Q: Are the two rooftop tents easy to put up and tear down? We like to do night drives and spotlighting from the truck where allowed and that would mean returning to camp late at night in some cases – would putting up the tents on the top of the truck be a tremendous chore […]
Read more »When we hire a 4×4 will it be necessary to take a Satellite phone with on a 4×4 safari to Mozambique, we’ll be going to Inhambane, Beira and Pemba? How much does it cost? To rent a Satellite phone will cost you roughly R125 (EUR11.03 at today’s exchange rate) per day, I think it is […]
Read more »Q: We have two routes in mind: 1 SA – Botswana – south of Namibia (2008 we did Namibia central and north) 2 SA – Swaziland – Lesotho For us camping is the way that we would like to spend our holiday. So we are interested in a trip which could for see in this, […]
Read more »Q: Ons slaap nie in Torrabaai nie, ons ry maar net die C34 en draai af Aba Huab toe om daar by Twyfelfontein te slaap. Het jy ‘n idee hoe lank ons sal ry van Swakop na Aba Huab? Ek het nie ‘n idee in watter toestand die C34 is nie. A: Die C34 is […]
Read more »I have a few questions for you regarding Mozambique and the Kruger National Park Question 1: We are now evaluating the possibility to stay a few days in the Kruger Park before passing the border to Mozambique. Do you think it will be possible for us to see the Kruger Park with our hired Isuzu […]
Read more »Q: Ons stel noggal belang in die roete van Spitzkoppe reguit Noord tot by Palmwag.Verder het ons besluit Ruacana uit te los en te fokus op die Marienfluss en die Hartmansberge. Ons sal nader an die tyd besluit of ons Van Zyl gaan ry, afhangende van hoe sy toestand is. Dit maak dat ons roete […]
Read more »Q: We have a Palm pc with TomTom Southern Africa , but if Garmin Mapsource is much better, please tell us what the price is for these A: Your Palm PC with TomTom will work perfectly here, but you will not be able to see all the little roads on which you are going to […]
Read more »Q: We’re planning on a 3-4 weeks roundtrip in South Africa in the period August-September. High level plan is to make a round trip: Johannesburg, Kruger Park (about 7 days, exploring from north to south), drive to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (also about 7 days) and return to Johannesburg. Other possibilities are a visit to Botswana […]
Read more »Q: We’re visiting Mozambique for 3 weeks in October, do you have any suggestions regarding trip planning etc? A: I don’t know if you already have a route planned, but with 3 weeks you have quite a few options available that’ll make your trip very interesting. The border post at Komatipoort is a nightmare to […]
Read more »Q: What are the border crossings like these days – South Africa-Swaziland, South Africa-Botswana, Botswana-Namibia, Namibia-South Africa – do they eat up tremendous amounts of time or can we zip across fairly quickly? A: Depends on how busy the borders are, but I’ve never spent more than an hour at any of those borders.
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