The Southern Route to the Coast Dec 16th – 22nd, 2021 The next milestone in our plan was to visit the coastal ruins at Kilwa, on the coast. But how to get there? From Kisolanza it is roughly equidistant to travel the Tan-Zam highway towards Dar or to take the coast. To go south would…
A self drive report December 11th – 16th, 2021 Kisolanza was a campsite that was easy to be in, but we left anyway, knowing that the next few nights would be much more wild and interesting, but also without the well thought out amenities that we’d had the last two nights. A small side story….
December 1st – 10th, 2021 Pulling away from the border post we set our sights on Sumbawanga, the regional hub in the Rukwa region. We wanted to top up supplies before heading to Lakeshore Lodge. The road isn’t even a 100 km, but it isn’t particularly fast, and it took us just over two hours. …
Departing Arusha we were glad to be on the road again. It was good to have had the rest days, and to have sent the Honey Badger to the Toyota spa, but it was time to get out of the city. With only a couple exceptions I don’t think medium or larger African cities make…
