Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique.
March 28, 2025 in Mozambique ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 1. We took the Culture & Cuisine tour today, and it was fabulous. We were very skeptical of going into town because of the civil unrest and pickpocket situations, butRead more
Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique Part 2.
March 28, 2025, Mozambique Channel ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 2. Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. We did the Culture & Cuisine tour today, and it was fabulous. Stop #3 was at a restaurant above an old movie theater. We sampled foodRead more
Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 3
March 28, 2025, Mozambique Channel ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 3 of our Culture & Cuisine tour. Stop #5 was a roadside/oceanside restaurant that uses refurbished storage containers for their cooking and drink distibution. The foodRead more
Day 83. Richards Bay, South Africa.
March 29, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
This port is the largest exporter of coal in the southern hemisphere. It was amazing to watch them load the coal and scrap metal onto trucks in the background while our excursion busses and localRead more
Day 83. Richards Bay, South Africa
March 29, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
Before we could disembark, the harbor pilot was airlifted off the ship. He walked past me to his pick-up point and was hoisted up to the helicopter and taken away. It was an exciting new event toRead more
Day 83. Hluhluwe Game Reserve
March 29, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
We did another game drive today and saw elephants, rhinos, wildebeest, warthogs, crocodile, zebras, impalas, Giselles, king fisher and other birds. It was a beautiful day with low humidity and temp inRead more
Day 84. Durban, South Africa. Monkeyland
March 30, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
The Monkeyland tour was awesome. It's a Wildlife Sanctuary that receives animals from zoos, circuses, or private owners. They currently have 120 (7 species) monkeys here. We saw 3 types of CapuchinRead more
Day 84. Durban, South Africa.
March 30, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Things we saw on our way to Monkeyland. Sugarcane fields, cows feeding on the side of the road, and football stadium.
Day 85. East London, South Africa.
March 31, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
The view from my stateroom balcony.
Day 86. Port Elizabeth. Sibuya Reserve
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Part 1. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of the lions.
Day 86. Port Elizabeth, SA. Sibuya
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Part 2. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of the waterRead more
Day 86. Sibuya Private Reserve.
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Part 3. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of theRead more
Day 86 PE, SA, Sibuya Reserve
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Part 4. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of the zebras.
Day 86. PE, SA, Sibuya
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Part 5. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of theRead more
Day 86. Sibuya Game Reserve
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Part 7. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas nyala, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of theRead more
Day 86. PE, SA. Sibuya Reserve
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
Part 8. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here's a video of the warthogsRead more
Day 86. Sibuya Game Reserve
April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
Part 9. Even though the strong winds caused us to get into port late, we still were able to do our Game Drive. Here are pics of the Sibuya Private Game Reserve.
Day 88. Capetown, South Africa.
April 3, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We had 2 excursions today. The first was an introduction to Capetown. The 2nd was to Kalk Bay and Boulder Beach to see the African Penguins.
Day 88. Capetown, South Africa.
April 3, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Our 2nd excursion was to Boulders Beach and Kalk Bay to see the cute little African Penguins.
Day 89. Capetown,South Africa.
April 4, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
For our 2nd day in Capetown, we went to the Stellenbosch wine region today some wine tasting. We had savignon blanc, rosé, malbec, red blend, and a dessert wine. Believe it or not, I really didn'tRead more
Capetown, South Africa
Apr 4–10, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Random sightings from Capetown. While driving through Cape Flats area, we saw hundreds of old metal homes with community port-a-potties. They can't afford running water, but there were quite a fewRead more
Day 91. Lüderitz, Namibia, Africa
April 6, 2025 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Arrived at this German heritage town and getting ready to do a catamaran tour around the island to see the oceanside sand dunes, penguins, and flamingos.
Day 91. Lüderitz, Namibia
April 6, 2025 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Just a few pictures from yesterday with our tour group.
Day 91. Lüderitz, Namibia.
April 6, 2025, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Such an exciting day. We took a catamaran ride to see the local wildlife. We saw Penguins, a flamingo, many cormorant and othe birds, dolphins, seals, and the best of all... whales. They surfacedRead more
Day 92. Walvis Bay, Namibia
April 7, 2025 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Today's "included excursion" took us to see the flamingos and the sand dunes. We even climbed some of them.


















































































































































































































