During June and July 2017, we headed south through Tanzania and made a loop through Zambia, northeast Bostwana, Zimbabwe, northern Mozambique and then up the coast of Tanzania and Kenya. We had a fantastic trip! Click on a picture to open a photo gallery.
Leaving for our trip.Playing pool in MbeyaCamping on Lake Tanganyika – Ndole BayZoë and Maciej catching up dinner!These fish tasted amazing.We stayed 4 nights – dinner each night on the beach. No one around.Maciej preparing Ceviche.Hot springs on the way to North LuangwaOur first wild dogs ever. North Luangwa. No one else was here.A sketchy river crossing!We got completely lost and separated at night, while trying to find our campsite.Our campsite in North Luangwa was right on the river, some of the world’s highest concentration of hippos – noisy13 flats in 4 days in the middle of nowhere, we barely scraped through.Camping in front of a local’s hut when we could go no further.Random fires everywhere made me nervous with all the fuel we had on our roof!Wild Dogs on the hunt in South Luangwa.A night safari reveal tons of hippos out of the water….… and hyena.A big pride of lions in South Luangwa.On the roof of our car with Maciej driving.Running with the H3 in Lusaka.Victoria Falls in Zambia.The falls were wet.Elephants were everywhere in Botswana, even on the normal highways.On our way from the Chobe Riverfront to Moremi.A long day of driving in soft sand had me sweating it.This is the inside wall of the bathrooms at Savuti Camp in Chobe Park – the fortified walls are to keep the elephants out!The water taps at Savuti require a human hand to turn on -elephant and baboon proof!Camping in Moremi, an elephant walked through our camp while we were eating dinner. We didn’t see it until it was 10 feet away. Footprint of the elephant in our camp.Boat safari from Moremi in the Okavango Delta.Back in civilization in Maun Botswana after a week in the wild. It was cold in Botswana! I was entirely unprepared.Rock art at Matapos National Park in Zimbabwe.Sleeping in the car after one of our tents broke.Great Zimbabwe.To get Robyn up to the site, they allowed us to drive right up to the wall of Great Zim.Our spectacular campsite in Mana Pools Zimbabwe. We had Elephants, hyena, a lion and a leopard right in camp.The hyena chewed on everything we left outside the car.Jumping in the car to avoid elephants while we are trying to eat dinner.Squeezing our car into a tight doorway at Ilha de Mozambique. Touring Ilha de Mozambique, one of our favorite places on the trip.Fortress at Ilha de Moz.In Moz, we ate grilled calamari whenever we could.Slogging through the mangroves to get to water in northern Moz.The road from northern Moz to southern Tanzania is remote!Waiting for the ferry to Tanzania. In the background, you can see the old one, which sank!Getting an IV in Dar after I got cellulitis on my feet.H3 run in Dar el Salaam.Beach at Diani.Camping near Tsavo on our last night.
