1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?

Definitely horse riding in and around Lake Malawi. It was soo much fun. Or maybe bush camping in the Serengeti. I remember my tent buddy and I (Julie), watching the Buffalo wander through the camp, hoping that the guide really was joking about Lions and Elephants coming to the campsite to drink. Or maybe it was the White Water Rafting, or playing football with the local boys when we made an impromptu stop on day. Or maybe getting stung by an evil jellyfish on Zanzibar, I don't know, I can’t decide there’s too many too choose from.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?

Take half the clothes and twice the money (there’s loads of cool stuff to buy, and it's soooo cheap).

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?

The holiday can benefit locals but you have eat locally, shop locally and do little things like taking your washing to the local ladies (some ladies only income is doing tourists washing, so don’t be ashamed to hand your smalls over!). There’s loads of food stored on the truck, so it can be tempting to just eat group meals, but the local food is wicked and definitely worth a try.

Fanny (a very silly name for a massive scania lorry!) is a diesel truck, so I’m not sure how environmentally friendly she is, but there were about 20 of us plus crew, so maybe that’s not too bad, (especially compared to flying!!). But the trip its self does encourage responsible tourism, i.e. no throwing rubbish, recycling beer bottles and all that jazz. We also raised quite allot of money for a local children’s home in Zim. We bought food, seeds and tools with the cash, and we were lucky enough to be able to deliver it personally.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?

It was wicked. I could bore you to death for hours with the ins and outs, but it was definitely the best group holiday I’ve ever done (and the only). True, some people on the trip I would not normally choose to spend time with. I didn’t get along with everyone, but the majority of people were fantastic (I learnt to ignore the annoying ones quite quickly.) The trip is fast moving with some big drive days, but Christ there’s is a lot of miles to cover. You do so much in such a short space of time, sometimes it was hard just keeping track. If I had been Europe instead of Africa I probably would of wanted to get of the truck, but for security and ease of travel being part of a group made life a lot easier. Police and boarder guards are a law unto themselves, two young Austrian guys I meet were charged $800 each to cross into Malawi! Crazy money. My holiday was amazing, I returned home with loads of wooden bowls, loads of mosquito bites and about £1000 less than I went out with!
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