Sudan - Land of Black Pharaohs Date: January 2022 Days: 21 days Difficulty: Active Empty Spaces: 8/10 Trip Fee: 650 USD An expedition full of surprises – remnants of the kingdom of Kush, picturesque desert, many unknown places and friendly locals. details & Sign up [...]
Botswana A country for adventurous souls and lovers of unforgettable safaris. Elephants, antelopes, zebras, giraffes, wildebeests and an uncountable amount of other wildlife roam freely across the plains, dunes, salt pans and dry river beds. The unique Okavango Delta, the ever-flowing Chobe river, the unforgiving Kalahari desert and dazzling white [...]
The Gods Must Be Crazy Do you know that movie? The one with a Coke bottle wreaking havoc in an innocent hunter-gatherer society. We are talking about the San or Khoisan people. Sometimes referred to as "bushmen", this term is not very well liked by them. There are no more freely [...]
African Souvenirs What is better than to bring a little souvenir or artefact back home from a trip. We just love it and our house starts looking very African. :) There are so many things that we love to bring back and to remind us where we have been. We don´t [...]
Jackals - the opportunists of the bush Oh how we love them. Imagine sitting by the campfire at night and suddenly you are surrounded by howling sounds. A family of jackals meeting up to go out and scavenge for food. These little creatures are very intelligent, curious and come with a [...]
Encountering Elephants They are truly amazing animals. More than 15.000 muscles in their trunks, huge, massive but yet soft feet, wrinkled and thick skin and a memory nearly as big as their bodies. We have encountered elephants many times, sometimes being chase, on other occasions being surrounded by them or just [...]
Monkey Business Well...where shall we start? Maybe right at the point where a baboon troop took out our poor trailer: After a beautiful safari we wanted to get back to our camp and relax during the hot noon hours. But already from far we could see that there would be trouble. [...]
"A VAN ASTRAY - Thrilling stories from Africa" We are very happy to announce that we finally finished our first book. For now in English and German. How is it to travel around in a world famous icon? Why did we want to burn this car down so many times or [...]
Sudanese Adventures in March It was a little too hot with around 43 degrees but we enjoyed being away from home for a while. We had a nice group of travellers to come with us and did not only see the magnificient pyramids and temples, but also had the chance to [...]
New plans! Once this Covid pandemic is over and things go back to normal we have new countries and places to discover and hope that you are coming along!