Adventure travel in Africa
To celebrate one of my friend’s birthday, I suggested we go GP Karting at whistling Moran and the Leo baby was sold. I’m sorry, the man is a 6’2 foot giant so the correct way to say it would be, and the Leo giant was sold on this cool and fun thing to do in…
The first time I visited at Olarro Conservancy happened to be my first time staying at a conservancy. As I had mentioned in the previous blog post, Olarro conservancy is part of the Maasai Mara ecosystem and should not be confused with Maasai Mara National park. Both are part of the Mara ecosystem. In this…
The primary interest of this trip was to have a peaceful weekend staycation by the only Lake in Central province, Lake Ol Bolossat. If you make plans to get away for a weekend, please see my previous blog post on how not to travel to Lake Ol Bolossat. [Tweet “The government declared Lake Ol Bolossat…
I talked about taking advantage of weekend road trips to maximize travel with a full-time job. Road trips are a fun way to fulfill your wanderlust. These are some of the places you can explored over the weekends. The best part about these places is that they are family friendly so you can always travel…
What do you look for every time you travel to a new destination? I always look for an adventurous activity that the destination offers. “A lot of things that I do scare me, but I do them anyway’ Linda Matama likes this quote and I can’t help but resonate with it. That is me every time I…
After living my best life in Malawi and meeting incredible people along the way. It was time for me to head to Lusaka, Zambia. Turns out you can only access Zambia from Malawi via Lilongwe and I was lucky enough I met a police officer that hitched a ride for me seeing Malawi’s public transport…
Are you looking to start traveling on a budget? Do you find hotels too expensive? Well, hostels are your best bet if you’ve answered yes to both questions. Hostel dorms can be as low as 10 USD per person. In a few weeks, I will be backpacking West African countries. If I may go by…
After a few minutes of paddling, our guide yelled ”Right hand steer” we all jumped to the right side. We were approaching a turbulent rapid and we needed to carefully heed his instructions to avoid falling into river Sagana. Now more than ever, it was expected of us to listen to the guide’s instructions because…
Compared to Malawi, the transport system is Zambia in better. You can easily move around with their public transport system and if you are within Lusaka you can use Ulendo taxi app that launched recently. It’s like uber, except it’s a little bit pricier. Catch up: Malawi to Zambia By Road How Many Borders are there between…
When the hot Malawian sun shone down on my scalp one fine Saturday morning, it started to dawn on me that my overland solo expedition across five southern African countries on a budget had commenced. My heart beat with anticipation. A post shared by Winnie Rioba | travel vlogger (@justrioba) on Nov 1, 2017 at…