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A hot day is on the horizon. We have planned a roughly two-hour walk at Victoria Falls and are therefore leaving an hour and a half earlier than planned, at half past seven, so...

Our final safari begins today at seven. We will soon encounter a pride of lions with some cubs. Our driver will bring us to within three meters of the kittens. We will be...

Today we’ll do nothing, except wait a bit at the border from Botswana to Zimbabwe until the exit is stamped and the visa for Zimbabwe is properly glued into the passport. After...

6:05 AM rush hour at the park entrance

Today we drive from Gweta to Nata. There is a bird sanctuary there, but due to the extreme drought (the last rain was six years ago), there are currently no birds present. In...

Upon entering the jeep this morning, I find a puppy and can't believe my eyes! I immediately fall in love! Our driver had picked up the puppy from the road after nearly running...

Rain pattering on the tent roof and thunder rumbling in the night. The alarm clock rings at 4:45 AM. The next safari drive is coming up. We need to leave early to see the...

Today we will travel exclusively in open jeeps over very dusty roads and experience an African massage (the jolting and shaking caused by the bumpy paths). Our destination is...

That was a tiring day today. After a short, very warm night with a running air conditioner, we set off on the 430 km long journey after an early breakfast. We leave the Caprivi...

We start the day early again with a game drive in Bwabwata National Park, which crosses the Angolan border to the north and the Botswana border to the south. We choose the route...

After a relatively short leg of about 210 km, we arrive at the shores of the Okavango, which originates in Angola and disappears in the Okavango Delta in the Kalahari. Our...

Today we are leaving the Etosha National Park. We have already seen three of the Big Five there. 450 km lie ahead of us towards Rundu. We will pass through the Mururani Gate,...

Today we are going on a photo safari again, starting at half-past seven. Right at the beginning, the leopard from yesterday presents itself in a tree – having breakfast. It has...

5:00 AM, the alarm rings. Breakfast at six, departure at a quarter to seven. After a thorough check, we enter the Etosha National Park through the southeastern gate, the...

460 km lie ahead of us on our way to Etosha National Park. We drive through the Erongo Mountains, experiencing the transition from desert to savannah, and rush past a few...

Today the morning is at our leisure, and we stroll through Swakopmund after breakfast. In the afternoon we have booked a catamaran trip and are very excited about what awaits...

as our tour guide puts it. Today we have passed through very different and impressive landscapes and have gained an impression of the vastness of the country. And eventually, we...

Hungry and almost in the middle of the night (6:00 AM), we board the bus towards the Namib Desert, equipped with breakfast packs. Shaken well by the local gravel roads, we...

Departure today at 8:00 AM. Approximately 230 km over a little bit of asphalt and mainly gravel from Windhoek via Rehoboth to the Namib Naukluft National Park. We are staying at...

After 24 hours, we arrived in Windhoek. The chaos in the Addis Ababa airport's transfer area was overwhelming. There were chaotic assignments to the individual control points,...

With the Sleep Elixir, sleeping was possible 😁😴

Long flight and little sleep on the Airbus 350.

Only eleven days until departure. All vaccinations are done. The crank flashlight is ready. The bag is mostly packed - it's coming together well.