Central Plateau

"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are ...

Pine Lake just awesome Describe the drive, and heading for Longford after discovering how small Miena is. Beautiful scenery and sunset, central plateau raised and high ...

... stayed at Taupō, which it turns out is not only a beautiful lake set against the towering volcanic cones of the Central Plateau, but also a great base from which to explore the whole central region. On Saturday we headed north into the geothermal ...

... a puny trickle compared with the immense volume of water that poured down its length in ages past. It cuts deep into the plateau which is today dry, stony and sparsely covered with hardy drought resistant plants. We stopped during middle of the day, ...

... mend our puncture (side wall) and we had to buy a new tyre, we left behind the quietness and solitude of the CKGR ( central Kalahari game reserve) and drove for nearly 2 days down to the Mabuasehube side of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. We spent 2 ...

Dixam Plateau is located in the central part of Socotra. You will be lead here by a good asphalt road which you can follow to get to Noget – the south coast of the Island. When leaving the main road, you will drive by a small village where you can ...

... ; THE LOOP   It is possible, but challenging, to complete the so-called 'loop'  around the Bolaven Plateau. Just a polite reminder: The roads can be horrendous at many points, so be mentally and physically prepared. Homestays are possible ...

... of the much more sensible Indonesians who all stayed inside. Yesterday we made a long day trip to the Dieng Plateau, a relatively high area (2000m) which contains ancient Buddhist temples, hot springs and sulphur filled lakes. We were warned by our ...

We slowly woke up and had a breakfast in the hotel restaurant. They provided cold breakfast and some omelet or sausage/bacon/eggs. Keetmanshoop doesn't have many tourist attractions but there are quite a few B&Bs simply because people stop in this ...

... "YIKES FACTOR" and it was the first city to get on the "CRUSTY BUN SCALE". Disadvantages -  like all of the central plateau, because of altitude (+6,000 feet in this case) night time winter temperatures (just above freezing) are lower than may be ...