“For the traveller who is a true lover of wildlife, where can she be found in such a variety as in Africa, where is she so mysterious, fantastic and savage, where are her charms so strong… her moods so strange… “ like the Victorian Explorer Henry Morton Stanley, my soul too has been claimed by Mama Africa.

Kingsley`s adventures, many of which are world firsts, include his son Ross and wife Gill. Other expeditions have included a number of journeys in the footsteps of the early explorers in which the Holgate family has survived countless attacks of Malaria, the threat of bandits, wild animals and the danger of unexploded landmines.

· In an expedition called Afrika Odyssey they crossed the continent from Cape   Town to Cairo, Alexandria and the mouth of The Nile in open boats following the   rivers and lakes of Africa.

· They survived the Zambezi and Congo Rivers in the footsteps of Livingstone and   Stanley.

· Following in the footsteps of early explorer Count Teleki they completed a       circumnavigation of the world’s largest desert lake - Lake Turkana (in Northern   Kenya).

· With their back sides just 6 inches off the ground, overtaking springbuck and   ostrich, they were the first people to circumnavigate the Makgadigadi Salt Pans         in central Botswana - using land yachts.

        · Called ‘Extreme Latitude’ and travelling on foot, by bicycle, bullock cart           and Land Rover, Kingsley Holgate and his adventurous family have           circumnavigated the world by land following the Tropic of Capricorn.

     · In an expedition called “Livingston’s Last Journey” The Holgates paid tribute        to Chuma and Susi the 2 black unsung heroes of African exploration who        carried Dr Livingstone’s sun dried corpse all the way from Lake Bangwelu in        Northern Zambia to Bagamoyo opposite Zanzibar.

 · Using a copy of Dr David Livingstone's personal field notebook, the Rio Ruvumo    Lake of Stars expedition followed Livingstone’s 1862 journey up the Rovuma    (that wild and somewhat unexplored river that separates Northern
   Mozambique from Southern Tanzania) and onto Lake

   Malawi, Lake of Stars.

  · Using an open boat, which like H M Stanley`s was called     the Lady Alice, the Holgate Team undertook a journey to     circumnavigate Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria.

     · As a tribute to Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous,        the Rufiji Expedition tracked the river from its head        waters on the Kilombero through the Selous Game         Reserve onto the giant Rufiji Delta to end at Mafia         Island.

 · In an expedition called “African Rainbow” – Travelling by Land Rover convoy and a 35 tonne Arab sailing dhow called “The Spirit of Adventure” the expedition travelled from Durban to the Somali border and back, distributing tens of thousands of mosquito nets to pregnant mothers and children under the age of five in a campaign called “One Net One Life”.

· More recently “The Outside Edge”, a 448 day 33 country geographic and humanitarian expedition has been hailed as the most successful expedition ever undertaken in support of Malaria Prevention – it included a Right to Sight and Teaching on the Edge Programmes. www.outsideedge.co.za

“I feel blessed to be born under African skies and with my family and team of fellow adventurers to be privileged to live the life of a modern day adventurers and with your support to be able to continue to use these adventures to improve and save lives.

Good luck and thanks for all the support.

Life is a great Adventure.

Siyabonga, Asante Sana.”

You too can be a part of these adventures in saving and improving lives by supporting the Kingsley Holgate Foundation. Please click on Kingsley Holgate Foundation Page for more information.

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