Southern Africa
Swimming in the Devils Pool in Victoria Falls
By admin at October 5, 2012 | 2:21 pm | 0 Comment
This famous pool is located on the Livingstone side of the Falls accessed via Livingstone Island. The best trip for it is from September to December when the water levels are at the safest heights The pool has a rocky ledge protecting you from going over the falls. Please don’t try and stand on the edge as a number of people have slipped and fallen to their more...
South Luangwa National Park
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 4, 2012 | 2:41 pm | 0 Comment
South Luangwa is best described as one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Although a very popular highlight to include on any itinerary, it is still very much unexplored quieter national parks of Zambia offering a unique untouched wildlife and wilderness experience. The main concentration of wildlife is around the Luangwa River and its oxbow of more...
Lusaka
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 4, 2012 | 12:49 pm | 0 Comment
Zambia’s capital city is the largest town and one of Southern-Africa’s fastest grown cities. The once village was named after a headman “Lusaaka” which was later expanded by British settlers in 1905, building a railway. Due to its central location and railway accessing the great north and great east roads, it was chosen to replace Livingstone as the capital more...
Kafue River, Lower Zambezi National Park
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 4, 2012 | 12:20 pm | 0 Comment
[gallery columns="2"] The Kafue river is a major tributary of the Zambezi river, sustaining one of the world’s great wildlife environments. It is the most central and longest river within grasslands, including swamps and plains, support large herds of herbivores and predators. During the dry season, animals keep close to swamps and marshy creeks for water. The more...
Victoria Falls National Park
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 3, 2012 | 12:59 pm | 0 Comment
[gallery columns="2"] The actual Victoria Falls waterfall is known as Mosi-oa-Tunya (aka the smoke that thunders) located in the Zambezi River at the start of the Batoka Gorge. It is believed the falls were found by the explorer David Livingstone who first saw the waterfall, from Livingstone island and gave them the name “Victoria Falls”, named after more...
Chobe National Park
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 3, 2012 | 12:40 pm | 0 Comment
[gallery] Chobe is one of Botswana and Africa’s smallest and oldest national parks, offering the largest concentration of game, in Botswana. It features lush floodplains, dense wooldands (including mahogany, teak and other sought after hard words) largely reduced by the elephant population. The park is known for its spectacular elephant population – possibly more...
Makgadikgadi Pans
By nicky@escape4africa.com at September 3, 2012 | 12:19 pm | 0 Comment
The Makgadikgadi pan is a large salt pan in north-eastern Botswana and one of the largest salt flats in the world! It’s a breath-taking sight to behold staring out onto a vast expanse of white in sharp contrast with the bright blue sky, stretching out as far as the eye can see! It covers an area of approximately 6200 sq miles. It is all that remains of the once 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...
Swakopmund
By nicky@escape4africa.com at July 11, 2012 | 1:00 pm | 0 Comment
What a cool little seaside dorpie (town), located on the northeast of Namibia on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the perfect example of German colonial architecture, founded in 1892 as the main harbour for the (then) South West Africa. Nearby is the Martin Luther steam locomotive, dating from 1896 and abandoned in the desert. Attractions include the Swakomund more...
Namib Desert
By nicky@escape4africa.com at July 11, 2012 | 12:33 pm | 0 Comment
The Namib Desert is protected within the Namib-Naukluft National Park, and considered the world’s oldest desert, at nearly 80 million years. The Naukluft National Park is the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world, with Sossusvlei being the main attraction! The dunes get their rich ochre colour from iron deposits in the sand, which rust more...
