After our last hike at Monks Cowl, the weather had changed dramatically, the temperature had dropped by 20 degrees and fog, clouds and a constant drizzle made us spend a day in our car. When we left the next morning, we visited some food stalls were we bought cheese, bread and many other treats, before …
Our first hike at the Drakensberg was at Monks Cowl, where a camping site lies just at the start of the hikes. We left for our hike after noon, even it had at least 35 degrees. Our chosen route was leading us into a gorge and to Nandi waterfall. In the end, we didn’t reach …
We started exploring the Blyde River Canyon from the North, driving up the Abel Erasmus Pass and staying at the Blyde Canyon Resort to explore the surroundings. From there, many hikes lead around the mountains and to the dam below. We had decided on the Guinea Fowl Hike, leading us down in direction of the …
From the Zwakala Brewery, we drove over the Magoebaskloof, stopping at the Farmstall Café for a lovely breakfast. We are really enjoying the good food in this country. Further down the mountains, we took the turnoff for the Debengeni Waterfall. We paid 45.- Rand pp entrance fee and went first to the fall, which most …
From our island in the salt pan, we drove the shortest route to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. We took a suggested shortcut over a gravel road following a cattle fence, which was a good option saving us many kilometres. Just on the first part from Kukonje Island south we had a couple of riverbed crossings, …
Instead of going into the Matobo NP, we decided to spend our time at The Farmhouse, where we had a great spot to camp with fantastic views over the many boulders, but also some animals we could spot on our hikes. There was a nice walk over the monolith we were camping on, to get …
After a day of driving from Gonarezhou, we reached the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. It is the most important cultural heritage of the country, which reflects in the name Zimbabwe and also in the flag. The name Zimbabwe derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated as “houses of stones”, the name the Shona gave the buildings left from their …
Mt. Nyangani, with 2595 metres the highest peak in Zimbabwe, was our target for today. After paying the park fees, we picked up a guide at the park office and drove 14km through beautiful landscape to the starting point of our hike. The first part was steep, going up the mountain in a straight line. …
We decided to climb Mount Kenya at least a little bit, mostly with our car and then go for a hike, starting at the famous Castle Forest Lodge, where we spent 2 cold and rainy nights. The scenery was so green and lush and the cows and mountain hut made us feel like at home …
In Eldoret we had applied for our Visa extension. While waiting for a reply, we drove south to the Kakamega Forest, the last remaining rain forest in Kenya. There is a lovely place called Rondo Retreat, which was once the home of a sawmill owner and is now a retreat run by a Christian organisation. …
