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Wait, there’s a WHAT over the wall??!
After the enjoyable few days I’d spent on the exotic island of Zanzibar, I was ready to head further into Tanzania knowing that it would mean getting closer (in time and distance) to us doing our Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater game drives – excited much? Oooh yeah! Our ‘gateway’ to these game drives was the...
Photo Essay: The jaw-dropping tropical Zanzibar!
Normally I write instead of stay quiet but today I’m going to do the latter so I can let the beauty of Zanzibar speak for itself; you’re welcome The local children were pretty curious to see a bunch of white people in the guesthouse to came over to stare at us, play amongst themselves and...
The exotic times in North Zanzibar
In my last post, I talked about the amazing Stone Town with its endless alleys and photo opportunities but I have to admit that my real love lies in the North of the island. Everything from the beach bar, hotel room and scenery screamed ‘exotic’ and why shouldn’t it when my daily view was this?...
Falling in love with Tanzania and Stone Town
For those keeping track of my Africa tour posts, you’ll remember that the last post about my journey was about Malawi and why I didn’t love it but thankfully the very next country changed my emotions 180 degrees because I fell in love with Tanzania from the moment the border gates closed behind us. Mountains...
Is the Kruger calling…?
By Michelle Lewis, Acacia Africa… Unspoilt, the Kruger National Park is a vast wilderness covering over two million hectares, and the largest wildlife reserve in Africa. Most people will set out with their Big Five checklist, the elephant, lion, rhinoceros, buffalo and leopard ranking highly on the list of must sees. And, while for we tourists...
Malawi and why I didn’t love it
Everyone has that place when they travel. The town or country that everyone adores and can’t speak highly enough of and you get really excited about going, then you get there and don’t enjoy yourself. I’m sad to say that, for me, Malawi was that place. I spent my time listening to how amazing Malawi...
Taking a microlight flight over Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls may not have been that impressive, on ground level, when it’s dry season but from up in the air? Simply breath-taking. It was my last day in Zambia and I was up for 7am waiting to be picked up for my microlight flight over Victoria Falls (and my first ever microlight flight at...
Jumping into the Devil’s Pool, Victoria Falls
There are things in life that challenge us both physically and mentally; the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls is definitely one of them. Despite what I said in my last post about the Falls not being hugely impressive to look at in the dry season, there is one major benefit: the Devil’s Pool. Only accessible...
The almighty Victoria Falls – Zambia
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I’m going to go ahead and admit something shocking; I wasn’t that impressed when I first saw Victoria Falls Zambia It’s an amazing place but because I was there in the dry season, it just wasn’t a ‘wow’ place since, instead of the continual sheet of water thundering over the top, there were several smaller...
Words can’t describe Chobe National Park, Botswana
It was 5am on September 19 2011 when I woke up to visit Chobe National Park. I had no idea that it would become the day that Africa stole my heart. Snuggled up in layers and my sleeping bag, I stepped on to the safari truck and headed into Chobe National Park, one of the...
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