Seychelles part one: Mahé
Seychelles is an independent African nation consisting of 115 islands nearly 1000 miles off the coast of Kenya and Tanzania. 41 of the islands are made of granite, the other 74 are made up of coral....
View ArticleSeychelles part two: Praslin part one
There’s no bus service from the Victoria terminal to the jetty and it’s about a fifteen minute walk. It was hot and sweaty with our backpacks but worth not paying exorbitant taxi prices. ST, TM. I...
View ArticleSeychelles part three: La Digue
Alright, forget all that Anse Lazio crap. We heard the most beautiful beach in the world was actually on La Digue, so again, we had to go find out for ourselves. La Digue is the third largest inhabited...
View ArticleSeychelles part four: Praslin part two
The trick to traveling cheap and sticking to a budget is packing and preparing food you look forward to eating. Like fried eggs and baked beans, am I right? We’ve been traveling with the same energy...
View ArticleWe’ve Entered a Photo Contest!
Natural Habitat Adventures and the WWF have teamed up for the 2016 Wildlife Photo Contest, and we’ve submitted three photos from our adventures in Alaska and South Africa. You can vote for your...
View ArticleKruger National Park- Biyamiti Loop
Drive 1- H3 to Biyamiti Loop to S114 to H2-2, then H3 to Skukuza. Drive 2- Lake Panic Hide. Drive 3- Night drive H11 to S1 to S65 and back to Skukuza. Skukuza campground. I was dreaming about zombies...
View ArticleKruger National Park- Satara
Drive 1- Skukuza H1-2 to H1-3 to Satara. Drive 2- Satara H7 to S40 to Girivana Dam and back. Drive 3- Night drive Satara H1-3 to Shisshangani waterhole, H1-3 to Sweni River and back. Satara campground....
View ArticleKruger National Park- Sweni Hide
Drive 1- Satara S100 to S41, Sweni Hide, H6 to Satara. Drive 2- Satara H7 to S36 to S126 to H1-3, H6 to Sonop waterhole, H6 back to Satara. Satara campground. Every day in Kruger is better than the...
View ArticleKruger National Park, Letaba
Drive 1- Satara H1-3 to H6 to S41. S90 to S89 to H1-5 to S91/S92 to Olifants Camp, then S44, S93, S46, and S94 to Letaba. Drive 2- Night drive Letaba S69 loop to S95 loop, back to Letaba. Letaba...
View ArticleKruger National Park- Sable Hide
Final drive- H9 to Phalaborwa Gate via Sable Hide. Shoestrings Airport Lodge. It seemed like we saw more elephants from Letaba to Phalaborwa than the rest of the park combined. One group had over fifty...
View ArticleBig Ten Reasons Everyone Should Visit Kruger National Park
10. The weather. The days are hot and sunny, the mornings and nights like dreams. We kept an eye on the outside temp during our drives and the hottest we personally saw was 100°F, but heard it got up...
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