After a long hard year away at university, the time had come for a family vacation. Egypt had been one of those places that my parents, my sister and I had often dreamed about visiting, so it was thus decided.

Last year, as an adventure before university, I joined the East African Explorer, an Acacia Overland safari from Johannesburg to Nairobi. I did not know quite what to expect, but over the course of this thrilling adventure I learned some important points for other prospective Overlanders.