WheelsupBaumsaway

18/03/2026

So much stuff on our second day with Gate 1!

Our second day of guided travel started with an 8 am bus ride heading south. We were off to visit Cape Point and The Cape of Good Hope, the south-western most point of Africa. As our van headed dow…

17/03/2026

Our first full day in Cape Town!

This was the first official day of our trip with Gate 1 in South Africa. In the morning we met for a meeting with our guide, Renier, about the details of the trip, what was expected of us, some saf…

14/03/2026

After all that travel who needs sleep? We got to Cape Town and made the most out of our first day there by visiting Table Mountain.

We left the airport and got onto the highway, ready to get to the hotel and relax for a little bit before dinner. We were staying at the Protea Fire and Ice! Cape Town for the first few days of our…

13/03/2026

Nothing like an trip to get to your trip! 24 hours of travel over 2 days, with 18 hours of flying, to get to our destination.

With all the characters introduced in my last post we’ll get right into the trip now. We left the hotel early so we could drop off the rental. Paul and myself dropped Tammy, Tiff, and Mike of…

12/03/2026

Just some pre-trip details for our South Africa trip!

I just wanted to throw out some quick details about the trip and our group so everything flows in the parts after. Cool? Let’s get into it then! So we had talked about going on a group trip w…

12/03/2026

Finally getting around to writing about our amazing 11 day South Africa trip! Stay tuned!

South Africa was an amazing trip! I needed to get a new computer so I could start updating this again since my other one was so slow. Over the next few posts you’ll get to hear about how our …

02/12/2025

What a trip it's been! Time for an 11 hour flight on this beast of an aircraft back to London!

29/11/2025

Now that he has time, Waldo wanted to share his game lodge and safari pictures with everyone.

29/11/2025

Today was a travel day to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Waldo was pretty happy to get out and explore and enjoy this restaurant overlooking the mighty Zambezi river for dinner!

25/11/2025

Waldo wanted to show everyone what a good time he's been having since arriving in Cape Town! He wasn't a fan of the bird that was trying to kidnap him at Cape of Good Hope though lol.

24/11/2025

What a trip it was just to get here! 2 flights, 1 delay, over 9,000 miles.

22/11/2025

Another 11 hours of flying done and we're finally wheels down in Cape Town, South Africa!