Travel Costs: South Africa Budget Update
We’re continuing to post our spending numbers as a resource for other travelers. Here is a breakdown of what we spent for two people …
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Best of South African Eats
Our regular readers may have noticed we abstained from our regular “Best Of” foodie posts during our time in India. As we …
Flying Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease in Tsitsikamma
It isn’t everywhere that you can swing off of 600-year-old trees by day and have a drink in an old safari hunting …
Making Ourselves at Home at Hillview Apartments in Knysna, SA
We’ve been on the road now for seven months. In that time, we’ve learned some lessons about how we like to travel. …
Doing Nothing at Far Niente on South Africa’s Garden Route
We arrived in a little village called Wilderness under gray, foreboding skies. It was our first stop on the “Garden Route” — …
In Stellenbosch, Pinotage Wishes and Bobotie Dreams at Knorhoek Wine Estate
We knew South Africa produced wine. We knew we wanted some — we hadn’t had a proper glass since leaving Atlanta. That’s …
Sitting Pretty in Cape Town
After three weeks of camping, Cape Town was a wonderful reintroduction to civilization. It does, after all, have what Jordan calls the …
Travel Costs: Africa Overland Safari Budget Update
We’re continuing to post our spending numbers as a resource for other travelers. Here is what it cost to take a …
Truck Life: A day in the life of our African Overland Safari
We spent 24 days traveling from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe through Botswana and Namibia to Cape Town, South Africa with Dragoman, a UK-based …
The Beautiful Landscapes of Namibia
“Unbelievable.” “Spectacular.” “Otherwordly.” “Gorgeous.” “Stunning.” We found ourselves repeating these sorts of words over and over in our two weeks in the …
In Zimbabwe, Tracking Rhinos with The Most Interesting Man In the World
We pride ourselves on not being “tour” people. We don’t like someone else deciding our schedule, our itinerary, and how we should …
The Okavango Delta: Bush Poos and Hippo Grunts
Our itinerary for Botswana read: “Mokoros to bushcamping in Delta.” I did not know what most of those words meant. I knew …
Elephants, Rhinos, and Lions, Oh My!
Pretty much everyone goes to Africa for one reason: to view big, wild, hairy animals from a safe-yet-still-thrilling distance. You would think …
Welcome to Africa: A breath of fresh air
We left congested, hot, polluted Mumbai, held up for hours at the airport in a net of Indian bureaucracy. We stepped off …
Into Africa: Why we chose to do an overland safari tour
Our African safari starts today! This wasn’t part of the original itinerary. The more we discussed our trip, though, the more egregious …