SAVUTI & CHOBE (& Corona) - Lost in Africa Ep 5 (Finale)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2020
- *I must first apologise for this taking so long. I guess there was something about editing the finale that made the trip being over real, so I avoided it for months.*
We had plans to travel Africa for at least 6 months. Letting the road guide us north. I needed to fly to London at one point for a commercial, but it didn't really matter which large city I flew from, and my mom was planning to fly up to join Bianca for a mini adventure while I was away. The only deadline was for a shoot in Rwanda three months later. We wanted to reach the Gorilla's, do a lap of Lake Victoria, and then head back south through the famous reserves of East Africa. We sold most of our furniture, I sold my house, this was not going to be a short journey.
Then out of the blue a global pandemic hit, and we were stuck in the middle of nowhere. The news seemed to suggest it was out of control and we would be better off staying in the bush, but we were also scared of the borders closing around us, and we were on temporary tourist visas.
I hope you enjoy our journey!
Please share and subscribe if you would like to see a Season 2!
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Find a girl that can drive... and marry her :)
Thank you both for the wonderful midnight journey you've gifted me!
Stay safe and keep it going!
Haha exactly! It's an absolute pleasure, so glad you enjoyed!
Nice work man. Keep it up. Sorry you had to cut your trip short. I am part of the team that did the Zimbabwe Tollgate system. They had deactivated multicurrency at the tollgates during that time. Thanks for passing through because now it is back on. Keep the content coming.
Thanks for the info!
This video deserves a million viewers Fantastic Journey
Ah I wish! Thank you!! Some amazing stuff coming soon from Mozambique so stay tuned!!
@@LostinAfrica you welcome ..i am looking forward 👊🏾
I was also in Botswana during this time. Looks like you got out easier than we did! lol. It must have been crazy to have no service for a week and than come back to the world and get that news! Thanks for sharing.
We got so lucky with how we eventually got out! And yeah surreal experience coming into signal to get that news!
Classic journey, cant wait for more!!!
Heading back to botswana soon hopefully!
Watched the whole series - really enjoyed the series. It has been some time since last there - time to visit again - after this damn virus allows international travel again. Looking forward to the KNP series. Thanks for sharing.
Ah amazing, so glad you enjoyed! And you're in for a treat with the Kruger series, and by the time you're done with that there should be a whole lot of the Mozambique series to watch! Let me know what you think!
The TH-cam algorithm has lets us find your awesome channel! Thank you so much for the awesome work and inspiration! Slowly making our way though you adventures, grateful for you humor and honesty😂. We have a Fortuner and so happy to see what you have put yours through, so we know we can do it too 👍
Welcome aboard! I hope you enjoy following the journey! Unfortunately the cast changes at one point, but hasn’t stopped me getting out there exploring!
What a magnificent farm in Limpopo! You were very fortunate... 😊
How beautiful! Going back in September for a visit!
Thank you Tim, I have enjoyed your videos very much and dream to also explore Botswana as you did. Looking forward to your next adventure. Neil
Thanks so much Neil! I’ve put a ridiculous amount of work into a Rhino Dehorning video, and it’s finally done! So now i can post that, and start to work on our 7 week Kruger trip!
Thank you guys for creating this emotionally moving beautiful footage . Makes me feel super home sick, and makes me pray for when this too shall pass to be able to take my love to my home and show him how beautiful it truly is. Much love stay safe
Only a pleasure Kat, and let us know when you are able to do that, we're overdue a coffee!
Cool & interesting vid & some really great sequences. I so identify with your observations about Africa. Was bitten by the bug in 1964 - it’s incurable.
I will be doing an epic Overland (NBO to CPT) with Bots being a major component, so love your advice ........
Best Routing from Maun to Moremi/Kwai to Ngoma Border Crossing (into Namibia) travelling in August.
Thnx & Bon Voyage.
When are you planning on doing it? Maun to Moremi is pretty straight forward, but from there North is a little trickier, we went through Savuti, which is a beautiful route, but the sand can be treacherous in the hot dry months. The roads can also be flooded in the wet months, so the best bet is to ask for local advice while in Maun. When we were there Moremi was so wet that they closed the entrance gates for a while.
@@LostinAfrica - We are now booked for the Trip. Maun and South Gate scheduled for 7th Sept.
What Cameras were you using apart from GoPro & iPhones ….. . Wondering whether to up-grade or stick ?
Seriuosly an awesome video. A huge mess this flu on steroids. Realy sorry for the 2 of you that had to stop a dream tour. Will be keeping an eye out for the follow up series.
Hold thumbs, I’m selling a whole lot of studio equipment and spare camera gear to try and finance it!
Your story is very touching indeed 😢keep it up and thanks for top class production
Thank you!
Wow, Tim, so good to see this footage, even though it wasn't quite what you guys had hoped for. Covid has cheated so many of us out of trips, adventures, holidays, etc etc etc...
But at least we got to share with you some awesome scenery, and that oh - so - spectacular Vic Falls! Wow, you're not going to see that again in a hurry - no tourists! And the Falls just mind boggling... 😮
Thanks for sharing it all! We who now live overseas need an injection of Africa on a regular basis just to keep us sane!
Hi Victor, thanks for the comment and support! Vic falls all by ourselves is something that stands out from two years of incredible memories, just amazing! One of my most active groups of followers is African ex pats living overseas! So it is the biggest pleasure to share some of the magic of Africa with people that miss it!
Wonderful series, Tim. Thoroughly enjoyed the story telling. Hopefully you’ll be able to complete your Lost in Africa trip some day soon✊🏻 We head for Moremi in May. Can’t wait. Maybe not quite as much water.
Haha yeah I’m not sure we’ll ever plan on that much water again! Unless we take a boat! We’re planning a big Mozambique trip for now, and then hopefully resume the trip up to Uganda when restrictions ease up! Enjoy Moremi, that’s so soon, jealous!!
hi. what a wonderful video. we missed going on quarry hill last year for being a bit frightend (first time off road in africa and there was NOBODY all over). now i have seen your video a hundred times and this year we will go up. each time looking my heartbeat goes up, bit scary, bit anticipation.
What vehicle are you going in? So long as you have low range it's not that tough, first (or second) gear nice and slow and you will be fine.
And thank you!!
What a great series! Even though it’s disappointing you didn’t get to complete the whole journey what you did get to was amazing so hope there is a Part 2. Best wishes!
Part two is in planning right now, hoping to enter Mozambique 🇲🇿 on the 9th April! Hold thumbs! And thank you!!
the playlist is banger Mr Tim!👌🏽
Thanks Thato!!
Thanks for sharing this epic adventure. Appreciate your honesty about your emotions during your water crossing in episode 3. Thankfully it was not the same outcome your mate 'My Life In Africa'. Thanks for sharing the information about your adventures, as it helps us overseas viewers to plan similar adventures once COVID is under control. Hambe gashle (Shona).
Thanks for the encouragement Quentin! We try keep the emotions as honest as possible, not always easy to have the camera rolling in those moments, but we do our best to! Hopefully your able to travel to Africa soon!!
Absolutely enjoyed your videos. It’s a bummer your trip had to be cut short but i’m sure we’ll get back out there again
Definitely! We're busy packing for Lost in Mozambique!!
Great vid and story. Definitely one of the better lockdown locations you had.
Thanks man! Yeah we were spoilt! I shot all the conservation stuff on the channel during lockdown, so we had plenty of distractions!
Great work, Tim and B. So sad about the hit you took, but I am sure that you will figure out how to continue. I will be going to the Moremi and Kwai area next year and have learned a lot from your stories and fabulous images. Stay safe and best of luck.
Thanks so much! Amazing, super jealous of your trip, hopefully we’ll get back up there soon!
Lekker Tim. Thx for the time and effort put into these videos!
Absolute pleasure! Thanks for appreciating it!
Rad vids bru, i enjoyed watching and made me quite keen to go during wet season. it was nice to live vicariously through the imagery and remind me of how much i love bots in general. Cheerz man
Absolute pleasure! The wet season is different, less game but far fewer people as well! Definitely worth a try sometime!
I ve just subscribed to your channel, hope after this pandemic you will definitely going to come back to Africa especially Kalahari, see you soon
I really want to do a central Kalahari crossing, I did it once when I was a teenager with my dad, what an incredible part of the world!
And thank you!
Very nice series ... please keep going!
Unfortunately COVID ground this one to a halt, but we’re hoping to do a big Mozambique trip soon, and there’s plenty of Kruger before then!
Content I have signed up for. Thank you T&B.
Pleasure! Ah I love this episode, want to do another Botswana trip but need to save up again!
Loved it, but gutted you couldn't venture further. Have you considered an open invite for others, who have viewed this and been inspired to do similar, to join you?
Lost in Africa 2gether?
Love the sound of that! My only concern is other people may want an itinerary not just a compass bearing? Hahaha
@@LostinAfrica other people maybe... but the rest of us are attracted to just that. 🧭
Only seeing your channel today. Great content.
Thank you Mo!
WOW how did i mist this one thanks for sharing Tim nice uit modder gekom awesome program
Ah thanks Shaun! Can’t wait to travel like this again, without all the COVID red tape!!
like Kirk Douglas.amazing.
Haha I look like Kirk Douglas? Haha that is a new one, it must be all the grey hairs I am getting! :P
The visuals are stunning but the background music could be better. Some good African music would have elevated this video. The volume of the music is higher than the commentary so I had to constantly adjust the volume. I hope you can fix these issues going forward. And thanks for showcasing the beauty of Africa. I have visited the continent 5 times since 2003 (8 countries so far) and am looking forward to my next trip!
Thanks for the feedback Sharath. Unfortunately the royalty free/stock african music is terrible, im also trying to modernize the whole genre. But point taken with audio levels, i have got a LOT better at that if you watch further, this was episode 5, im almost at 50.
@@LostinAfrica Best wishes to you!
Hello! what an experience! happy you managed to do it! .... came a cross with a question ... can you recommend us a company, where we can rent a car to travel to Namibia and Botswana?
Thank you! And yes definitely, do you want to fly into Namibia or Botswana and then drive, or drive up from South Africa?
@@LostinAfrica we wanted to rent separately in Namibia and Botswana ) we will enter from Zimbabwe
@@iradyachenko1469 So drive into Bot, collect overlanding car, drop it off again, then drive to Namibia, collect overlanding car and drop it off again?
@@LostinAfrica yes bcz unfotunately the drop fee is very high, so we have unlimited time and we dont mind to spend some time to repeat the process :)
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Thank you!
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Will visit soon hopefully!
You had to sell you're house?
Yeah unfortunately! But we had 21 incredible months on the road!!
NIce edit. Check out ours on vim (céline Sauvage). You come to Paris hit me up
Ah Paris, I miss traveling internationally!! :(