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Moving To South Africa – Blog Information

December 14th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

The Africa Travel Blog has been a little quiet lately, and there is a reason for that. Over the past couple of weeks I have been very busy preparing for a big move. A move all the way from San Diego, California, via Oslo, Norway, to Cape Town in South Africa. And the first step will be taken the day after tomorrow, when the whole transition begins with a flight to Oslo. Two weeks later I will be accompanied with my lovely fiance, Eleyce, and together we will fly to South Africa.

Now, during this transition time of about 4 weeks, the blog may be more or less slow and not very regularly updated. Though, I hope you will forgive me, because after this temporary slump, The Africa Travel Blog will revive and I will bring you first hand travel information from the amazing African continent (at least the southern tip of it!).

Follow My Africa Journal – Experiences, pictures and stories

If you’re a personal friend, family or just nosy (curious), you should follow my personal journal where I will share my experiences, pictures and stories. You will find my journal, naturally, in the JOURNALS category. And if you’re really curious about how our life will be like down there, well then I suggest that you sign up to the email alerts for the journal. That means that you will receive an email every day I have posted a little blurb about what I am doing down there! Click here to subscribe!

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Thank you for reading, please return soon!

-Hakon

Need Your Tips: Self Drive Safari in Okavango & Chobe

November 4th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Okavango Delta The past few days I have been thinking about what would be the perfect one week itinerary for a self drive in the Okavango, Chobe and Vic Falls region. The reason I have been thinking about this is, naturally, that I intend to do it. In March next year, my family will come down to South Africa, and I want to take them out on a little African adventure. The problem is that we only have one week to see everything! – A common problem in the travel world..

So this is where you come in! Do you have any tips for us??

Any places we must see in Chobe or Okavango? Safari camps, routes, etc?

Any good rental companies where we can find a reliable 4×4? (It should be based in Livingstone or Maun).

I will keep updating this post with all good tips that come in (either from twitter, email or comments on this post). And if you have a website or twitter, please let me know and I will credit your tips with your links.

Thank you very much!!

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Food in South Africa: What is cooking for us hungry World Cup tourists?

October 29th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

When I am traveling, food often happens to be the main focus of my days. As soon as the breakfast is consumed I am already thinking about lunch. The dinner has been staked out days ahead. Actually food is so important to my travels that it can be the deciding factor of what my destination will be. For example, I really want to travel to India and my main motivation for that is the amazing Indian cooking! Same with Thailand. But how about South Africa? Are there any gastronomic surprises waiting for all those hungry World Cup tourists? What kind of food do they serve for tourists in South Africa?

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Photo Diary: Seeing Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe

October 16th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Here comes the Photo Diary from Victoria Falls, a follow up the more informative post Travel to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia. All these photos are from the trip I had with my fiance, Eleyce, through Southern Africa where we spent approximately a week around the Victoria Falls in both Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Since the photos are more interesting than the actual story, I chose not to write more here but rather write a little description with some of the pictures.

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Travel to the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia

October 15th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia is one of Africa’s top destinations for natural scenery. These dramatic water falls which are part of the mighty Zambezi river is definitely worth the trip if you find yourself in Southern Africa. The area is super green and trails are set up for you to walk around and take in the whole view. From Zimbabwe you can see the falls as they “pour out” of Zambia, and in Zambia you can literally stand on top of the falls and see the water flow all around you.

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Where the Hell is Matt? -An Epic 5 Minute Travel Video!

October 15th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

This is the story about Matt Harding, who’s 5 minute travel video has been viewed by twenty five million people on YouTube, and is impossible not to love. As an Africa Travel Blog I should also mention that during these 5 rich minutes he manage to feature eight African travel destinations which include Zanzibar, Mali, Madagascar (x2), Zambia, Morocco and South Africa (x2). It took him 14 months to create the video, and he visited 42 countries all over the world in it’s making.

It’s not much more to say other than: “Please watch this video”. It gave me the goosebumps and made my fiance cry (!). And I wish to say “thank you” to the two South African guys who walked into the store where I work yesterday and showed this video to me. I have watched it countless times since then.

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Photo Diary: Self Drive Safari in Etosha, Namibia

September 8th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

One of my favorite travel moments from Africa was a self drive safari in Etosha National Park in Namibia with my girlfriend, Eleyce. At that time we had been traveling around Southern Africa in “public” overstuffed minibuses for several weeks, so we decided that we deserved our own car for the safari. I still remember the fat smiles on our faces as we sat down in our rented Toyota Yaris. Not exactly a Land Rover like most of the other tourists, but to us the Yaris was a highly appreciated luxury!

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Tofo – A Backpacker’s Beach Paradise in Mozambique

September 2nd, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

I thought it was time to share a little secret with all of our readers. It is my favorite beach in Africa. It is not overly crowded, but it still has enough people to share the fun with. It’s not great for surfing, but the place is so relaxed that you won’t even feel like surfing in the first place. It is just perfect for what I think a beach in Mozambique should be used for: Forgetting about your regular life and just relax and have fun with friends and other backpackers. The beach is called Tofo, and is located a good day’s drive north of Maputo.

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Photo Diary: The World’s Highest Bungee Jump – South Africa

August 27th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Garden Route offers everything from cute, little beach towns, to world class surfs and world class bungee jumping. I have already mentioned my road trip along the Garden Route, so here I will continue with sharing pictures and thoughts about one specific adventure this trip included: The World’s Highest Commercial Bungee Jump!

So we were on our way, driving, pretending to be all cool about it, while at the same time being extremely excited. I couldn’t tell if I was scared or not, but I was definitely not feeling normal. We got there, went on to the scale, had are weight written on our wrist in a bold, fat print (no place to be self conscious), and were strapped up in some sort of harness. I still wonder what this harness was for. Honestly I think it was just a thing they did to make us feel safe and protected. I can’t remember they ever strapped the harness into anything. Other than a tiny little rope to the “foot loop” during the jump. Anyways, after these preparations they led us out onto the bridge (see pictures).

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