While doing our research and reading advertisements about wild camping tours to dream destinations like Mana Pools, my wife and I had a slightly negative mindset. Camping in the great unknown with a group of equally unknown people? Us? Never!
Despite our initial trepidation we signed up and truth be told, it was one of the best decisions we ever made. We are all different and often we do not even realise what other people have to put up with as a result of our peculiarities and requirements. Hence, we decided to join this tour with a mindset to be both accommodating and our natural selves, taking into consideration the overarching need for everyone to have the best time possible. Fortunately our chosen tour company, with hosts Simon and Des Steadman of Ultimate Adventures, was just perfect for our needs. Simon has the ability to put everyone at ease, no matter how diverse the people in the group are. And diverse we certainly were! The group consisted of South
