Hubers go Africa

Nobody (not even banks) want to have our old 1,000 Schilling notes from the previous year. We learned that new banknotes have been in circulation in Kenya since 31 May.  And 30th of September was already the last day to change. Sometimes you are forced to burn money. Seit dem 31. Mai sind in Kenia…

On miserable roads, recommended for 4×4 vehicles only, we drive from the Masai Mara up the mountains and then down into the Great African Rift Valley. The 1st gear is not only used for starting, the speed is often only 10-15 km/h, the shock absorbers groan, hopefully the tires do not hit a sharp stone…

The luxury of space, peacefulness and freedom  ….   Der Luxus von Weite, Frieden und Freiheit    

We sit in our camp (quite lonely) at breakfast when an eland antelope appears. At first this biggest antelope (150-200 kg) is only interested in leaves. Then it gets closer. Lore immediately puts a lot of the breakfast stuff back to the car while I try to photograph and film this unique encounter. On the…

Another excursion with John: Together we walk in the noon heat to a Maasai village. If a Masai tells you that it’s only a short walk: Don’t trust him! These people are used to walking up to 200 km a day and hunting antelopes until they collapse from exhaustion. But we can shower later. With…

A day trip to the south of the Masai-Mara offers us picture book panoramas: Bright blue sky, yellow savanah and first green grass (rainy season started already). And then the culmination: We learned from John, our Maasai, that there is a group of five cheetahs in the park. They are supposed to lie somewhere, as…

The Mara experiences the greatest animal wonder of the world, when every year about 2 million (!) wildebeest, zebras and Thomson gazelle move from the Serengeti (the southern continuation of the Mara in Tanzania) to the Mara and especially in September back again. We are clearly too late because I sacrificed September to other commitments.…

„Mara“ means „spotted“ in Maa, the Masai language, which describes the hilly savannah plain covered with acacias and bushes. We were so impressed last year by this one of the most beautiful nature reserves in the world that we had to come again. This time not in the „Triangle“, but in the eastern part of…

Of course „=Out of Africa“ is one of the most romantic love stories in film history. More important for us at the moment: Here is also THE institution for Overlander: Jungle Junction. From the outside completely hidden behind high walls, here is the Campsite operated by a German (Chris) with perfectly equipped workshop and long…

Finally we left. Not without loosing some nerves on the road: The east-west route from Moshi to Arusha took us more than 2 hours for 90 km. Long trucks in both directions did not allow long overtakings (Toyo is not a 300 hp Jaguar). After Arusha, where we headed north towards Kenya, it became calmer…