One year travelling in Africa
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SOUTH AFRICA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to South Africa by car: In South Africa, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international...
SOUTH AFRICA: Curiosities
- Do you know that South Africa is the country with the most official languages in the world? Due to its diversity of ethnicities and cultures, South Africa is also known as the Rainbow Nation. Following the abolition of apartheid policies, the new South African...
SOUTH AFRICA: The story of Nelson Mandela, one of the most influential figures on the African continent
If we tell you that you think of the most mediated African politicians of the last centuries, surely Nelson Mandela will be one of the first on the list. A lawyer by profession, he was one of the mainstays of opposition to the apartheid system and then became...
SOUTH AFRICA: The African penguins
Penguins live mostly in the southern hemisphere except for one species, the Galapagos Penguin, which lives above the equator. These cute animals that we know from National Geographic images live on the ice of Antarctica have different species that move away from...
SOUTH AFRICA: Practical information and its essentials
Capital: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein Area: 1.219.090 km2 Inhabitants: 58.775.000 inhabitants (2019) Population density: 48,21 inhabitants per km2. Languages: South Africa is one of the countries with most official languages in the world. We find up to a...
SOUTH AFRICA: Tankwa Karoo NP
Tankwa Karoo NP is a place where time stands still. Silence invades the whole landscape and only the wind is able to break the moment when the clock stops and only finds you, the mountains and the desert. This national park, far from the touristic routes, on the...
SOUTH AFRICA: The Wine Route
The Wine Route of South Africa is a very interesting activity to do if you are in the Cape Town area. With stunning landscapes, between mountains, rivers and valleys, we find a region where the vineyard is the main crop. That’s where South African wine is made; a...
SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope and its surroundings
Cape Town is a multicultural and cosmopolitan city with a wide variety of activities that can be done by visiting the different touristic points of the city, as well as moving a few kilometers from it. It is a city that, despite its size, enjoys a spectacular...
SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town
Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the southern part of Africa. Considered the second most populated city in the country after Johannesburg (if you want to read our experience there, you can click here); it is the legislative capital of South Africa...
SOUTH AFRICA: The Garden Route
The Garden Route is one of the most beautiful routes in the world. It runs along one of the most spectacular coasts on the continent, the South African coast, where you can enjoy beautiful and varied landscapes in the more than 700 kilometers that make up this...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to South Africa by car: In South Africa, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international...
ESWATINI: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Eswatini by car: In Eswatini, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZIMBABWE: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zimbabwe by car: In Zimbabwe, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZAMBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zambia by car: In Zambia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Chapka, our travel insurance
Getting a good travel insurance is one of the most important aspects when taking a flight or going on holidays. This usually covers any flight cancellations, transport delays, loss of luggage, medical assistance at the destination and even the urgent return home if...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Our process to ship our vehicle in a shipping container
To make our one-year trip through Africa, we were sure that we would travel with our car. We would have a roof tent for sleeping, a kitchen for cooking and space to store all our belongings. In addition, we would be free to get to all places and save a lot of...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Visas
One of the most important issues to consider when traveling to Africa are the visas you need to enter to the different countries on the continent. Every country has its own policy, and if you travel by road as we do, it is important to take all the details into...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Covid-19 in Africa and the PCR-TEST we did to cross the borders
The year 2020 has been marked globally by the Covid-19 pandemic. No one imagined that we would be locked up at home for months without being able to leave our municipalities, that there would be curfews and meeting limitations; that schools would be virtual; and...
NAMIBIA: Rent a car
Namibia is a country with a very low population density. As is the case in most African countries, we do not find a sufficiently developed public transport network to be able to travel around the country by bus, train… Therefore, one of the best recommendations we...
NAMIBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Namibia by car: In Namibia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
BOTSWANA: Driving Tips
Driving through Botswana is totally a challenge. We are facing one of the most depopulated countries in Africa with sandy roads and national parks full of animals that we will cross alone with our 4x4. Here are some tips that may be helpful if you are traveling by...
SOUTH AFRICA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to South Africa by car: In South Africa, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international...
ESWATINI: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Eswatini by car: In Eswatini, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZIMBABWE: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zimbabwe by car: In Zimbabwe, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
ZAMBIA: Driving Tips
Here are some tips that may be helpful for you to travel to Zambia by car: In Zambia, drive on the left, as in England. At first, you feel weird thinking you're doing it wrong all the time, but you get used to it. You will also need an international driver's...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Chapka, our travel insurance
Getting a good travel insurance is one of the most important aspects when taking a flight or going on holidays. This usually covers any flight cancellations, transport delays, loss of luggage, medical assistance at the destination and even the urgent return home if...
USEFUL INFORMATION: Our process to ship our vehicle in a shipping container
To make our one-year trip through Africa, we were sure that we would travel with our car. We would have a roof tent for sleeping, a kitchen for cooking and space to store all our belongings. In addition, we would be free to get to all places and save a lot of...
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![[Spitzkoppe, Cape Cross, Walvis Bay, Etosha NP & Caprivi]
📍Namibia.
🟧 Fa 3 anys, vam viatjar a Namíbia amb un cotxe de lloguer 4x4 de @africansuncarhire i vam pujar els cims de granit de Spitzkoppe (foto 1 i 2); vam visitar les colònies de lleons marins de Cape Cross ( foto 3 i 4) o les de flamencs de Walvis Bay ( fotos 5 i 6); vam meravellar-nos amb el primer parc nacional de la nostra vida: l'Etosha (fotos 7 i 8) i vam viure una de les millors experiències de la nostra vida a Caprivi amb la família Nguema (fotos 9 i 10). Aquest cop, hem visitat altres indrets que ens han demostrat que Namibia no te l'acabes i es ideal per recórrer amb cotxe.
🔵 Hace 3 años viajamos por Namibia con un alquiler de coches @africansuncarhire y subimos las montañas de granito de Spitzkoppe (foto 1 y 2); visitamos las colonias de lobos marinos del Cape Cross (foto 3 y 4) o de flamencos de Walvis Bay (fotos 5 y 6); quedamos impresionados con el primer parque nacional de nuestra vida: Etosha (fotos 7 y 8) y tuvimos una de las mejores experiencias de nuestras vidas en Caprivi con la familia Nguema (fotos 9 y 10). Esta vez, hemos visitado otros lugares que nos han demostrado que Namibia es immensa y es ideal para viajar con coche.
🟢 3 years ago we travelled to Namibia with a rental 4x4 from @africansuncarhire and climbed the peaks of granite of Spitzkoppe (photo 1 and 2); visited the colonies of sea lions in Cape Cross (photo 3 and 4) or of flamingos in Walvis Bay (photos 5 and 6); we get surprised visiting the first national park in our life: Etosha (photos 7 and 8) and we experienced one of the best experiences of our lives in Caprivi with the Nguema family (photos 9 and 10). This time, we visited other places that have shown that Namibia is an endless country to visit and is an ideal country to travel by car.](http://africanlanders.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)