African Overland Experience

[TeeDee]

The missus wants to take me on a little jaunt around the South of Africa Via;-

http://www.overlandingafrica.com/cape-to-vic-falls-photography-tour-CTVF(S)21-19/

Anyone got direct experience with that part of the world?? The paranoid in me is starting to rev up....

Also best month to go without my face melting would be what??..March?

Cheers

 

[Big Steve]

Yes mate, I worked for one of the overland companies as driver/leader and did that route both ways a few times, though it was over 10 years ago now. I think that of all the countries in east and southern Africa, Botswana and Namibia felt the most 'safe', though all things are relative in Africa. I think that feeling was partly because they are fairly sparsely populated countries. The only couple of days (at that time mid-90s) where you had to be careful was through the Caprivi Strip from Botswana to Namibia, where the Angolan border is quite close. however, i think things are alot calmer in that neck of the woods nowadays. As for the route.... man you have to do it. Chobe National Park, the Okavango Delta, Etosha National Park, Fish River Canyon, the Skeleton Coast, Sossussvlei dunes, and the namaqualand flowers, as well as the Cape.... to name a few. Some of the best sites in the whole of Africa... check out the British government's advice on travelling there if you are concerned. I loved that whole journey every time.