kinds of reports and references to existing travel restrictions. The Foreign Ministry website provided …
2 Years African DXPedition, a HAM Radio adventure! Read More »
After more than 50 thousand kilometres in rough terrain and 13 countries in Africa I try to answer the question, if it was the right decision to use a 4×4 MB Sprinter for the challenging environment of the black continent. And the crucial question is: Will the 4×4 Sprinter take us home again? To make …
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We were now on the way to Mombasa, to finally leave Africa by shipping our car to Oman. It was the second time we crossed Tanzania and we took the same route and the same places to stop. Not because we wanted it like that, there was just no other route which made sense or …
We start our route for 2024 by crossing from Malawi into Tanzania on the 2nd of January. Our plan is to drive home to Austria by shipping the camper from Mombasa/Kenya to Salalah/Oman. This way we will be able to visit the Middle East. We hope to arrive in Austria around June/July 2024.The route could …
This time, we managed to visit Livingstonia, the old missionary high above Lake Malawi. There is an infamous route leading steep up from the lake, a not maintained gravel route with many hairpins which we left to the ones, who wish to challenge their cars. We took the new and perfect tar road, which starts …
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 …
Border:we came from South Africa (Komatipoort) and left to Malawi (Mwanza). Both borders were easy. Visa:The visa was 6,252.- Metical for one month (88 Euros) – not the cheapest country. We had a hotel booking for Maputo, which we needed at the border. We had no print out, but the officer took our laptop and …
