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The Importance of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania is story-book Africa. It’s the place where fascinating people and untamed wildlife live together in the world’s last great wildernesses. Wildebeest stampede across the plains, elephants leave giant footprints along their migration routes, red-cloaked Masai...
Safari in the Maasai Mara
There is no combination of words that can describe everything we felt on our first Safari in the Maasai Mara. It is truly a unique experience, and one I recommend to everyone who can afford to do it. We were unsure of whether or not to do a Safari on the Maasai Mara,...
Nairobi – East Africa’s Safari Gateway
Exploring a cosmopolitan city is probably the last thing you’d expect – or even want – to do when you’re planning a safari tour. But, the unexpected is the only guarantee while overlanding in Kenya and that’s what makes it so exciting. Since the vast...
First Stop: Nairobi
Landing in Africa is landing in another continent, but also much more than that. Landing in Africa is an adventure in itself. We arrived at 4am at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and at 8am to the hotel, after taking an Uber that we hadn’t planned for since we...
East Africa Tours: 13 Adventures to Top Your Bucket List
An African overland tour is the ultimate way to disconnect from the humdrum of everyday life and get your boots dirty. And, there’s hardly a better place to get lost than East Africa. It’s the land of great escapes. The orange sunsets, untamed wildlife, captivating...
Top 7 Most Beautiful Places to Travel in Botswana
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Beyond the Great Migration: Best things to do in the Serengeti [Guide]
If your dream of traveling in Africa looks like the trailer for the live action Lion King, then you’re dreaming of the Serengeti. We don’t blame you. More than anywhere else, this iconic national park is the land of safaris. It’s the thorny umbrella trees silhouetted...
Packing for a Round The World Trip
Some people dread packing. Some people love it. I think we can say we enjoyed packing for a round the world trip! From the start, we wanted to take one backpack each. We added the constraint that we wanted one of them to pass as aircraft carry-on luggage. Since...
Why an Overland Tour?
After choosing Africa as a first destination, we had to choose how we would travel once we were there. Africa is a very peculiar continent. I think it is one of the most untouched continents, but also where we will find more difficult situations, tied to poverty,...
Planning a world tour: Africa
Since we started planning a world tour, we realized how big the world is. Even if you take a year to travel, like we are doing, you will quickly come to the conclusion you cannot go everywhere you want to! First, we broadly decided the regions we wanted to visit: The...
