Self Drive Safari Resource

21/09/2024

One question that many ask is how dangerous are the wild animals when driving yourself in Africa without a guide. We have put together a few pointers on how to stay safe.

Given that many camping areas are completely unfenced and inside National Parks what are the real dangers for a self-drive family in Botswana or Namibia? The answer may surprise you as truly wild animals want to avoid interaction with people and will disappear as soon as humans show up. The exceptio...

23/08/2024

Interesting development for all inbound tourists to Zanzibar.

15/08/2024

The only map to use!

01/08/2024

Tourism Update features Namibia this week with information about the new visa rules to Namibia

04/06/2024

Banning private vehicles in National Reserves changes its status to a private reserve….

19/05/2024

Nice article in The Times on a family self drive safari in Namibia.

23/02/2024

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c71c629d-d044-4ed3-97a6-237d04949249

Two German tourists survived a week in the Australian wilderness after Maps sent them the wrong way

14/10/2023

Mathew Paris has been driving across Northern Australia - in todays Times.

Matthew Parris: ‘I’ve found Western Australia’s most epic road trip’.

‘Hey, I’m Nev. Come and meet the alien.” This was no ordinary tyre centre. But then the Gibb is no ordinary road. It runs for more than 400 rutted, wheel-crunch

03/10/2023

Looking for an epic way form of travel, that gives you all the control, and all of the freedom? Overlanding might be for you.

Follow Epic Family Road Trip for inspiration and advice on your first adventure!

26/01/2023

Trunk road stops tourists running the gauntlet of elephant hordes

It used to be such a mission to cross the Okavango river that remote communities in the eastern panhandle of Botswana referred to the rest of the country as “ov

15/08/2022

Before we started operating self-drive safaris we crossed Africa in a variety of ways. Hitching to start with, then by Bedford Truck with Encounter Overland, then by Fire Engine, Land Rover and finally by Land Cruiser.

Here is a video of the Fire Truck "Cape to Cape Expedition" that was raising money for the Samaritans. It's quite an old video now, so the quality is poor but I hope you enjoy it.

A journey by fire engine from Cape North in Norway to Cape Agulhas in South Africa to raise funding and awareness for the Samaritans.