Monthly Archives: May 2013

Larsens Camp, simply breath taking in Samburu National Park

Posted on May 26, 2013 by familyinafrica

We drove into Samburu National park around 9am on the 7th May and after a short game drive we pulled into Larsens camp and debated whether to stay there or not. After a 10 minutes or so Sib negotiated a … Continue reading →

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The western Lake Turkana route south from Kenya, Sibioli National Park to Samburu

Posted on May 26, 2013 by familyinafrica

SIBIOLI NATIONAL PARK 1st -5th May After faffing around trying to find the way into Sibioli Park we were directed by the Ileret locals out of the town and to take a right at about 10km from town. We saw … Continue reading →

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The western route south from Ethiopia, Omorate to Sibioli National Park Kenya, via Lake Turkana

Posted on May 24, 2013 by familyinafrica

We found an alternative tar or asphalt road to the busy tourist road (route 6) running from Addis to the Moyale Kenya border via Dila. We decided not to take this road as I had experienced it 5 years ago … Continue reading →

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Addis Ababa heaven

Posted on May 23, 2013 by familyinafrica

We were so tired when we finally reached Addis Ababa on the 20th April. The journey from Axum had been 1000km of really bad roads, high mountain passes, dangerous hairpin bends and people and animals all over the road and … Continue reading →

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Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia

Posted on May 23, 2013 by familyinafrica

Nechisar National Park One of the most unusual parks I’ve been in. It was not too expensive to enter and we found it to be a perfect test before entering the south bound Turkana track with all its river crossings, … Continue reading →

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Ethiopian Roads

Posted on May 15, 2013 by familyinafrica

We found some interesting photo’s depicting Ethiopian roads while we driving south towards South Africa…

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Toyo versus BFG MT tyres 255/85RT16

Posted on May 15, 2013 by familyinafrica

We’ve done an extensive 4×4 Overland experiment where we have taken two brands of the same size tyres and driven them extensively from London the UK to South Africa. The Toyo was fitted to a long wheel base Toyota Land … Continue reading →

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Our Bush Baby

Posted on May 15, 2013 by familyinafrica

We are terribly proud of little Lily, she’s fitted in well with the travelling esp. when we have been forced to travel great distances. She’s really enjoyed running out side with no shoes on and seems to be picking up … Continue reading →

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Ethiopian National Park Hustlers, so Beware

Posted on May 15, 2013 by familyinafrica

We made our way up north to the Simien mountains to a town called Debark, looking for Sib and Pris who were two days ahead of us after they left Gondor. We arrived at the Simien National Park where we … Continue reading →

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Metema to Axum – Ethiopia

Posted on May 15, 2013 by familyinafrica

12th-20th April We arrived at the Metema border at 9am on the 12th April. It is already hot but no way near the heat encountered in Sudan. It took us nearly 2 hours to get through to the Ethiopian side … Continue reading →

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