By Caiden Lang The last two weeks has been an experience like no other. After leaving Nkatha Bay we continued our journey northwards towards Tanzania. If you were to look on a map, you would notice that there are no roads leading down to the lake from Nkatha bay to somewhere near Chilumba-a stretch of [...]
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Kingsley Holgate: an interview on World Malaria Day
If anyone had’ve told me two days ago that I would have the opportunity to meet the great Kingsley Holgate, I don’t think I would’ve believed them. Kingsley, the ‘Greybeard of African Adventure’, has been my role-model and hero since I was a little boy. With childish excitement and envy, I’ve always followed his amazing [...]
Hope for the Future: Malawi smiles on us
By Guy Robertson A celebration was in order last night due to the crossing of the first 100kms, but we found ourselves falling asleep at the dinner table, like the majority of the nights on our adventure so far. Our days usually start around 5:45am, when the sun peeps over mountains on the Eastern borders [...]
Hope for the Future expedition: We’ve made it this far!
By Matt Hampson We are currently 57kms into our journey, just north of the fishing town Kombedza. Upon our arrival on the beach, we were immediately welcomed by the village chief who said that we could stay the night for free. I now know why they call this beautiful country ‘The warm heart of Africa’. [...]
Hope for the Future Expedition
By Caiden Lang After months of planning and rigorous preparation the time has finally arrived for us to embark on our adventure. What we plan to do is to kayak the entire circumference of Lake Malawi. When planning started approximately 5 months ago, our aim was to kayak the coastline of Mozambique. Due to a [...]
From the Guide’s Seat #3: surviving the waterfall!
The eerie spray rising from the base of the waterfall rose higher than I’d seen it before, and I could smell it from our lunch spot above. Already a week into the wake of the floods caused by cyclone Dando in Mozambique, and Swaziland’s rivers were still pumping at near-flood level.
Why We Travel: Part #1 – Help us help them
There are many reasons to travel and as you all know too well, we are having a ball of a time: discovering, experiencing, relaxing, learning and finding adventures. That said, from the very start of this undertaking we knew our path would cross with so many people who are in need and as often as [...]
Video: World’s fastest zip line
Check out this video of the world’s newest, highest, fastest and longest zip line at Sun City. It’s 2000m long, 280m high and has a average speed of 120km/h! Also, check out our awesome 360 degree view of the zip line in Safari magazine. Book your zip line adventure with zip2000 now!
How to strategically overload a 150cc delivery bike
As far as we’ve been going, there have been two things that’ve stayed pretty universal. Firstly, the reaction to what we plan to achieve. The answer to the simple question, “where are you going?” is always met with the same reaction: disbelief. Secondly, it’s what follows this reaction, another question. “On this?!?” And the answer [...]
From the Guide’s Seat – Flooding Rivers and Flipping Rafts
Scenario #1: I could hear that familiar yet ominous thundering noise in the distance. It was the sound that gave me butterflies in my stomach every day, the sound that forced me out of my blissful, day-dreamy state on the calm water and into the present moment: the sound of white water approaching.
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Hope for the Future: dramatic scenery and ‘the day with the sunrise’
