3 Days Off-roading in Remote Kenya // Overland series EP.37
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- We are self-driving from Mombasa to Nairobi, only taking dirt roads and avoiding National Parks. It is a hell of an adventure!
We want to drive off-road through the bush, taking small dirt roads and enjoying the wildness of Kenya. We don't have to wait long to see our first animals, and all this game drive outside National Parks!
After some beautiful wild camp in the bush in the middle of Kenya, we continue towards Mt Kilimanjaro. We get in contact with locals and head later towards Amboseli Lake/Amboseli National Park.
And here things turn difficult in many ways. Hope you enjoy this video as much as we enjoyed this journey through some of the most beautiful landscapes in Kenya.
Until then, enjoy the ride!
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We, Kai & Irati from Germany and Spain, are currently on a full-time Overland journey. We quit our jobs, our apartment and left Germany mid of March 2022. We traveled all the way from Germany to Kenya and had amazing experiences for the last months. Follow us in season 2 where we will be exploring the Middle East and Africa!
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Bluelandy is in her true environment, touring Africa.
Oh yeah! I was surprised how well it drives on those roads
So full of envy watching this. Seeing Kilimanjaro again reminded me so much of when I climbed to the summit.Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you Paul! Climbing Kilimanjaro must be really special I can't imagine!
What an amazing adventure you are on ,Thanks for bringing us along.
Anytime 😊
that drone capture at the end!! I won't spoil it for others by saying what it was, but that was so cool!!
Was a bit scary to be in control of the drone, i have to say
@@Thebluelandy I bet!
Und wieder einmal sehr, sehr schön!
Vielen Dank
Welcome to Kenya. Love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Thank you so much! Amazing country 😍
That was interesting - very true to Arica travel. Further south it will become more easy to travel but you lose some of that wild feeling. Although Namibia and Botswana will knock your socks off !! Enjoy, safe travels, I am right behind you 😋
Yeah, We really can’t wait to see those countries!
Lovely. I cover Kenya and Tanzania for work these days. Hoping to do a similar trip one day and see more of both countries.
What are you doing for work that you live in Dubai and get to go to these countries? Can not be bad.
Hope you can bring the land cruiser to Africa one day! 🤞
@@Thebluelandy I sell computer software and cover East Africa for the company I work for, so am often in Nairobi and Dar :)
Good video very down to earth, thanks for sharing from Steve near Chester England 🏴 where the Roman's once lived.
Thank you Steve
Great video. The country looks absolutely stunning.
Thanks Chris!
Yeah Kenia definitely has it’s beauty
I am a Toyota Landcruiser person but much respect to Landrover kudos.
Hey Jay, thank you I like that spirit!
Your trip is epic and your filming and commentary is excellent. It would have been good if you were willing to pay park fees, even for transit, as park fees are very important for funding the management of wildlife.
Yes, we know, but not only we think the prices are too high for self drivers, but also these parks have at the moment massive tourism. Where at times there are more safari cars than animals. We don't want to promote this kind of business. Kenya and Tanzania should reconsider their strategy, and maybe learn more from other southern Africa countries. Let me know your thoughts about this!!
@@Thebluelandy Yes, you have a point here. The camp fees are exorbitantly charged.
Super Cool. Viel Spaß noch! ✌️
Danke!! 😀
good ad for fargo
😂 they saved us a lot of km detour!
"ah, so lonley here in the middle of nowhere" - "oh, look, delivery guy" 😂
thank you, this is amazing..
It was incredible! Happy to share 😉✌️
What a great episode! Love to follow your journey!
It was one if our favorite off-road tracks in this trip. Amazing!🤗
Super !
Thanks 😊
Beyond brave, I was in Kenya for 7 months and know exactly how difficult it can be.
Thank for watching and commenting. This prat of the trip was really adventurous and some of our first impressions about Africa
What an adventurous drive! You showed me part of my country I probably will never go😅.
This part of Kenya is exceptionally beautiful! You should go! 🙌🙌🙌
Just Amazing you are a true inspiration
Thank you so much for your comment! ❤️❤️❤️
I love these travel adventures 🥰
Thank you so much. Happy that you are enjoying them 🤗🤩
wow what an amazing experience
To these day, this was one of our favorite routes we have done. It felt really like pure adventure!
One of your best episodes thanks
Wow thank you!
Beautiful
Thank you
It's Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The guys who ask you for money do not have proper food or shelter (basic needs) whilst for you guys those are guaranteed so you seek personal fulfilment. You cannot expect that money takes away from a genuine experience because this is reality. This is as genuine as it gets!
Hey! Thank you for your comment. But I have to disagree. The people that asked for money have their basic needs met. We met them personally, saw where they live and the type of life they have. Of course there are regions where this is not true. For example north of Uganda, the Karamoja, there is a food crisis. Generalizing about this, doesn't help those in real need.
The people we talk about in this video, many of those are used to see tourists that come with lots of money to spend in Safaris, we are talking thousands of dollars. And that find it good to hand out money to the kids they see on the side of the road as they go from National Park to National Park. No information about their livelihoods, just easy to give and feel better about themselves!
I believe if you want to give, get informed about what is being done in those communities, how you can help personally and stay away from savior like mindset.
I think it's ok to disagree and you do you, but for us, after seeing how charity works in many parts of Africa, we believe a change of mindset is needed.
Africa doesn't need saving! Africa doesn't need exploiting!
The problem with being a tourist is that you don’t take time to study the different cultures you will encounter. In many African cultures you leave a gift when you visit a home and they will also give you a gift to go away with. Most people from the west are quick to give money so that has changed the people and they now think it is a right. In the past many foreigners have also taken advantage of the locals to make money using photographs and videos like the one you are making.
Hi Emmanuel! You are so right! I think we don't stay long enough in a region to deeply understand this. We stayed in other countries longer and it was easier, for example in Iran is also normal to bring a gift or food when invited home, and so we did as we were able to spend time with Iranians. In this part of Kenya we spent some days only and we did not have anything with us to bring as gift to the family. We were able to talk to the women of the family , talk about our differences, the values in both cultures and present the way we travel. We took care that they wouldn't feel we were trespassing their privacy, and that's why you don't see any footage of their private house (even if they showed us). We will keep on learning and taking care as we move forward. Thank you for your comment :)
@Thebluelandy Awesome adventure. I like the way you two are daring. Very entertaining.
What a beautiful country to adventure in. Greetings from Australia.
Hey, thank you for watching! Yeah Kenia is definitely worth visiting! But it is one of the most expensive countries in Africa.
Well my fellow Kenyans that's very bad manners asking money from visitors.... very bad. Apologies on their behalf.
It's ok! A lot of people need to ask as they cannot live from their cattle alone. One just needs to get used to it while in East Africa.
Got a new follower🎉I love expeditions and traveling.
Thank you so much Gerald for subscribing! welcome to the crew 🎉
Your opening sequences indicate an artistic streak in the maker/s.....which is superior to other similar channels (on par with another Landrover (blue) trip top down to the Cape....but too short...they may have made it once the got home?.)
Once you reach Kruger Park further north,keep your eye out for the Insel Affen species often red in colouration...a rare species of primate.
Hi Bert, can you help me understand you message fully? I don't know about what channel you are talking about, sounds like ours 🙃 we are sadly not making it past JBay in South Africa. Time was limited before shipping to South America!
very cool video. nice trip!
Thank you so much! It has been incredible so far 😎
I wish as a Kenyan that the road you used would be mapped. That looks like an amazing true overland route. Also do you guys document on polarsteps too>?
Hey, only a small part ist not mapped, and it was the part that got swallow by the lake.
We record our tracks but we did not publish them yet on polarsteps or similar…
Is it possible to share the route you took
Amazing video...I am not sure why you are not getting 1M views on this lol. Please keep them coming and oh, of course I subscribed from Los Angeles!!
Thank you so much! And thanks for subscribing! You’re really welcome to help us to promote this Chanel in your community, it would mean a lot to us
I find it a bit strange that one travels through Kenya and makes a detour to avoid Tsavo and Amboseli ... But I love your adventures, especially those in South America.
I can understand that for others is all about going to Safaris. For us traveling in Africa it's more than that. Also parks in Kenya are very expensive, and we preferred to save our bucks for Southern Africa where the parks are not so crazy expensive! In any case this route in Kenya was one of our highlights of our time in Africa. ❤️
Just don't give them money. Finish and klaar. I am a mercedes g wagon overlander not bad for the Defender.
We never gave any money. We don't support handing out money, without any background information at all.
From ZIKHOMO, AFRICA 🌍 CHABWINO 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇦🇫🇿🇼🇮🇱🇮🇳👍
my people. its sima here from BOTSWANA
Hey! Thanks for watching commenting!
Did I see a first smile on Kai's face 🤣
Kai really likes to joke around with friends and family, but like good German, he does look to serious when meeting him first time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 In CZcams maybe is difficult to show it all, haha. Thank you for your comment 😉🤗
i like landrover
We love it as well :)
Money is sweet if asked by any European (which they do quite frequently) but bad if any African asks the same. {Long back in Paris I asked a gentleman the direction for Notre Dame Church and he demanded service fees}
I believe that once one asks for a service and gets the help, the person is entitled to ask for money. Everything else is either charity or donation. Here in your example you are talking about two different scenarios. We never asked for help in Kenya, but still we got asked for money. This is not something we only experienced in Kenya , but all over the world, including Europe! We are not against donations. I believe there are instances where this is necessary, but it needs to be done purposely (emergency example)and knowing the long-term impact by being actively involved in the project. All this I am saying applies to any continent!
@@Thebluelandy I agree with that. But I have seen more beggars in London, New York and even in Spain too harassing passersby public and sometimes drivers at red signals.. Your vlog is good. No doubt.
I love you're videos, very inspiring, but as a kenyan would differ with you abit.Most of those kids beg because it's the foreigners who used to give money and handouts to these kids.Especially while growing up i used to see foreigners giving money and food to street kids.foreigners would also make videos of such villages and request for funding to help alleviate challenges, for example drilling boreholes and so on.Again in african culture i find it weird that most people don't respect our culture. Them allowing you to camp there was a good gesture that they had good motives.So don't get emotional. Then you have the option of not giving. Just understand it's because such areas have a lot of NGO activities going on.but i like your content. Raw.
You are so right!! It is sad to see how westerners and western society has impacted many African countries, from foreigners giving handouts during their holidays( because is "easy') to funding NGOs as the unique solution for problems we, westerners, don't understand(at least in the long term). In all these months in the continent we have not given anyone money to kids or people on the street. Even gifts, cloths and so on. We don't. We don't want to perpetuate the idea, the white people, the foreigners,are coming here to give money. How we got around it? With patience and nice words. Several times it got a bit tense(in the Karamoja, Uganda). But then we shared our breakfast with them, but this is not different as we would do with anyone that stop to have a conversation. We read a line that stuck with us, and we stand by it: Africa doesn't need aid, Africa needs trade. Sad that many governments in Africa, Europe, America and now Asia are more interested in just taking,rather than trading.😵
Epic but why is he silent 😅
What do you mean? 🙋♀️
@@Thebluelandy most of the journey our guy is silent
Or maybe his struggling with steering wheel 🤔
@@hailesonstarborn3214 you mean he should be talking to the camera? Or you expect somebody to be talking nonstop for 60.000km ? 😂😂😂😂
@@Thebluelandy Anyway much love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Just follow the tarmac, and you'll be good if you're not willing to pay for the favours you're asking for.
I don't understand your comment, can you explain us what do you mean exactly 🙌
Look us up whwn you reach Swakopmund in NAMIBIA,
We were already in Swakopmund! 😭Our CZcams channel is delayed quite a bit!
@@Thebluelandy Damn, are you STILL in Swakop? If so, pop in at Bushwhackers and ask for me please.
@@user-eh2ti1kp8x we are not in Swakopmund anymore 😱😵 this is the disadvantage of creating so much time gap on our videos! Damn it would have been good to meet!
@@Thebluelandy Understand fully. Safe travels onwards. It would have been nice to have a Tafel together and talk overlanding. I have 3 defenders and one d2, so we have that in common at least. In August we are heading out to the GKGR, Kasane and via the Caprivi back home. If your heart yearns back to Botswana and Namibia, we can hook up there. 😃
How did u manage with fuel,lubes and basic maintenance
Hi! So far we had no problem to get diesel. The most complicated being Malawi, where they experience shortages sometimes. In Kenya we had 0 problems. We tank normally in bigger towns (big brands) and then we have enough for about 1000km (we have an extra fuel tank). Regarding the maintenance we do engine oil change every 10.000 km and we do it in workshops so we can dispose the oil in a safe place. Other maintenance tasks, we do them ourselves on the road. Let us know if we answered your question!
Do you think we don't fuel and lube and maintain our vehicles in Kenya?
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PLEASE IMPROVE THE SOUND QUALITY.....at the moment it is generally awful.
Thank you Bert for the feedback! In some videos is worse than others. Sometimes it's not possible to improve due to environment noise 😅 including the very loud Defender
Don't go to poverty ridden places, if you don't want to encounter people that are gonna ask for money to feed their families????? Wtf. Travel the desserts France then? That comment and the WAY it was sad was unnecessary. Wtf. The WAY that comment was said was unnecessary.
Thank you for commenting ,but I have to disagree with you. Africa doesn't need people helping, Africa needs people leaving them alone and not stealing from them. Africa needs trade! Not tourist giving money! Yes, the comment was clearly needed...
Kenya and not kenia
Yes! In German one writes it this way: Kenia. So u guess that's why you saw it
Very good. I just wonder what you two adventures folks are going to do the day you stop all this lovely adventures and the old blue Landy is parked in a garage somewhere ?
You’re not alone with those thoughts they hunt us as well every once in a while. I guess we will need to find a way how to fill the bank accounts again. Want that will be? We have no clue 🤷♂️
Do you have any suggestions?
I would say sponsors , but then where do one get sponsors now a days ? Look I grew up and lived in the african wild life and your videos are the most realistic and best on the web. I will remember you if i fall over any sponsors to help you guys.
Land Rover should sponsor you guys by now most of the world know the BlueLandy
Sponsors would be great, but I would choose them very carefully. There is nothing worse then selling people sh** they don’t need. And I believe we’re already exposed to enough advertisements, therefore i don’t want to start with: “this video is sponsored by… “