The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming, the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help you, annoying when they want to help you ged rid of all cash in your wallet or rude when they don't care for your existence.Frequent interaction with the wild animals is what made it worthwhile though.
>>2860084Most trails between villages looked like this.I only travel with an IPhone SE camera so I don't really have good photos
The small villages outside the cities are literally straw mudhuts with plastic everywhere
The towns are worse however as they are covered in even more trash than the villages and have open fish/meat markets that are absolutely disgusting temples to belzebub's flies deity existence. Because the open sewage system has completely stopped functioning it now just collects black water that looks like death, plastic and food scraps that fosters millions of bugs (cats and dogs do still drink from this). So in front of every house there is a ditch of black water with every disease imaginable flowing from it.
>>2860084All vehicles in the country are aid gifts from France/Germany and are sedans from the 80s or these vans that have been stripped to fit as many people as possible inside and are used as public transport/taxis.I saw one of these vans swerve to avoid a goat, keel over because it was overladen on the top with 2-3 meters of baggage and all ~20 people inside get creamed in the subsequent 50 meter slide and die.
There are many abandoned sites in the country from work camps to hotels in national parks that make for a cool experience, but also hints at tourism and foreign investment not being in its golden age anymore.The pictured hotel had around 30 rooms, huge dining hall, a dock by the river, swimming pool and what looked like volley ball and tennis courts; now all abandoned with green monkeys, snakes and insects running around.
Getting to the rivers is not that easy because of the huge changes during the tides...
you need to go far inland to get closer to the riverbanks (and probably better during dry season).
And its definitely where you see the most animals.
I don't know if others who have tried Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa were able to hike and use local transportation and get to see the wildlife that I've been told is better than is West Africa. But if that's possible, and you don't need thousands of dollars for your trip I'd recommend trying that first before trying West Africa trekking wildlife. People here got sick all the time from the food they ate its unsettling.
>>2860096little monkey fella!
>>2860084Everyday I need to count my blessing of not being born in Africa or India.Thank you for reminding me, OO.
>>2860084An absolute miracle, for once OP was not a tremendous faggot. Cool thread bro.
>>2860098South African here. Public transport is dodgey so hire a car, or just Uber. SA has mediteranean, sub tropical, grasslands, desert and mountain areas so quite a few options to choose from. Alltrails app can show you some popular options. Try to look like a local. If you sound foreign, just tell locals youve been staying here for 15 years so they leave you alone. There are organized hiking clubs.
>>2860133Some options :https://www.getaway.co.za/things-to-do/hiking-activities/hiking-bucketlist-south-africa/
