Hubers go Africa
Travelling in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Retreat to paradise
Trucks with sugar cane (cultivated in the northern part of Lake Malawi) leave no doubt about who has to leave the road. But finally we made it to our destination at this lake which feels like the sea. Zucker ist neben Tabak und Tee das wichtigste Exportgut Malawis. Entlang des Malawi-See kommen uns immer wieder…
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Kindergarden excursion
Our hotel in Lilongwe was beautiful, but soon we had the urge back to nature. However shopping was overdue and the next bigger city probably a week away (when buying memory cards and a mobile router we realize that not only the pharmaceutical but also the electronics market is firmly in Indian hands). We left…
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Malawian Calculations
We have arrived in country 4 of our „7 countries in 77 days“ journey: Malawi. At the border again the usual expensive and bureaucratic process: visa application + temporary car import (yes, we have a „Carnet de Passage“) + road tax + a national car insurance. US dollars preferred. On the road we change our…
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Bye Zambia
Ten days in the Luangwa Valley are past. Although none of us is a hygiene fetishist we feel the need for change: The sand and dirt everywhere, the shower water from the deep brown Luangwa and the annoying tsetse flies arouse the desire and anticipation for a beautiful hotel with clear water, air conditioning and…
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The two most frightening animals
If someone asks us in five years which animals have impressed us the most in the Luangwa Valley, the answer would be clear: (a) the tsetse fly – none of us is free of stings. Maartina stopped counting at 50. It itches constantly. However, it is said that the local species are not carriers of…
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Buffalo Camp (2)
The Buffalo Camp is only accessible in the dry season from June to October and is managed by an Irish globetrotter of our age: Mike was in the oil business, worked in the mining industry and caught snakes in South Africa. When he suddenly got a fever during our presence, Ernst could try his malaria…
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Buffalo Camp (1)
We spend five days in the wilderness of the North Park: In a community camp where the proceeds from the camp are used to invest in their village school. And at the infamous Buffalo Camp, whose founder was the first fighter against the poachers and who was given the privilege of building a lodge in the…
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North Luangwa National Park
We decided to extend the adventure scale and drove to North Luangwa National Park – considered to be one of the last „True Wildernesses“ left in Africa. Originally, North Park was to be kept as a „scientific control“ habitat in order to monitor the impact of human activities in South Luangwa. However, in the ‘70s and…
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Leopards / Leoparden
Would you stop below this tree? ….. Unser Suchbild: Würdet Ihr hier anhalten? A tree for cat lovers: A leopard mother with her about six months old boy (or girl?) lying in the tree together with her „kill“, an antelope. We passed it five times in the course of the day, just couldn’t get enough of…
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Wildlife in South Luangwa