We had spent a hot night at the Semuliki NP campsite, which was at a lovely clearing in the forest. The day we arrived and also the night was very hot, but the next morning it was overcast, raining and much cooler again. Instead of a 3 hours hike for bird watching, we decided to …
We had heard that the best (and cheapest) place to track Chimpanzees in Uganda is the Kalinzu Forest Reserve, which is just a short drive from Queen Elisabeth NP. We went to the “Visitor Centre” the day before and camped there, with a good ablutions block available. The next morning at 7.30 am we met …
From Lake Bunyonyi, we drove through the impenetrable forest to Ruhija, were we asked at the visitor centre of the Bwindi National Park for a gorilla tracking the next morning. It was no problem, we only had to show up the next morning. We first got a little entertainment from the local village with singing …
In the south west of Rwanda lies one of the few remains of the natural rain forest, which covered once a big part of the mountain ranges of Rwanda, before the continuously growth in population made it necessary to change everything into farm land. Before the border to the national park, maiz, banana, cassava, eucalyptus …
With our guide Elisha we walked into the valley behind the village Ngare Sero. At first there was a very comfortable path and a bridge to cross the river, but as the valley became narrower and narrower, the path suddenly ended and we had to continue through the water. The water comes from the Ngorongoro …
Our destination was the Udzungwa NP, famous for its mountains, waterfalls and hiking routes. Not a park with big game and roads to drive around, but rainforest and rare animals. Before we reached the turn off to the national park, the main road to Dar went over the mountains and many trucks struggled there. The …
We had stopped at the Kisolanza Farm Campsite where we went on a hike, to their café and farm stall and had a lovely dinner. Our next stop was the Isimila Stone Age Site not far from Iringa, the next town on our way east. We had read that there are also natural stone pillars, …
South of Mbeya lies the second largest crater lake in Africa: the Ngosi Crater Lake at 2622 metres. A road takes you up into the mountains where the hike starts. We had read that it was a difficult 4×4 route, so we were not sure at all if we could drive up with our car. …
At the Waterberg National Park, we shared our campsite (and accidentally our food) with numerous baboons, but we came here to climb the cliffs of the Waterberg and enjoy the view from the top. We didn’t even see them coming, had they already stolen a bag of apples from the inside of the pickup. The …
On the way from Swakopmund to Windhoek, we stopped at the Erongo Mountains to visit the granite boulders at the Ameib farm and also have a look at some rock paintings at Philipp’s Cave. The farm has a campsite, so we stayed there for 2 nights. If you can, book their special bush camp between …
