SI Its it urba WITNESS (Durban) 11 p. 2009, 11 May Monday, KwaZulu-NatalÒs modern-day David Livingston, Kingsley Holgate, filled his calabash at Durbans Royal Yacht Club on Friday in preparation for the departure of his latest expedition from the ICC today. The Boundless Southern Africa Expedition which will visit nine African countries, will take malaria nets, educational materials and sporting goods to under-privileged communities living in and around seven Transfrontier Parks. Pictured left: Kingsley Holgate took time off to sample some of the culinary delights of Morocco on his last expedition which circumnavigated Africa. Follow KinsleyÒs journey on our website:

11 where we will provide updates as they are received from the expedition.

The 9000km journey over three months, will link nineCountries countries, that will seven Transfrontier Conservation participate in the Areas, thirty National Parks and Nature Reserves andBoundless the communities Southern adjacent to theseAfrica conservation Expedition areas. Angola, , Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, , Zimbabwe

His past experiences notwithstanding,

Kingsley is upbeat as

always. ÓThe satisfaction of being

able to make a difference in the lives of people of this continent who have little or nothing, and for

whom the death of children in the

community from malaria, is a daily reality, makes our effort pale into insignificance,Ô says Holgate in his self-effacing way. Embracing the theme of ÓNature, Culture and CommunityÒ Kingsley

Holgate and his team are about to embark on another world first

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Defendersthe Indian Oceanwill maketo the Atlantic.up the convoy that heads for the firsi

overnight stop at Giants Castle. Kingsley who after count1es

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under no illusions as to th magnitude of the challenge thai awaits him and his team a they point their vehicles in th direction of our neighborin WITNESS (Durban) 11 p. 2009, 11 May Monday, countries. The expedition car expect to encounter physical climactic and political conditiom in its three month journey, thai would have given even Livingstor pause for thought. Conservation/Ai-/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier areas Park Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park that Kavangowill Zambezi be Transfrontiervisited Conservation Area Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Limpopo/Shashe Transfrontier Conservation Area Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation and Resource Area Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area WITNESS (Durban) 11 p. 2009, 11 May Monday, Kingsley_pictured at home, gets his feet before an earlier expedition.

Hope, they circumnavigated Africa by land, visiting thirty-three countries. The adventure that had the blessing of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop . Tutu, took 448 days and covered a staggering 65 000 kilomters.

by land yacht and an epic circumnavigation of the globe by land following the Tropic of Capricorn. In an expedition called ÓAfrican RainbowÔ his team sailed the East Coast of Africa by traditional Arab dhow distributing thousands of life saving mosquito nets to pregnant mothers and children under the age of five. Late last year, Holgate and his team returned from their biggest humanitarian expedition to date. Accompanied by the now obligatory calabash, filled this time at the Cape of Good

Holgate is undoubtedly one of BackgroundAfricaÒs most colourfulto Modern day Explorers. He is a fellow of the Royal KinGeographical Hohiate Society and Getaway Magazine calls him Óthe most travelled man in AfricaÔ, and regard him as their explorer in residence. He is author of a number of adventure books and is well known on the National Geographic Channel. His family adventures with wife Mashosi (Gill) and son Ross, many of which

are world firsts, have included a 1993 peace and goodwill journey in open boats from Cape Town to Cairo and Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile. He has travelled the Zambezi and

WITNESS (Durban) 11 p. 2009, 11 May Monday, Congo Rivers in the footsteps of early explorers Livingstone and Stanley; and survived unexploded landmines, crocodiles, bureaucrats and bandits. His journeys have included the Rovuma and Rufiji Rivers, a circumnavigation of , AfricaÒs largest lake, the Makgadikgadi pans No one covers Africa like Kingsley butwe come

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