After a year travelling in Africa, we have to sum up very positive. 35 thousand kilometres on harsh roads, we did not face any accident or major technical problem, not even one puncture. But we saw a lot of accidents, critical situations on the roads and experienced a lot of unusual moments! Have a look …
Some infos from Kenya for our fellow travellers: Border:we came from Tanzania, taking the border close to Lake Victoria, which was a one-stop border and everything was easy. They even accepted our East Africa Visa, which normally doesn’t allow you to leave the three countries (Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya).After 6 weeks in Kenya, we left …
From Voi to the famous Twiga Lodge at the southern coast of Kenya, the road would lead through busy Mombasa. Driving trough this big city was something we wanted to avoid, so we checked our maps and found a route, taking us from Samburu to Kinango and Kwale and finally to the coast. On all …
After 12 Month and 30 thousand Km in Africa we are lucky, that we had no problems at all running our house through the (sometimes) very difficult tracks along our route. Even we are carrying 4 spare tires, we had not one puncture in the last year. The Mercedes Benz Sprinter 4×4 is performing good! …
From Amboseli it is a short drive to the gate of the next park: Tsavo West. We were greated by giraffes and soon after the gate reached the Shetani lava stream. Only 200 years old, the stream down the volcano is still clearly visible. Another highlight were the Mzima springs, where the water emerges from …
Amboseli NP, famous for its view of Mount Kilimanjaro, in addition to the wildlife, didn’t disappoint. The famous mountain made its appearance and we saw a lot of animals during our visit to the park. We stayed at Kimana Camp just outside the park, to make the most of 24 hours @ Amboseli. We did …
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 …
When we left Marsabit, we did a tour through the national park there, which is an incredible forest surrounded by a very arid landscape just outside the park borders. We came past 2 crater lakes and saw many butterflies, but not much more. Afterwards, we made our way south on a very good road, which …
In 1887 the Hungarian explorer Count Sámuel Teleki von Szék reached the lake and named it after the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf! Since independence it is named after the people living around it. It is the largest lake in Kenya and the most northern of the Rift Valley lakes. Despite the draught during the last …
We had decided to try to make our way to Lake Turkana, not sure how the roads and the security situation might be, but asking along the way and finding out on the go. We rounded Lake Baringo in the North and immediately had a gravel road under the tyres. It was not smooth all …
