The sun was slowly rising over Victoria Falls, as we drove across a bridge above the Zambezi River from Zambia to Zimbabwe, a country that had always intrigued me. And from my vantage point in Zambia, I had been eyeing up Zimbabwe for days, just amping to get across. Mosi-Oa-Tunya Victoria Falls National Park From … Continue reading Two National Parks & Two Armed Men in Camouflage
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Family Time With A Lion Pride
We are out of the vehicle, measuring leopard prints in the sand of a dry river bed. "Lion!" We all spin around to see a lioness stalking across the river bed, not too far from us. In a state of exhilaration, everyone hesitated as they calculated what the next move would be - take … Continue reading Family Time With A Lion Pride
Seven reasons to drop everything and travel Southern Africa
When I began to tell people I was heading to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe for three months on my first real overseas adventure, a whole range of reactions were thrown at me. “You are a young, solo female, you know what’ll happen to you” was the most common type of reaction, but … Continue reading Seven reasons to drop everything and travel Southern Africa
For the love of Rhinos
1,215. A 21% increase from the year before, 1,215 Rhinos were slaughtered for their horns in 2014 in South Africa alone. Two of which I saw with my very own eyes - a mother and an eight month old calf - and that image haunts me every day. By the 34th day of 2015, 54 … Continue reading For the love of Rhinos
The Travelling Cheetah 