Visa Information | London to Cape Town Trans Africa 23 Weeks
Visa and Passport
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after finishing the trip with one clear page for each country visited, plus 7 extra just in case pages. You’ll need to bring passport size photos and photocopies of your passport photo page. Start your trip with a larger size passport, if your country doesn’t issue a large passport get two passports.
London to Ghana – West Africa – 14 blank pages
London to Cape – Town Trans Africa – 30 blank pages
Trans Africa – London to Nairobi – 40 blank pages
London to Cairo – Trans Africa – 45 blank pages
Cape Town to Cairo & v/v – Nile Expedition -20 blank pages
Nairobi to Cairo & v/v -12 blank pages
Ghana to Cape Town – West Africa – 14 blank pages.
You will need you to get some visas before departure.
Visas cost and where to get them
Morocco – most nationalities don’t need one but SA must get it beforehand
Mauritania – on route US$135
Senegal – US$60
Sierra Leone – US$80
Guinea Bissau – on route US$40
Liberia – on route US$150
The Gambia – mostly visa free
Guinea – US$85/110
Cote d’Ivoire – US$65
Ghana – before departure
Togo – on route US$60
Benin – on route US$40
Nigeria – on route USA & UK US$180, Australia & NZ US$75
Cameroon – on route US$120
Gabon – on route US$100
Congo – on route US$125
DR Congo – on route US$250
Angola – on route US$150
Namibia – Australia, NZ, UK, Canada, most EU, & USA do not need one
Nile Expedition from SA
South Africa – Australia, NZ, Canada, EU, & USA do not need one.
Lesotho – Australia, NZ, Canada, EU, & USA do not need one.
Estwatini – Australia, NZ, Canada, EU, & USA do not need one.
Botswana – on route most free.
Zimbabwe- on route US$30 to US$75
Mozambique – on route US$72
Malawi – on route free
Tanzania – on route US$50 to US$100
Kenya – on route, on line US$30
Uganda – on route, US$50 to 100
Rwanda – on route, free to US$30
Burundi – on route
Nile Expedition from Kenya
Kenya – before departure US$30
Uganda – on route, US$50 to 100
Rwanda – on route, free to US$30
Ethiopia – on route US$50 to US$85
Djibouti – on route $23
Egypt – on route US$30
Visa prices often change