Gloria and Renato from Ticino
17.12.17 in Tundavala, Angola On the road with Nimbus, a MAN TGS 18.360 with a cabin from action mobile Gloria and Renato have been traveling with their Nimbus since 2014. It was always clear [...]
Ruth and Walter from Nidwalden
16.12.17 in Tundavala, Angola Travelling with Suri 2, a Toyota Landcruiser HZJ 79 with a cabin from Alpha-cab Ruth and Walter have been traveling with their Suri 2 since 2009. After selling their bakery [...]
Angola: beautiful people, beautiful landscapes, wild camps
13.12.17 – 9.1.18 Encounters From Virei we wanted to go to Caraculo. The earth track is outlined on all our paper and electronic maps and even signposted on-site with new signposts. Nevertheless, the trail ends [...]
Landscapes to dream off
In Angola we saw impressive landscapes and met very likeable people. The desert in the southwest towards Namibia was full of shapes the wind has blown into the sandstone and the coast south of Luanda [...]
Infrastructure is being rebuilt
The main roads we were driving were in very poor condition and are being re-built by Chinese construction companies; sometimes over 100km at the same time. The "bypasses" are not prepared and totally destroyed by [...]
Caprivi Strip
3. – 12.12.17 I was really looking forward to riding the Caprivi Strip again after more than 30 years, but it was a disappointment. The road is paved now throughout and the landscape felt rather [...]
Best dirt road
Along the Okavango, the earth road D3402 runs parallel to the tarred B8. The D3402 is much nicer and close to the river in the best quality along many villages.
In the rainforest
16.11. – 2.12.17 Rainy season Rainforest can be exhausting. When we wanted to drive to a nice camp site, we were stuck between the lush bushes. During three hours four people helped [...]
Beautiful and less beautiful tarred roads
This time we drove only through South Zambia. Finally we visited the South Luangwa NP and then we went down to the Zambesi after Lake Kariba. During that trip we found the beautiful Bottom Road [...]