by Pieter Booyens | Nov 6, 2017 | General
The Elephant Charge celebrates ten years of 4x4 adrenalin fueled adventure for wildlife conservation in Zambia. In 2008 a group of four friends in Zambia ventured out into the bush, built a course of ten check points, printed a map, set up a tent with a white board...
by Pieter Booyens | Sep 9, 2017 | Trip Reports
Planning and preparations for the trip We just could not get Malawi out of our minds since our previous trip – December 2015. It was not long being back home that we made the decision to go back to Malawi in December 2016. During the previous trip we wanted to see as...
by Pieter Booyens | May 31, 2017 | Trip Reports
Part One – Spending time in the North This trip report is posted with recognition to the author, Frans Nieman, who granted us the permission to use his trip report on our page. Frans wrote …………. No leopard sighting richer, at about 10:30...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 5, 2017 | Photo Gallery
Kazungula Ferry Shrek on the Kaxungula Ferry crossing from Zambia to Botswana. Kazungula Ferry View of the new bridge under construction that will link Botswana and Zambia at the Kazungula Border Post. Kazungula Ferry The Kazungula Ferry approaching the docking bay on...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 5, 2017 | Blog
Sad to leave Zambia, but also excited to know that we had found a camp site in Livingstone that really delivers. We will be using The Bushfront Lodge again in December 2017 when we plan to visit Bangweulu Wetlands and North Luanda. Because we were not staying over at...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 4, 2017 | Photo Gallery
African Queen African Queen – Sunset cruise on the Zambezi African Queen African Queen – Sunset cruise on the Zambezi African Queen African Queen – Sunset cruise on the Zambezi African Queen African Queen – Sunset cruise on the Zambezi African...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
Today was going to be a tough day. 470km to Livingstone. Our GPS indicated that this would take us approximately 6 hours. Our GPS does not keep track of donkeys, bicycles and goats though … *Giggle* We got an early start at Eureka Camp and started our journey to...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 4, 2017 | Photo Gallery
Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Campsite Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Campsite Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Campsites Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Ablution Block Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Ablution Block Bushfront Lodge Bushfront Lodge Campsite Ablutions...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
We got up early as driving to Lusaka was a long stretch – but apart from this, the road conditions and amount of trucks we encountered on our way made for a pretty long trip. We woke up to a very cloudy and rainy Bridge Camp. It was drizzling when we started to get...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog
Our journey from Chipata was pretty uneventful and it did not take us that long until we reached Bridge Camp. The Luanga River had since had significant rain, and the level of the river had risen since we camped there in the beginning of our journey. The humidity had...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 2, 2017 | Photo Gallery
Dean’s Hill View Dean’s Hill View Campsite Chipata Dean’s Hill View Dean’s Hill View Campsite Chipata Dean’s Hill View Dean’s Hill View Campsite Chipata Dean’s Hill View Dean’s Hill View Campsite Chipata Dean’s...
by Pieter Booyens | Jan 1, 2017 | Blog
We got up fairly early the next morning at Nkhotakota Pottery, packed and headed towards Lilongwe. Pieter wanted to make contact with an old colleague of he’s, and we also wanted to get through the border post in time before the New Year celebrations started in...
by Pieter Booyens | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog
With road deviations and road works between Bridge Camp and Chipata the trip took us almost two hours longer than anticipated, but we arrived safely at Mama Rula’s, our stopover for the night. By now we were feeling tired and run down from setting up camp every day....
by Pieter Booyens | Dec 21, 2016 | Photo Gallery
Mama Rula’s Mama Rula’s Chipata Zambia Mama Rula’s Mama Rula’s – Chipata, Zambia Mama Rula’s Pub and boma area at Mama Rula’s in Chipata, Zambia Mama Rula’s Mama Rula’s ablution block Mama Rula’s Boma at Mama...
by Pieter Booyens | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
We departed Camp Eureka early morning, our destination Bridge Camp at the Luanga River more or less halfway to Chipata. Riaan and family were still busy packing as they wanted to push through to Chipata. We said our goodbyes hoping to see them again at Makuzi beach...
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