Kutandala Camp North Luangwa National Park

... br>It was not like a goat track it was similar to a trial ride. The first 80 ks were on a great road so we thought all was good. The first down hill after that was unbelievable, what road? It went through dry river beds, deep sand pits, rutty up hills etc.... We stopped in one village next minute the whole village was there. We had all of the kids yelling all of the parents were sitting back enjoying the circus The people here in Zambia are great. They have nothing ...

By now we were running out of most stuff, food, cigs and batteries for the tent fan so temper(s) were a bit frayed. Finally hit the bitumen and were both very pleased. Especially Darren found some cigarettes.

Resigning our selves to a night in a border town we made hast in the direction of Tanzania.. Lisa wins hands down for seeing signs of great places to stay.. We turned left at a sign saying camping and hot showers, internet and a hot ...

Okay so we are now focused on heading towards the Tanzanian border, we did not want to backtrack to Lusaka or into Malawie thus I was happy to receive a dodgy hand drawn map of a track heading north in our preferred direction. Rumour had it we could get to the border no problems.

Well to cut a fairly long story short its now four days later and we have popped out the other side. In summary the Shorty has not been out of 4WD the whole ...

... down side is the rough roads have started to take a small toll on Shorty.. yep I know it is hard to believe after all the time I have spent on it..Lisa has added her little bit with a comment.. yep Darren is under the Shorty again!!. Okay it goes like this.. the rear spring hangers on the front axle have been complaining since the corrugations and the exhaust makes quite a noise when the engine is started or switched off.. so under I go only to discover the ...

today was a chilled out start and cool fried egg toast and cereal. last shop in shopprite which is one of the biggest supermarkets in Africa, they seem to be everywhere we go! we had to wait for it to open but we finally went of into coking groups and got our certain meal we needed. we are cooking a pasta mixture improvisation with lots of veggies and tomatoes, its hard ...

... at Chifunda Bushcamp, everyone of them came to help.

Driving through the park was not so difficult although we did get a puncture. Which meant as Neil and Paul were changing the tyre I had to keep an eye out for elephants, lions and anything else that might take a fancy to us. Although we drove through the rhino enclosure we didn't see any rhino. We also had to chop a tree that was blocking the road as it had fallen across it, yet ...

... transiting again meant we had no park fees to pay. Yet another pleasant park to drive through although we didn’t see a lot of game. What we did see is local people travelling through on their bicycles with goods to sell in baskets on the back of the bike, or a husband pedalling with the wife and child sitting sideways on the back of the bike. At Chipuka Gate we were out of the park and passed more villages with waving and smiling local ...

... The road condition deteriorated as it is being re-graded and so we were a little concerned. At a track junction we asked some children if we were on the road to Mwanya and the Milyoti Gate. Yes Yes that way takes you there, they said as they pointed out the road to take. So it did and the condition of the road got better. Only concern we had was that some of the riverbed sides are quite steep, and the beds have quite deep sand in them. Luckily Grahame and ...

The drive this afternoon is a long one, much further than the trip notes say so Kieren and Luca drive an extra 200km which means we arrive just before 6pm when the sun is setting. The majority of the group decide to upgrade to the dorm as it means there's no need to get tents up, so we ...

He Said: A five hour drive from Lilongwe (half of which was on very rough dirt roads) brought us to the village of Mfuwe, Zambia where our safari camp was located just outside the gates of South Luangwa National Park. We are sleeping in large tents but that's about where the term "camp" ends. Each tent has its own bathroom and shower, regular beds with mattresses, electric lighting, and a patio with river views. A cook prepared all our meals that we ate in a thatch roof ...