Erika Bisbocci
Erika is an avid traveler and explorer of over ninety countries on six different continents. Since 2011, she has spent time studying Arabic in the Middle East, teaching English in Namibia and working as a flight attendant for a major US airline. When not traveling overseas, she loves exploring her own backyard in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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Traveling in Damaraland: Home of the Herero
Throughout history, humans have used the land to plant crops, chiseled it away at it to make homes and extracted its resources to fill their greatest desires. By using Earth’s resources to construct man-made realities, they have achieved great feats of engineering and controlled empires that expand the borders of many modern nations. It is these great feats and architectural masterpieces that have left many tourists awestruck and intrigued by the incredible craftsmanship and ingenuity of their forefathers. And it is sites like these that tourists flock to year after year…
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Etosha National Park Self-Drive Safari in Namibia
Etosha National Park reigns supreme as Namibia’s top safari destination. Covering a large and dusty floodplain in the country’s northern reaches, it is among the top wildlife-viewing destinations in Africa. The park is an enchanting place to visit. While its scenery may be stark and inhospitable, it comes to life with dazzling wildlife displays that are among the best on the planet. The sheer number of animals that wander the floodplains of Etosha is astounding. Along the park’s dusty roads, giraffes move gracefully through the trees, oryx stand regally before…
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Visiting a Himba Village from Opuwo
Of all the incredible places to visit in Namibia, the Kunene Region is among my favorite. The area is wild. It is remote. And it is seemingly untouched by the influences of the West. During my year-long stay in Namibia, I traveled to the country’s untouched northwest corner on two occasions. On my first trip to the area, I joined a group of friends on a memorable weekend getaway to Epupa Falls–an impressive patchwork of hundreds of small rivulets that cascade into the river separating Namibia from Angola. On my…
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Why We Are Here
We came to Namibia for adventure. We wanted to challenge ourselves, to stretch ourselves, to step out of our comfort zones. We came for the personal journey of self-discovery and we came in hope that this year abroad would help us uncover a bit more about ourselves and the path we would like to follow in life. Ultimately though, we came to Namibia to make an impact. Though my fellow volunteers and I have different backgrounds, we were drawn together by a similar purpose–the purpose of making a difference, however large…
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Mosi ao Tunya–The Smoke that Thunders
“Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight” ~David Livingstone upon catching a glimpse of Victoria Falls for the first time. *** After stopping at South Luangwa National Park on our way back across Zambia from Lake Malawi, my friends and I concluded our holiday travels with a visit to the most highly-anticipated destination on our three-week circuit and one of the continent’s greatest natural wonders–Victoria Falls. In all, I could not have asked for a better vacation. Nor could I have thought of a…
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Night Drive in South Luangwa National Park
After a few relaxing days in Malawi, we said a painful goodbye to the stunning lake and headed back westward, toward home. Perhaps it was because of the paradise we found at the lake, or perhaps it was because we knew that going back through Zambia only meant that our three-week adventure was coming to a close, but departing Malawi was difficult for all of us. And perhaps Malawi was sad to say goodbye to us too for, though we tried our best to travel from Cape Maclear to Chipata…
