by Hannah Altmann | Nov 16, 2024 | Blog, Guest Writers, Tips & Tricks
Camping has been a crowd pleaser amongst our family for decades, from our days of squeezing 5 people into a 4-man tent in the Drakensberg mountains, to traveling from Cape Town to Kenya with a 4×4 off-road trailer. As the kids got older and then busier with...
by Amy Novak | Nov 2, 2024 | Blog, Guest Writers, Tips & Tricks
AfrikaBurn is a vibrant, community-driven festival held annually in the Tankwa Karoo National Park, about 300 kilometers north east from Cape Town, South Africa. The festival brings artists, musicians, performers, and curious individuals together for a week-long...
by Tom Gould | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog, Guest Writers, Stories from the Road, Tips & Tricks
At the outset of my trip heading from the United Kingdom to South Africa, the classic motorbike route of London to Cape Town, I was pretty green to adventures (and on some level I suppose I still am). That said, after 5 months and 23,000km I’ve learnt a couple of...
by Paul Clayton | Sep 22, 2024 | Blog, Tips & Tricks
Given the uncharacteristic snowfall in South Africa this September, and the fact the weather does seem to be getting more unpredictable in Africa each year, we felt we should call upon the Scottish members of our HQ Team to put together a helpful Beginners Guide to...
by Amy Novak | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Guest Writers, Tips & Tricks
I wake up early on Sunday morning. In my haze, I forget that I am going on a camping trip with my best friends, but I get a rush of giddiness when I come to from my slumber and realise I’ll be spending the week in Montagu, camping and in the mountains. The road trip...
by Paul Clayton | Nov 2, 2023 | Tips & Tricks, Top Fives
After years of travelling in Africa, our team have got packing down to a fine art. This allows them to minimise the weight of what they bring along, while maximising usefulness. It also allows them to hit the road at a moment’s notice, which is useful when that...
