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Expeditions

Angola Expedition 2025 Part 3

by leeuhart | Jan 11, 2026

Angola Expedition 2025 Part 3 Part 3 and final part of the Pelotau Expedition to Angola in February 2025. In this part we really start our adventure and enter the Ionas National Park in the world´s oldest desert. We camp in the desert, cross the infamous Death Acre...

Angola Expedition Part 2

by leeuhart | Jan 11, 2026

Angola Expedition 2025 Part 2 It was rough driving on Angolas roads to get to the coast. The potholes are some of the biggest I have ever seen, absolutely capable of entirely swallowing a small car. Since we had to drive well into the night, because of traffic and bad...

Angola Expedition 2025 Part 1

by leeuhart | Jan 10, 2026

Angola Expedition 2025 Part 1 In March 2025 three vehicles each made their own way through Namibia to meet at Ruacana in Namibia, to start an epic adventure into Angola. The timing in the middle of the wet season was not the best and should bring some problems later...

Wildlife

The Lion

by leeuhart | Aug 31, 2024

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger...

The Elephant

by leeuhart | Aug 31, 2024

The African Elephant(Loxodonta africana) Also known as the African savanna elephant, African bush elephant, or African savanna elephant, it is a mammal species belonging to the elephant family. It is the largest living land animal on Earth. Distinguishing features...