South Africa

And so to our last stop before heading home, South Africa. After 6 months of public transport we splashed out on a hire for three weeks to tour round the country and headed straight to Blyde River Canyon and then Kruger National Park. Both were great and a far cry from the parks of Madagascar. Kruger especially was very well organized and it was very cool to drive ourselves around on game drives trying to spot the animals.

We then headed back to Jo'burg for a night before dropping down to the Drakensberg mountains. Here we spent a night in Clarens before hiking through the Golden Gate national park. A couple of nights at the famous Amphitheater backpackers enabled us to do some quality hiking close to the Lesotho border, although it was freezing at night in the tent.

For the last few days we headed to the Elephant coast, just south of the Mozambique border, and the iSimangaliso National park (Formerly Greater St Lucia National Park). Here we camped for a few nights before hiring a log cabin for some well deserved R&R at the end of the trip. Jo then flew back to Jo'burg whilst I went south to wait for the World Cup to start.

Here marks the end of our little Africa Adventure. We've met some great people, stayed in some amazing places and pretty much hit every pot hole on the way! Traveling around Africa on a budget can be tough but the effort you put it is more than matched by the rewards on offer. The people are fantastic, ever willing to help out a lost and weary traveler whose grasp of the local lingo leaves a lot a lot to be desired. The scenery was awesome, especially in the mountains and by the sea, taking our breath away at every turn. And the animals were very special, giving us plenty of jaw dropping moments. Thank you Africa, you were awesome!

We hope you've enjoying reading our blog and maybe feel inspired to visit Africa. If you do we have one word for you. Go! You'll love it...

Jo & Liam