Browsing Month August, 2012
Packing for dummies
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 20, 2012 | 2:37 pm | 0 Comment
Ahh, the hard part of any trip …. PACKING! It’s the worst part because you now have to figure out how to get everything into your bag. I dislike it so much, I’ll even consider flying my travel agent over her to help me pack! Fortunately she’s been able to give me some awesome advise and simplify it all for me. Bring the combat pants … I like them and more...
Cape Town to Victoria Falls – What is it like?
By admin at August 17, 2012 | 12:41 pm | 2 Comments
Featured Africa Overland Tour: Cape Town to Victoria Falls Overland The Cape Town to Victoria Falls Overland route is one of my favourite African Overland Tour routes and the perfect introduction to Africa and overlanding for first time visitors; it will (should) completely banish any and all myths associated with the “Dark Continent”. There more...
Sutherland, Gateway to the Universe
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 15, 2012 | 2:42 pm | 0 Comment
Nestled away in the heart of the klein Karoo, Sutherland is known as the “gateway to the universe”, home to the largest telescope in South Africa – S.A.L.T. The telescope is so powerful you literally could see a candle flame on the moon! Leaving Cape Town along the N1 into and through Worcester wine-lands, it is a drive I have loved since being a little girl more...
Caprivi Strip
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 8, 2012 | 2:36 pm | 0 Comment
It’s the northern Namibia gate way to the Okavango Delta, also known as the Panhandle – resembling a pan’s handle! It is formerly known as the Itenge – a narrow protrusion of Namibia touching Angola, Botswana and Zambia bordering each country by the Kwando, Okavango, Chobe and Zambezi River. The Caprivi is named of the Leo van Caprivi, a German chancellor in more...
Okavango Delta
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 8, 2012 | 2:28 pm | 0 Comment
It is by far one of Africa’s biggest draw cards and a phenomenal wildlife and wilderness experience. It is a large inland delta, formed where land between the Gumare and Kunyere fault dropped. The water flow was stopped by the Thamalakane fault, ultimately causing the “fan” shaped appearance of the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta is fed by the Kavango River, more...
Windhoek, Capital of Namibia
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 3, 2012 | 2:45 pm | 0 Comment
Namibia’s capital city and around 1700m above sea level, the town developed around a permanent spring. Initially founded in 1840 after Jonker Afrikaner, the town was led to neglect after years of multiple wars and hostilities it was founded a second time by Major Curt von Francois in 1890. Extra reads & tour feedback: Article: Namibia's Top 5 Feedback: 12 more...
Etosha National Park
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 3, 2012 | 2:20 pm | 0 Comment
[gallery] Etosha, meaning “place of dry water”, is located in northern Namibia and one of the country’s most famous and biggest national parks, established in 1907. The park is dominated by the desert salt pan, roughly 130km in length and 50km in places. With the pan’s hyper saline conditions, it limits the species which can permanently inhabit the pan more...
Tsodilo Hills – Botswana
By huntley@escape4africa.com at August 3, 2012 | 11:47 am | 0 Comment
Rising majestically from the flat barren landscape of the western Kalahari, the sheer quartzite cliff-faces of the four Tsodilo Hills (often referred to as the Louvre of the Desert) are an impressive sight. It Received UNESCO World Heritage status in 2001 due to its unique religious and spiritual significance to San peoples of the Kalahari (Botswana), as well as its more...
Lunch on the road in Tanzania – nice pics!
By admin at August 1, 2012 | 6:42 am | 0 Comment
Just so saw some amazing pictures from one travellers (Kai). The one above is while there were having lunch in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. [caption id="attachment_6588" align="aligncenter" width="912" caption="Africa Overland Tanzania"][/caption] Tour Take was the 10 Day Serengeti and Zanzibar Accommodated Africa more...
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