Summary The words 'Cairo to Cape Town' conjure up images of African expeditions from days of old. Even today there are a multitude of challenges that this vast continent can throw at you. Desert, river, & mountain crossings are inter-twined with stunning National Parks & some of the best adrenaline fuelled activities & playgrounds in the world. This is a trip that will linger in your memory long after completion  Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- 10: Cape Town To Lesotho
- Day 11
- 17: Lesotho To Eswatini
- Day 18
- 26: Eswatini, Kruger And Maputo
- Day 27
- 32: Maputo To Vilanculos
- Day 33
- 41: Vilanculos To Bulawayo
- Day 42
- 50: Bulawayo To The Okavango Delta And Caprivi Str...
- Day 51
- 58: Victoria Falls To Lilongwe
- Day 59
- 70: Lilongwe To Zanzibar
- Day 71
- 77: Dar Es Salaam To Arusha And The Serengeti
- Day 78
- 85: Arusha To Kigali Via Burundi
- Day 86
- 92: Kigali To Kampala, Gorilla Trek
- Day 93
- 100: Kampala To Nairobi Via The Masai Mara
- Day 101
- 103: Nairobi
- Day 104
- 114: Nairobi To Lake Turkana And Marsabit
- Day 115
- 123: Marsabit To Jinka And Addis Ababa
- Day 124
- 128: Addis Ababa To Harar
- Day 129
- 136: Harar To Somaliland
- Day 137
- 140: Djibouti
- Day 141
- 146: Djibouti To Addis Ababa
- Day 147
- Fly To Egypt
- Day 148
- Fly To Egypt
- Day 149
- 156: Cairo To Luxor
- Day 157
- 163: Luxor To The Red Sea And Cairo
Countries (14): Botswana, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Travel Cities (48): Abu Simbel, Addis Abeba, Addo Elephant National Park, Amboseli National Park, Arba Minch, Arusha, Aswan, Bulawayo, Bwindi Forest, Cairo, Cape Town, Chobe National Park, Chobe River, Dar Es Salaam, Djibouti, Gizeh, Harar, Hermanus, Hluhluwe, Hurghada, Jinja, Kabale, Kalahari Desert, Kampala, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Knysna, Kruger National Park, Lake Malawi, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, Lilongwe, Livingstone, Luxor, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Maputo, Matobo National Park, Maun, Nairobi, Ngorongoro Crater, Okavango Delta, Samburu County, Serengeti National Park, South Luangwa National Park, Victoria Falls, Xai-Xai, Zanzibar City Details The words 'Cairo to Cape Town' conjure up images of African expeditions from days of old. Even today there are a multitude of challenges that this vast continent can throw at you. Desert, river, & mountain crossings are inter-twined with stunning National Parks & some of the best adrenaline fuelled activities & playgrounds in the world. This northbound trip is one that will linger in your memory long after completion.
Please note that the accommodation on this trip is predominantly camping, though there may be opportunities to upgrade this locally where rooms are available. Please see the trip inclusions for an approximate percentage of camping and room nights.
Note: This is our new itinerary operating on this route starting from 2025. We now include Eswatini, the Caprivi strip in Namibia, more time in Mozambique, and time in Zambia, Burundi, Somaliland and Djibouti. As we are not currently able to drive through Sudan or parts of northern Ethiopia, our route now finishes in Addis Ababa and the group will then take a flight from there to Cairo (flight not included). The Egyptian section of the trip is then finished using local transport and hotels instead of the truck. We ran our 2023 and 2024 departures this way in Egypt and it worked well. |