2016- Riding southern Africa
This is where we stayed our first night after getting our 3 BMW Serato's. This is the Mantenga Lodge in Swaziland.
We stopped at Lisbon Falls in South Africa the next day.
Our second day of riding didn't go so well..My chain broke.
I had my bike hauled back to Graskop,S.A.- The Panorama Chalets. The next morning the rental company sent a guy out to put a new chain on.
This area is called The Potholes.
On 2/8/26 we entered Botswana and started seeing wildlife.
Baboons are everywhere.
2/9/16 we stayed at the Chobe Marina Lodge. This bat was next to my bar stool. He was still moving a little bit.
The next day we went on a game ride.
Cape buffalo
Hippopotamus
Springbok
More baboons
2/10/16 we rode into Zimbabwe and went to the Victoria Falls Hotel. It was way too expensive for us to stay there. But we had a cool drink before going to see the falls.
The falls are very impressive. They appeared to be about 1 mile long.
Victoria Falls Bridge.
The road south of Victoria Falls.
At the Namibia border crossing.
We stayed at the Nunda River Lodge in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. It was one of many tent camps we stayed in.
The next night we stayed at the Sachseve Camp. No air conditioning. But I had 2 fans.
Butchering and cooking meat in front of a gas station.
2/15/16 A termite mound
Ostriches near the road.
Women on the side of the road in Swakopmund.
Skeleton Coast of Namibia
North of Swakopmund, Namibia
Cape Cross Seal Colony.
2/16/16 Supper in Mondeso. Street food outside of Swakopmund.
Quad ride south of Swakopmund.
2/18/18 Near Solitare, Namibia
2/18/16 Sossusvlei Lodge
2/19/16 Sossusvlei National Park
Dune #45
2/20/16 Fish River Canyon
75 miles of lonely road in southern Namibia.
Southern South Africa
2/22/16 L'Agulhas,South Africa. The southern most point in Africa.
2/23/16 Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
2/24/16 Scotia Reserve, South Africa
And finally some lions.
The Addo Elephant Park
2/26/16 Sani Pass. The road to Lesotho.
Local kids in Lesotho.
The bar at the border crossing.
Going down Sani Pass.
Pretoria Hotel in Mtubatuba,S.A.
2/28/16 St. Lucia,S.A. I didn't see any.
The Nan Hua Temple. I was told it is the largest buddist temple in the southern hemisphere.
2/28/16 The Cullinan Mine. More large diamonds come from this mine than anywhere else in the world.
A game reserve near Johannesburg.
2/29/16 The Cradle of Humankind. This is where the oldest human remains were found.