London to Cairo Trans Africa 42 Weeks
Week 1-4: London to Gibraltar or direct to Morocco
Week 5: Mauritania
Week 6-8: Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast
Week 9-10: Ghana
Week 11-12: Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon
Week 13-14: Cameroon
Week 15-17: Gabon, Congo, Cabinda (Angola)
Week 18: Democratic Republic of Congo
Week 19-20: Angola
Week 21-22: Namibia
Week 23: South Africa, Cape Town
Week 24: Cape Town, break
Week 25-27: Cape Town South Africa, Lesotho, Estwatini
Week 28-29: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
Week 30-32: Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya
Week 33 Nairobi – break Mombasa
Week 34–35: Uganda Gorillas, Kenya
Kenya 36: Mt Kenya & Northern Kenya
Week 37-38: Ethiopia, Djibouti
Week 39: Sudan
Week 40-41: Egypt, Cairo
What’s also included with the London to Cairo Trans Africa Expedition?
From London to Cairo we’ll visit Casablanca, Marrakech, Todra Gorge Royal Cities of Meknes and Fez, Volubilis Roman ruins, High Atlas Mountains, Forests of Equatorial Africa, Niger River, Ghana slave coast, voodoo markets, Niger River, Etosha National Park, Cheetah Park, Cape Cross Seal Colony, Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon, Lake Malawi, Mikumi National Park, Lake Nakuru, Nile River in Uganda, Northern Frontier District in Kenya, Nile River in Sudan, Lake Nasser Ferry and of course… Cairo.
London to Cairo Highlights
This expedition from London to Cairo offers many highlights such as; Gibraltar, Riff Mountains, Sahara Desert, Niger River, West African Coast, the Sahel, River Nile, Mountain Gorillas, Mountains of Ethiopia, ancient monuments of Egypt.
The important bit
Our African expeditions to Cairo are different from our other expedition to Cairo and other holidays you may have taken – we go through areas where no tourists go, the roads can be bad, food can be limited to what we have stocked on the truck, campsites are few and basic, visas can be hard to get and communication to the outside world limited or unavailable at times. On this expedition from London to Cairo we guarantee; we’ll break down, that we will have to wait some where we don’t really want to be for visas spare parts or just for someone to open a closed road and we’ll have to dig the truck out of mud and sand. The trip might overrun so finish late; the route can change due to rains, closed roads visa issues, breakdowns and politics. It’s best not to book your return flights home until you finish the trip.
To join this African expedition from London to Cairo you need to be prepared to work as part of a team and to share with the others on the trip. Some of the things you’ll never forget are the satisfaction of getting a 16 ton truck unstuck, cooking over open fires after collecting the firewood, pitching a tent and getting it right even when it rains, going to sleep when its dark and waking at dawn and wanting to get out of your sleeping bag to start another day in which you have no idea of what will happen, washing in rivers, not washing and not caring that your dirty, living outside for months, seeing more than you have ever before, trying to learn French, Arabic or Swahili and having people understand what you say, finding out just how far places are away from where you started and how different places can be and how unaffected out of the way places are from the world we normally live in. Most people who do a London to Cairo expedition find it a lot of fun, though of course hard at times.
Included
- Transport in expedition truck
- Camping fees & equipment: tents, tables, chairs & cooking gear
- Two meals per day cooked as a group, on average
Excluded
- Flights, visas, transfers, personal insurance, drinks, meals out, tips
- Optional excursions/side trips
Side trips / Optional extras
| Trip/extra | Cost |
|---|---|
| Morocco – Fez tanneries $5, Marrakech tour of Medina $3, Volubilis Roman ruins $8 | USD $5 |
| Ghana – To see the "Home of Slavery" | USD $10 |
| Togo – Visit the "Fetish Market" | USD $2 |
| Benin – Home of Voodoo and museum, and slave gates | USD $2 |
| Benin – Tour of the voodoo temples and salt producers | USD $5 |
| South Africa – Wine Tasting $10, Canoe Gariep River $25 – Cape Town – Stellenbosch wine tour $90, Robben Island & Shark cage dive; before or after the tour $225 | USD $0 |
| Botswana – 45 min flight over Delta – 5 per plane | USD $110 |
| Botswana – Okavango delta, overnight 'mokoro' canoe trip | USD $150 |
| Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls $50, Helicopter over Falls $155/265, Abseil & Gorge Swing $140, Bungee $160, Walk with lions $140, Rhino walk $70, Rafting $160, Sunset Game Cruise $65 | USD $0 |
| Malawi – Kande Beach – Dives $80, Horse ride $70, village walk $5, boat hire $20 | USD $10 |
| Tanzania – Zanzibar – Taxi to best beaches $7, meals $5/2, Dive Mnemba Atoll 2 dives & lunch $80, Snorkeling Mnemba Atoll $30, Dolphin swim $40, Prison Island, boat, entry, snorkel $30 | USD $0 |
| Kenya – Lake Naivasha – Horse ride $25, Boat trip $60, Elsamere home of Joy Adamson $25, Hells Gate cycle thru the park $65 | USD $0 |
| Kenya – Nairobi day trip, before or after the trip. Baby elephants entry $65, Giraffes feeding $12 – 1/2 day's taxi $30. + Yaya Centre Masai Market and shops, full day $50 | USD $30 |
| Uganda Mountain Gorillas + permits must be bought before departure | USD $930 |
| Uganda – Jinja Bungy jumping $60, White water rafting on the White Nile | USD $160 |
| Egypt – Red Sea Coast – Diving $70, Boat cruise $20, Red Sea Monasteries $10 | USD $70 |
| Ethiopia – Bahir Dar – Tissisat Falls $20, Lake Tana monasteries $20, boat trip $40, Gondar Monastery & Fasilidas Castles $25, Lalibela Rock Churches $55, Historical route to Axum $200, Simien Mountain Trek $60 | USD $0 |
| Sudan – National Museum, Khartoum, Meroe Pyramids $20, Sail on the Nile $15 | USD $6 |
| Egypt – Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple $40, Abu Simbel $20, Tombs of the Nobles $5, Kitchener Island & Elephantine Island sail boat $5, Edfu Temple $10, Abu Simbel by air $170 | USD $0 |
| Egypt – Luxor – Balloon Flight Luxor $90, Karnak Temple $14, Luxor Temple $11, Luxor Museum $17 Karnak Sound & Light Show $15, Tutankhamen tomb $15, Valley of the Kings & Workers Tour, entry & guide $35 | USD $0 |
| Egypt – Cairo – 4 Star Nile Dinner Cruise $30, Cairo Tower $13, Pyramids at Giza pyramid entry $7-35, Giza Pyramids Sound & Light Show $35, Egyptian Museum $15, Mummy Room in Egyptian Museum $15, Solar Boat Museum at Giza Pyramids $10 | USD $10 |
| Egypt – Alexandria on the Mediterranean; day trip, lunch, entrances | USD $100 |
| Namibia – Cape Cross Seals $50, Fish River Canyon $10, Sesriem $10, Cheetah Farm $8, Horse riding $55, Sand boarding $55-$70, Swakopmund scenic flight $250, Brandberg White Lady walk $6 | USD $0 |
| Cameroun – Climbing Mount Cameroon – 3 Days | USD $150 |
| Ghana – Canopy Walk – Kakum National Park | USD $35 |
| Tanzania – Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater: two nights from | USD $920 |
Departure Dates
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