Tag Archives: East Africa

Final budget summary – Africa

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

After much work, we finally have put together a budget summary from our amazing adventure.  We hope that you find it helpful in planning your own African adventure. As a reminder, our adventure was broken into 2 stages: Stage I: … Continue reading →

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Border crossings completed

Posted on November 5, 2013 by African GirlChild

We have been working hard at adding useful information. All border crossings that we took have now been added to the blog.  Please have a look at the “Border Crossings” tab for all the information. Hope that is helpful!

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Information updates: GPS waypoint files and visas

Posted on October 25, 2013 by African GirlChild

We are working hard to add useful information to the blog – the sort of information that we would have loved to have when preparing for our adventure! Thanks to Viking Explorer, we have now added:   Visa information: Please … Continue reading →

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The journey south

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

Well, at some point, we knew we would have to point Brodie south and return to South Africa.  We have no interested in tackling Egypt or Syria.  We didn’t see very much of South Africa earlier in the year, and … Continue reading →

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Being spoilt in Kigali

Posted on September 22, 2013 by admin

What I love about travelling is the people you meet – through someone who knows someone who is related to someone else.  This was such a case: the mother of a friend of my cousins’ lives in Kigali and had … Continue reading →

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Budget Update – Uganda

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

From reports of other travellers, Uganda was said to be a more inexpensive country to travel in.  Our start in the country was slightly pricy as we had to pay for 2 visas at $50 each (the only country in … Continue reading →

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In and around Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

After exploring the gorge in Mgahinga National Park, we could let the excitement mount for our visit to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and our gorilla tracking activity. There are quite a few gorilla groups, and the group you are visiting … Continue reading →

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Uganda, national parks and foreigners

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

This post is intended for those independent travellers – like ourselves – who are interested in visiting the national parks in Uganda.  It is a magnificent country, and we fully intended to visit quite a few of the national parks. … Continue reading →

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Magical memorable moments

Posted on September 14, 2013 by admin

There are few words to describe this incredible experience … so we’ll leave it to pictures. Hopefully the slideshow will co-operate …

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Resting in the Rwenzori Mountains

Posted on September 7, 2013 by African GirlChild

What a magical place we managed to find. On the way south from our walk around the Bigodi Wetland Centre, we decided to stop in at the Rwenzori mountains. Tracks4Africa shows that there are a few options for camping just … Continue reading →

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