Overlanding Africa

Since you're travelling such a long distance, I think you're biggest factor would be time. Whatever method of travel you're taking (Cycling or Vehicle, Dont know which you meant) should determine the amount of time. But yes it's possible.

Also, what do you want to do? Some people just want to see the sights, others want to totally immerse themselves in the local cultures by staying in one area for a bit before moving on.

Me personally, If I was planning on just the sights, I would take 9 months to a year since it's such a large area.

It all really depends on what youre expectations are I guess. Hope this Helps. 😊

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My suggestion would be to follow the Cape to Cairo route. I know you start from Tangiers, but it's a mess when you try to go south that way, consider that every border crossing is not exactly easy, and Congo is on your way. Cape to Cairo has only one itchy spot, the NE of Sudan, but it's getting better. Then it's all a great road through Eritrea, Uganda, Kenia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. It's higher in altitude, therefore fresher, public transport is dependable and I have met people using every possible transport there, with few hassle: on foot, bycicle, motorcycle, bus, a zebra painted trabant (old east germany car), and so on...
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Read the interesting blogs here of le_flow....

Yes, Le_flow has written some great blogs about travelling around Africa by bicycle. Here is a link to his profile page.
le_flow
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Hi
Tangiers down to CT via the west rout is doalble
you might bend a bit along the way as things change quickly in Africa.
And sometimes it makes sense to loop around an area where it rumbles.

just use the google function on "overland trips africa" and you will bump into loads of stories.

this forum gives accurate info and hosts loads of experienced africa travellers.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/sahara-travel-forum/

Dont let the scary stories turn you off, after all its adventure and adventure never goes the paved road

hakuna matata 😊

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I want to do this route! Morocco - SA along the Western seaboard of Africa would appeal to me so much more than the Eastern route.

Morocco - Mauritania - Mali - Burkina - Benin - Nigeria - Cameroon should be OK. Then Cameroon - Gabon - Congo - DRC - Angola would be extremely tough going, but keep looking into it, as roads in these countries are being built at a really fast rate. Once in Angola continuing to Namibia and SA should be fairly straightforward.

Google 'african surfer'. Those guys did it going the other way, and made an epic expedition out of it!

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Hi All,

My friend and I are planning to drive from London to Cape Town in early February 2010 (as early as possible). Early February is now set in stone as we are both leaving work for this trip. If you fancy some adventure then read on!

We are Mike and Christine. Mike has a 300 series Landrover Defender called Himba which has been built from scratch to a decent expedition spec. We are looking for 1-2 people to join us on this trip.

The trip should take around 6 months and take in:

Libya
Tunisia
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Uganda
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Botswana
Namibia and
South Africa

Mike is a 28 year old male from London. I'm Christine, a 26 year old female from Dublin. We have both had enough of city life and want to fulfil a life long ambition! Mike has been lucky to have travelled quite extensively through Europe, the US, Canada, Central America and Australasia. I've travelled in Oman, Malaysia, Mongolia, Japan, the US and various places in Europe. Mike also spent January in Africa on an overland trip (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia) which has helped with planning this trip. He is a qualified first aider and has a fair amount of expedition experience, which will hopefully come in useful!

We are looking for fun, well balanced individuals with a keen sense for adventure. Male or female, young or old makes no difference to us but previous travel experience would be very useful and we absolutely need to hear from you sooner rather than later as the final touches are now being put to this trip.

Every trip participant will be expected to contribute to the cost of the trip. We envisage this would be around £6,000 per person based on three coming, less if there are four of us for the 6 month trip. This will go purely towards the costs of the trip. We would also like to involve a charity in some way – either through sponsorship or actual hands on work out in Africa.

If you’d like to join us or just find out a bit more, please feel free to drop us a line on the following email address:

(Mike) or (me). Mike is the expert, however!

Look forward to hearing from you!

Mike & Christine ^_^

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