Hi!
Like you my friend I adore being in nature. So much so I choose to live deeply amongst it. My closest neighbors are owls and if I sit in an apartment I find I always sit by a window and can't wait to get outside again!
But I feel blessed although I've traveled a bit I've been lucky enough to spend a few months in southern Africa. And canoeing for four days down the mighty Zambezi river was the best experience of my life so far!
Canoeing on the Zambezi seems like a great time, well done and hopefully you can arrange another adventure soon.