From Chirundu, the border post to Zimbabwe in the South, we made our way past Lusaka to the north, until we reached Mkushi, were we want to visit friends we made in Namibia. From Chirundu the road leads up the escarpment, which is a challenge for many trucks going up or down alike. This road …
From Mukuyu Camp, we drove back the road along the Zambezi to spend more time at the river, but at a different camp closer to Chirundu. We had heard about the Breezes River Camp from other travellers (beautiful planet) and were not disappointed. Apart from a green meadow next to the river, we had a …
From Lusaka we headed south east to the Lower Zambezi region. There is a national park with bad roads and high fees further east, but between Chirundu and the park are many nice camps, where you see a lot of animals, especially on a river cruise. On the other side of the river is already …
Driving Zambia is known as very exceptional for Europeans, used to good tar roads. As we are now since two weeks on the road in Zambia, we know that here, roads can vary from very good to extremely bad. But up to now, we always reached our destination, driving on potholed tarmac, gravel, bumpy roads, …
From Liuwa Plains NP to the Kafue NP it was a long drive. We stopped on the way for the night, finding a good place with the help of the IOverlander App. When we reached the NP the next day, we went to Roy’s Camp next to Hook Bridge at the River Kafue. We stayed …
In Kalabo, we took the pontoon over the Luanginga River and immediately had deep sand to tackle. We were heading into the Liuwa National Park, famous for its wildebeest migration and the flat plains, which will flood as soon as the rain starts. Driving on and off the pontoon with our overhang was a little …
Coming from the Ngonye Falls, we reached Mongu, where we found a big supermarket and petrol station, but no camping, so we continued to Ikithe Luxury Resort at a lake north of Mongu, where we waited for the third car, driven by Michi and Elli from Hannover. On the way back to Mongu we visited …
At Katima Mulilo, we finally left Namibia after 3 month and crossed the border into Zambia. We had met fellow travellers, Gerhard and Uschi, not only from Austria like us, but living just 15km from our home. We decided to travel together for a bit. The border formalities took us 2 hours and then we …
As we are talking to many people along our journey, we decided to post some portraits of those who helped us to learn more about Africa!
