Stay Eat Do in Malawi

  CHITIMBA TO STAY AND EAT: Chitimba Camp is one of the only real camps for a stop on the road between the middle and north of Lake Malawi. It’s positioned slightly back from the lake and has a grass camping area as well as basic huts for rent. The bar and restaurant areas are well […]

Read More

The Lure of the Lake – Tanganyika, Tanzania

Lakeshore Lodge – Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania 23rd - 26th November 2013 I can’t explain the sense of awe we had on rising up over the escarpment and seeing Lake Tanganyika stretched out in front of us.  This lake is rather special.  Formed in the fissure of the Great Rift Valley, at 673kms long, Lake Tanganyika is […]

Read More

Stay Eat Do in Tanzania

ARUSHA TO STAY: We stayed in Masai Camp on the outskirts of Arusha on the Overlanding trip with Absoulte Africa – it’s a place to pop up your tent but is nothing special. See Lonely Planet’s write up here. TO EAT: Can’t fault the Blue Heron, we had a light lunch here and coffee – lovely garden atmosphere […]

Read More

Chasing the King to Tanganyika – Tanzania

Facebook has all the photos for this stretch of the journey – click here to check them out. Nairobi & Naivasha, Kenya 15th – 18th November 2013 After flying from Diani to Nairobi, I collected the Beast from the garage in Karen. Luke Davey had been dropping in every now and again to keep an eye on […]

Read More

Route Through Tanzania

Here is the route of my trip from Arusha across to Lake Tanganyika and down to Malawi (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Nairobi (blue) to Arusha (red) – 170 miles (5 hours, great road, border crossing easy) Arusha to Tabora (green) – 392 miles (they were doing road works near […]

Read More

Cops, Cash and Cape Maclear

We headed towards the Tanzanian Border and were less than excited for the amount of dollars we would have to cough up! Our last trip (for both of us) had cost USD 125. It was rough! We got stamped out of Kenya, and headed for the Tanzanian Immigration Office. What unfolded was very unexpected!...
Read More