fleur-tiny      EXPAT '72, 1st - 12th Sept 1972 
             




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PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF EXPEDITION POSSIBILITIES



FACTORS REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA RHODESIA RHODESIA BOTSWANA BOTSWANA SOUTH WEST AFRICA MALAWI
DESTINATION Zoutpansberg and Eastern Transvaal The "White City" Legend, Sabi/ Lundi Confluence The Vadoma, Doma Massif Northern Mashonaland Central Kalahari Okavango Delta and Chobe Kaokoveld Skeleton Coast Mount Mlanje
PURPOSE Mountain walking Search for evidence of Native legend Search for rarely seen tribelet which shuns civilisation and lives in mountain fastness Seek out and study pure Bushmen Game, Bird life, Fishing Viewing of geological phenomena, geographical features Nama and Bantu Mountain walking
MAIN ATTRACTION Magnificent mountain scenery Unusual quest in remote area Locating a people traces of whom seen infrequently by patrolling B.S.A. Police Contact with most primitive hunter/gatherers left in world today Largely unspoilt area with abundance of wild life Wild, rugged and desolate landscapes Magnificent mountain scenery
KNOWN HAZARD Mist Difficult country accessible only on foot Heavy demands on vehicles. Water available at only rare intervals Mist
NATURE OF TERRAIN Mountain ranges, gorges, rivers waterfalls Wild broken country in lowveld Heavily wooded mountainous escarpment Scrub, coarse grass, thorn forest Maze of forest lined waterways Desert, mountain scrub, savanah Forest, mountain grassland, fast running streams
APPROXIMATE DISTANCE TO & FROM BULAWAYO 1000 800 1000 1200 1200 2400 1600
ACCESS By road via Louis Trichardt By road to Rutenga, by track via Chikombedzi By road to Sipolilo and thereafter as far north as possible By road to Ghanzi, east into trackless wasteland By road to Maun, by track thereafter By road via Maun, Ghanzi, Windhoek to Zesfontein By road via Salisbury and Tete or by rail to Limbe via Beira


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Acknowledgements:- With thanks to "Rocky" Hudson Felgate (G.S.L. of 11th Riverside Scout Troop) - who all those years ago, thoughtfully and carefully filed these unique notes away for safe keeping.