Walking the Great Rift Valley

[Jeff de Graffenried]

Companion forum thread to: Walking the Great Rift Valley

Heat, army ants, and stupendous views await Jeff de Graffenried as he treks through South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

[Kevin Babione]

Fun read – thanks for posting.  Ants?  No thank you!

[AK Granola]

Great trip report, glad I don’t have to worry about army ants, crocs or malaria. Why do you have to dig for water when there’s a flowing stream right next to where you dug the hole? Glad there’s still wildlife left in Africa. May it ever be so.

[JVD]

I really enjoyed reading this. It took me back to two backpacking trips in Umfolozi game reserve. Somehow the land itself felt special to me. The closest my words can get is like my “original home.” And the wildlife was amazing. Thanks for the reminders.

Karen, we also dug holes in sand next to the river for water. The water in the river itself was really silty but the water that filtered into the hole was a bit less so. Still we used flocullant to settle it and then boiled it.

[Tryg]

Thank you for sharing Jeff.

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