After recovering from the crazy journey from Mulanje to Likoma Island, I was rested up and ready to tackle the ferry from Likoma to Nkhata Bay. There were 7 of us leaving the island that day for the journey, so…
Likomo Island- worth the journey
Heading into Malawi, I knew I wanted to hit Likomo Island. I hadn’t actually met anyone who had made it there due to complicated ferry schedules, but I was determined to make it work. With one ferry heading north once…
Mountains of Mulanje
From Zomba, I was lucky enough to share a taxi with the traveling family I met originally in Livingstone, Zambia, and I had seen a couple of times along the way, as they were traveling the same route as me…
Zomba
After a week in Cape Mclear, I was planning to take a shared taxi to Zomba, but was lucky enough to get a ride from someone heading that way from Monkey Bay anyway. It was about a 4 hour drive,…
Welcome to your own private island- Djembe Island and Cape Mclear
I had been recommended a hostel to camp in Cape Mclear, and I was not disappointed. I set up my tent right on the beach, beside Paul from Holland, who I would end up hanging out with for the next…
Teargassed in Malawi
Leaving South Luwanga, I arrived in the town of Chipata around 6:00am, about 20km from the border. Normally, this would be a pretty good time to get a shared taxi or bus to the border, but being in complete travel…
A week in Zambia
Following Victoria Falls and jumping off of the tour, I had originally planned to spend a couple of weeks in Zimbabwe, en route to Malawi. Unfortunately, the situation in Zimbabwe had deteriorated dramatically, with major food shortages, 19 hour rolling…
Falling down rapids in Vic Falls
After Chobe National Park in Botswana, we headed to the border to cross into Zimbabwe. Really early. Like 4:30am wake up call. We wanted to be the first ones at the border in order to lower the chance of having…
Bliss in Botswana
All photos in this post are from Dave who joined our tour in Windhoek- check out his work at @BRTNphotography on Instagram. Thanks Dave and fellow Canadians for the photos and supplies! From Windhoek and Namibia, we crossed another easy…
Desert Roads in Namibia
After kayaking down the Orange River which straddles South Africa and Namibia, my overland tour and I crossed over the river and the border, entering Namibia. The border crossing was easy, and most of us didn’t require visas, which is…