Checking the jerrycan holders work properly just before departure.Delivering the vehicles to the Moto Freight offices for shipping to Namibia.Joshua (right) and Sam (left) exploring the salt flats outside Walvis Bay.Yvonne realising just how cold the Atlantic Ocean is!Many roads in Namibia and Botswana are arrow straight and pass through empty vistas.Starting off at Walvis Bay for our epic adventureWe didn’t get very far before we had to stop for photos at Dune 7 – the highest sand dune in NamibiaCereal boxes make excellent gaskets. This was still fine at the end of our trip!More arrow-straight roads with stunning scenery. This is what I love about Namibia.Staying at the border between Namibia and BotswanaFilling up with fuel in Botswana. I’m so glad we had our Mr. Funnel’s with us as the fuel was disgusting (notice the tanker on the right of the picture). Every single other vehicle in this picture broke down within five minutes of each other, I’m guessing with bad fuel.Animals in the road are a common hazard in Botswana.Catching up with the wonderful Laura Morrison, who drove a Morris Minor all the way from Aberdeen (Scotland) to Cape Town (South Africa) – www.morri2africa.comThe road between Nata and Maun has disintegrated rapidly over the space of a few years. This short section wasn’t even tarmac anymore!On the track to Nxai Pan, and extremely soft sand!Elephants on the way to Nxai Pan. They’re notably smaller than those in Kenya.Overlooking the staggeringly beautiful Nxai Pan.Elephant Sands just north of Nata is nothing short of idyllic. Southern Africa is wonderfully photogenic too!The Zambezi River is simply stunning.Welcome to Zambia, where you get treated to wildlife who have perfected thieving!I found Victoria Falls to be disappointing from the Zambia side, but I can totally see why they’re so impressive from Zimbabwe.Tony’s claim to the source of the Nile, even though it’s actually in Victoria Falls…Staying at The Moorings campsite was a real treat, would thoroughly recommend staying there!First bogging of the trip. Little did we know how bad it would get that day!Recovery number one successfully completed. We used soft shackles around the front spring hangers (recommended recovery point in the Owner’s Manual) and used a second, short strop as a bridle to minimise stress on the chassis and suspension. The recommended rear recovery point is the rear spring shackle.Locals rebuilding the section of road so we could drive on……but little did we know how bad it would get. It took us a whole day to get out. Sadly this is the only photograph of our little accident, as we were simply too busy trying to get out.Finally making it to tarmac. For some reason, two of us had Top Gear in our heads!Utengule Coffee Lodge just south of Mbeya. Expensive but worth it!The road from Iringa to Dodoma had some stunning scenery, well worth the drive.Is it a sparrow? No it’s a tree!Can I have three pizza’s please?The packed market in Arusha puts the one in my home town to shame…Purchasing some lovely spices from the Arusha marketI name this camel Alice!We never made it to Amboseli National Park because of suspension problems but needless to say it’s somewhere where I definitely will be visiting again, to visit the lake more than anything!This is Tsavo East National Park, a place I first visited back in 2014. This is still hands-down my most favourite place in the world, I never get bored of it.The only Landi I see is the one I’m sitting in!Taita Hills (above and below) were a stunning surprise. Can I make this my new favourite place?It’s certainly close to being!On the main road between Mombasa and Nairobi… you’d never get this in the UK!I’ve been visiting Mombasa since 2013 and the traffic never seems to get any better!We made it to the finish line, over 6,500 km (4,000 miles) later!
