Three More Months in Southern Africa (page 4 of 4)

Hello everyone

I thought this travel journal had been abandoned for good, but I'm jumping in too!!! (I think I'll even restart from the beginning 😎)

Hi everyone! 😊

Guillaume, a budget-friendly option is to fly with Ethiopia Airlines and land in Victoria Falls (800 €–850 per person). You’d just need to plan a slightly different loop starting from Kasane (Bushlore has a depot there). Just throwing that out there! 😉

Since the end of Covid, I’ve been checking flight prices every year for our usual July dates, and the fares have skyrocketed (1200-1300 € instead of 800 €), making the destination way out of budget for the five of us.

Hi Guillaume,

I’ve noticed the same thing—flights have really shot up for July/August. From Switzerland, I’m now paying for two what we used to pay for four before Covid 😮‍💨.

Hello bird lovers, big mammal enthusiasts, and Southern Africa fans!

The title of this second travel journal obviously refers to the one that came before it: Three months in Southern Africa in a Ford Figo 😉

That was in the spring of 2016, and I was discovering this incredible region of the world, eyes wide with wonder. Though absolutely enchanted by my trip, I’ll admit: I didn’t think I’d be back so soon.

Fortunately, circumstances had other plans. For their 70th birthdays, my parents had the wonderful idea of inviting the whole family—my sister, my brother-in-law, my three nieces, and me—for two weeks in the Cape Town area and Namibia. The only one missing was my godson (the eldest), who was tied up in Switzerland for his air traffic controller training.

Of course, I wasn’t going to settle for just this (delicious) appetizer… As an appetizer, main course, and dessert, I added two and a half months of travels through South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe (the last two being new to me). What can I say? I’m a travel glutton! 😛

Here’s the general plan for my itinerary, with details to come as I share the story:

With family (March 29 to April 13, 2018)

South Africa (5 days) Namibia (9 days)

Solo (April 13 to June 30, 2018)

Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls (5 days) South Africa and Lesotho (26 days) Mozambique (21 days) Zimbabwe (10 days) South Africa (15 days)

And since I need a cliché to illustrate this journal... ... it’ll be the famous lilac-breasted roller (lilac-breasted roller), one of my little favorites (I might even make it my profile picture, actually)!

I have to say, in 2016, exploring Southern Africa multiplied my interest (already strong, but mostly limited to vultures and raptors) in birdlife. 🙂

Happy reading!

P.S. Beyond sharing, I’m also counting on this journal to motivate me to finally sort through the roughly 10,000 photos that have been sitting on a hard drive for four months. 🤪😏

Hi, where can we read your travel journal? Thanks

Hi there,

I’m taking the liberty of replying in Bof’s absence. If you’re referring to his first travel journal, you can access it by clicking the link at the start of this discussion (*Three Months in Southern Africa in a Ford Figo*) or the same one in his profile. Happy reading!