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Discover stories of epic trips, magic places & remote wilderness.
all photos taken ; all text written ; all itineraries designed, routed and traveled:
exclusively by Laura Gargiulo & Marco Scrosati
Sacred volcanoes, heroic pilgrim fauna in paradisiac wind-swept oases, mythical villages.
In the majestic Altiplano of Atacama , the purest freedom that travel can express is found in dusty roads that climb up towards Andean peaks drawn by lines of infinite colors.
This is the place where the sky is truly blue and can be admired looking the stars in the eyes.
In the majestic Altiplano of Atacama , the purest freedom that travel can express is found in dusty roads that climb up towards Andean peaks drawn by lines of infinite colors.
This is the place where the sky is truly blue and can be admired looking the stars in the eyes.
Find out our histories about epic trips across the Altiplano and discover what each destination here guards of such the immense magical scenario:
- from Lauca to Hornocal via San Pedro de Atacama y: 2018 - km: 4708 - Volkswagen Amarok 4x4
- from Chilean Atacama to Argetine Puna through Paso de Jama & Paso Sico: y: 2014 - km: 4603 - Toyota Hilux 4x4
In Southern Africa go to watch the sun rise and set.
You will find that what you take for granted is the greatest magic you have ever witnessed.
There is no such thing as good, evil, justice and injustice, there is the storm of life and its romantic dance. There is a place in World where the World is still true as it is; elephants parades, prides of lions, solitary cats, herds of zebras, curious giraffes, magical lilliac brested roller and all the others live their life. Daily.
You will find that what you take for granted is the greatest magic you have ever witnessed.
There is no such thing as good, evil, justice and injustice, there is the storm of life and its romantic dance. There is a place in World where the World is still true as it is; elephants parades, prides of lions, solitary cats, herds of zebras, curious giraffes, magical lilliac brested roller and all the others live their life. Daily.
Find out our histories about epic safaris into the wild, discover what's behind a rocky sandy mountain in World's most ancient desert and what true-life event nature can gift you while you're gazing through the bush:
- from Drakensberg peaks to iSimangaliso wetlands, from Hluhluwe & iMofolozi, to Sabi Sand G.R. and ranging through Kruger N.P.
- from Namib Desert to Etosha N.P., climbing the Naukluft Mountains y: 2019 - km: 3119 - Ford Ranger 4x4
- from Namib Desert to Okawango Delta and far beyond in the wild of Botswana
- from Western Cape to Kalahari, via Namaqualand, crossing Orange River and Fish River Canyon
- exploring Namibia far and wide
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Every minute the nature shows its tough harsh side through wildlife theater and gift you unspoiled feelings of peaceful and powerful mood
You can get printed wildlife from the far beyond world:
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
- Kruger National Park & Sabi Sand Game Reserve
- Etosha National Park
- iSimangaliso National Park
- Okawango Delta & Moremi Game Reserve
- Chobe National Park
- Reserva Nacional los Flamengos
- Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa
- Monumento Natural Salar de Surire
Feeling home at great distances, the unconscious of actual freedom, the experience of deepest joy, the inexplicable sublime and the awareness of unpredictable. This is what we see when we look to a gravel dirty road.
You can get printed wonders from the far beyond world:
- Atacama y Puna
- Namaqua
- Damaraland
- Namib
- Kalahari
- Fish River Canyon
- Western Cape
- Drakensberg
- Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pans
Featured
Featured destinations & places of interests.
Here below with a periodical turn-over few brief spotlights
giving you the chance for gulp of wonderful places
Legend:
= top destination next to outstanding attractions ; = perfect location to stay to visit the area around ;
= premium destination for wildlife ; = wonderful wilderness landscape ; = excellent for hiking ;
= tour must be planned with accuracy & track need gps ; = 4x4 necessary ;
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Shorobe
Botswana - Okawango's delta
Shorobe is the very last village prior to enter into the Moremi Game Reserve.
It lyes 1 hour drive from the Moremi's south-west entrance and just 20 minutes drive from Maun. Arriving in Shorobe the Okawango's delta starts to embrace you and the feeling to be in a true natural kingdom, with different rules from western World, is actually there.
Moremi GR and Okawango's delta are the ultimate paradise for wildlife lovers. Safaris here are beyond the imagination, a pure loveliness flows around you and within you while you are hit by the raw power of nature... but don't forget, this is not a journey for rookies
Tolar Grande
Argentina - Los Andes - Puna
Tolar Grande is a former mining railway-yard village, located at the core of the Argentina's Puna into the Los Andes department.
It lies on the shore of the Salar de Arizaro, offering outstanding attractions such as the astonishing and mythological Cono de Arita, the stunning Ojos del Mar, the lonely El Deserto del Diablo y Las 7 Curvas.
Traversing the Puna to arrive here, via Salar de Antofalla, is the ultimate wilderness 4x4 experience!
Having been in Tolar Grande will gift you a stunning "out-of-World" feeling, experimenting the border between known and unknown lands.
Looking for a folk habit, but with proper dutifulness? Pachamama is a folk ritual practiced here as well, opening mind to sense of respect for nature and earth.
Sesriem
Namibia - Namib Desert
Sesriem is a settlement located between the Naukluft Mountains and the Namib desert.
It is the perfect access gate to Sossuslvei area of Namib-Naukluft National Park. Sossuslvei and the neighbor area, including Deadvlei, Hiddenvlei and the various fairy-tale pink-orange dunes, are worth the trip from whatever corner of the World you are coming from. Wildlife, as we experimented in late April, can be amazing, mostly about oryxes roaming freely.
Besides these super-star attractions, the Namib desert and Naukluft mountains mixing together offer off-beaten tracks, with incomparable scenarios, which cannot be missed. Last but probably a premium reason, the atmosphere of charming "out-of-time" colonial desert settlement, along with fantastic sundowners spent with a glass of wine close to a boma, admiring wildlife grazing placidly into the desert, are memorable.
Putre
Chile - Parque Nacional Lauca
Putre is a sort of gate for a world beyond.
It offers an outstanding bite of the Altiplano pureness and it is the perfect basis to explore the wonders of Parque Nacional Lauca. Here you can breath in full the genuine spirit of this magic land, having the chance to experiment fantastic hiking trails, off-beaten track drives, loneliness of colorful desert and mystic volcanoes, amazing fauna wondering around you.
All these, in comfortable standards (obviously you must have explorer attitude), but far away from heavy tourist route. Attractions such as Salar de Surire, Chungarà & Cotacotani, Suriplaza are memorable for an entire life.
Springbok
South Africa - Namaqualand N.P. & Goegap N.R.
Springbok is a dusty and lonely town approx six hundred kms north far from Cape Town.
Located into the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape region, it is a perfect basis to explore the western area of Namaqua, the land where the magic of the desert blossoming comes true every late August / beginning September.
Springbok itself is really nothing worthy, but it is adjoining to the marvelous Goegap Nature Reserve (10 minutes drive) and very close (45 minutes drive) to the Namaqualand National Park, which is a great floral color palette coming to life every early spring into the wilderness of Succulent Karoo.
Springbok is indeed a perfect location for everyone who loves hiking into amazing landscapes, aiming to bring home memorable memories and once in life panorama’s photos.
Not only this, if you are planning to cross the border with Namibia, fording the mythical Orange river, Springbok is a good stop-over, which gives you perfect starting point for your drive towards the wonderful and astonishing Fish River Canyon.
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