Overlanding Lake Malawi: a week in the warm heart of Africa
Moving on from South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, Maggie and the team headed for Malawi. Malawi is nicknamed the ‘warm heart of Africa’...
How to cook crayfish on the braai
After spending months on an overland journey, cooking food on the braai (the Afrikaans word for barbeque or cooking on the fire) can become repetitive....
Border Crossing: Malawi to Tanzania (Songwe)
Crossing the border to Tanzania by road from Malawi was no problem at all. A visa on arrival, and some paperwork for the car…
There...
Maggie in Africa team donates $500 to Stepping Stones International
We are so happy to announce that the first $500 raised through Maggie in Africa’s charity fundraising was donated to Stepping Stones International, a...
Modifying our Land Rover: Part 1 Gaborone, Botswana
So, for the past three weeks, Marilu and I have been working on finding places to give Maggie a good mechanical tune-up, and also...
A self-drive safari in Etosha National Park
After leaving Spitzkoppe, Maggie and the team continued on the journey north. Our next stop was one of Namibia’s most popular tourist attractions: Etosha National...
Spitzkoppe: the Matterhorn of Namibia
After exploring the red sand dunes of Sossusvlei, we didn’t think Namibia could get more beautiful. But we hadn’t visited Spitzkoppe yet!
About 150km (1.5...
Exploring the desert ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, in pictures
Heading north from Fish River Canyon is one of southern Namibia’s main tourist attractions: the desert ghost town of Kolmanskop.
Kolmanskop: a mining town swallowed...
Senegal – Zebra Bar
Crossing the border (from Mauritania)
After getting through the border a small distance later you are driving through narrower Senegalese roads, people stop and stare...
Camping with Hippos in the Caprivi strip
After leaving Etosha National Park, Maggie and the team were fed up with being dusty and seriously dry. We needed a change of scenery...















