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The first source to mouth expedition along Angola's longest river. Completed in July 2016. Set a new Guinness World Record.
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14/03/2024

I finally sat down and organised links to all my books, podcasts, films, websites and social media accounts in one place! Whether it's getting chased by hippos in Angola, carrying a kayak over a mountain range in Madagascar or hunting down Rommel's bunker in Tunisia, check it all out below! 👇

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22/12/2021

Check out my latest interview with Battleface Travel Insurance about our Kwanza River expedition in Angola. Interesting focus for this podcast: a deep-dive on one particular element of an adventure where things went wrong. In our case: getting arrested at gunpoint for spying! 🇦🇴 🇦🇴 🇦🇴

Friends Oscar and Alfy were kayaking Angola's longest river when security forces arrested them at gunpoint, accusing them of spying.

Travel writer Oscar spoke to WHEN IT HITS THE FAN podcast about the ordeal here: https://bit.ly/3mch7iW

10/09/2021

A view we thankfully managed to avoid on our Kwanza River expedition. If you end up in the water with hippos, you have a serious problem....

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vIfnrQJVDVo&t

01/09/2021

My latest interview about kayaking Angola's Kwanza River just went live over on Armchair Explorer. Except it's not really an interview: it is an adventure travel storytelling podcast set to music and cinematic effects. A really unique format. Enjoy!
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https://www.armchair-explorer.com/post/kayak-the-kwanza-a-world-record-paddle-down-angola-s-longest-river-with-travel-author-oscar-scafidi

There are hippos, angry hippos ... a lot of them Follow travel author Oscar Scafidi on his world-record paddle down the Kwanza River in Angola. Stretching 600-miles from its source in the Angolan Highlands, in the centre of the country, to the Atlantic Ocean on the country’s west coast, Oscar and ...

24/05/2021

Nobody should be drilling for oil in the Kavango Basin. “Oil and gas drilling poses a grave threat to the Okavango, and the company has ignored or belittled the serious concerns of local communities”.

ReconAfrica, a Canadian company exploring for oil and gas upstream of one of Africa’s most lush and wildlife-rich habitats, may have fraudulently misled investors by misrepresenting its work on the project, according to several experts and allegations in a whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/oil-exploration-company-in-okavango-wilderness-misled-investors-sec-complaint-says

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Arrested in Angola!

Here's a flashback to our arrest during the Kwanza River kayaking expedition. Little did we know this would turn into a four day legal battle that almost resulted in our deportation from Angola! If you want to find out more about our adventure, and support The HALO Trust, then check out the book of our journey: https://unbound.com/books/kayak-the-kwanza

Paddling along by Angola's Pedras Negras (Pungo Andongo)

For some reason, these videos won't post to Twitter so now they're becoming exclusive Facebook content! Here is a clip of Alfy and I getting absolutely munched by flying insects while paddling along Angola's River Kwanza towards Cambambe Dam (just before our arrest). Check out the whole story at www.kayakthekwanza.com

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Kayak The Kwanza

In June 2016 Alfy Weston and Oscar Scafidi kayaked, hiked & waded 1,300km along Angola’s longest river. This first ever descent of the Kwanza River from source to sea took 32 days and 12 hours, raised over $25,000 for The HALO Trust and set a new Guinness World Record. You can buy a book of their journey on Amazon, with 25% of profits donated to The HALO Trust, to help make Angola landmine-free by 2025. A free documentary of their expedition is also available on YouTube.