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The garden route is a 300km stretch of coast between Mossel Bay in the Western Cape and Storms River in the Eastern Cape.  It is a really popular road trip and we couldn’t recommend it highly enough. If you are in Cape Town and have a week or two to spare (the longer the better) …

We arrived in Cape Town, the Mother City; with its picture perfect beaches, glittering ocean, Victorian architecture, delicious restaurants, excellent art galleries, buzzing nightlife and the stunning backdrop of Table Mountain. We were supposed to stay for 3 nights but ended up extending our stay to twice that and it still didn’t feel like long …

 We took an early morning flight from Gondar and checked into the Top Twelve Hotel, which is a boutique hotel with panoramic views over the Lalibela mountains. The ride up to the hotel is very steep but we arranged a transfer through them, which made it hassle free. When we arrived, Lalibela was experiencing one of their …

We were able to organise a 2-day 1-night hiking/camping trip from Gondar, through our guide Grum (please contact us for his details). You can visit the mountains in a day trip, but you don’t really get a full experience without staying at least one night. We wanted to experience the breathtaking vistas and see some …

We transferred to Gondar by road from Bahir Dar, which was a pleasant drive. We stayed at Mayleko Lodge which is very close to Gondar airport but a bit out of town.  That said, it is a beautiful lodge and the best pick of the accommodation available in this area.  We were lucky to be offered …

Bahir Dar itself was a surprise to us.  After the chaos of Addis and knowing that it is also a big city, we were expecting a similar atmosphere, but it couldn’t be more different.  Bahir Dar is low lying and by Lake Tana. The streets are wide, and tree lined and there are some lovely …

Ethiopia is not a destination for the faint hearted, but it has always been somewhere I’ve dreamed of visiting. Nicknamed the cradle of life and one of the only African nations to never be colonised; the draw of the country’s history, culture and delicious cuisine was enough to convince us to visit despite reports of …

With only 5 days, we decided to base ourselves on Mahe Island.  When reading reviews everyone seemed to recommend skipping Mahe and heading out to some of the other islands but in our experience, we would contradict this and say that Mahe is beautiful and a great base for exploring the Seychelles. The Seychelles are …

We had been to Sri Lanka on our honeymoon 6 years ago and decided that it would be a good place for a stopover en-route to Africa to break up the journey, eat some good food and relive a few memories. On our first trip, Colombo had been our first stop and our first meal …