Cathedral and Banghoek peaks

by | Oct 14, 2015 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

As Paul, the hike leader, had warned, the climb of the Cathedral (Second Ridge Peak) and Banghoek Peak would make for a “lang dag”. And so it proved to be. The MCSA party of fourteen covered 16.5 km and climbed a total of 1790 m  over 10.5 hours. We...

Overland Safari 2015 vlog

by | Jul 30, 2015 | Botswana, Chobe National Park, Hwange National Park, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Lake Kariba, Makgadikgadi NP, Mana Pools, Namibia, Nxai Pan NP, safari travel, Victoria Falls, Zambezi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

I don’t expect this post to be of much interest to others besides those who were in the party who drove the 8000 or so dusty kilometres. It is however a video record – comprising 5 short, amateur videos – of our overland safari through Botswana,...

The ill-fated voyage of the Malachite

by | Jul 20, 2015 | Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Perhaps the fact that the houseboat Malachite Imfant is currently wrapped up in the recently-deceased owner’s estate was a harbinger of things to come. As it puttered out of Marineland at Kariba in balmy conditions however, the group had the distinct feeling that...