Wonderful Namibia, how we love thee! We’ve had a marvelous time in tourist friendly Namibia, indulging in several adrenaline based sports such as quad biking, sand boarding, skydiving, and hiking. In four weeks, we visited Ruacana Falls (magnificent waterfall straddling the border to Angola), Opuwo (a great base to see Himba tribes), Etosha National Park…Continue reading Namibia
South Africa
Alas, our time in beautiful South Africa was too short, but we managed to squeeze in a lot of activities in a short amount of time. After entering from Namibia, our first stop was a picturesque vineyard in Trawal wine country. Then it was onward to the southernmost point of Africa at Cape Agulhas, followed…Continue reading South Africa
Angola
We received double entry transit visas for Angola as we were entering this country twice, once to visit Cabinda in the northern enclave, where we just missed the carnival celebrations in the city by a few hours. The second entry was through the border town of Matadi where we spent six days bush camping and…Continue reading Angola
Democratic Republic of Congo
Formerly known as Zaire, we entered the Democratic Republic of Congo at the border town of Yema, and were immediately impressed with how “normal” DRC appeared. It certainly doesn’t look as if there is an ongoing civil war in the country. We only spent a few days in DRC, driving from Yema to Muanda to…Continue reading Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of the Congo
We found Congo to be the most visually stunning country that we have traveled through in Africa thus far. Our route took us from the border crossing town of Doussala to Nyanga and on a logging truck road that proved to be muddy, treacherous, bumpy and amazing. Everyone pitched in to fill in the roads…Continue reading Republic of the Congo