Trans Africa – London to Nairobi 33 Weeks
Week 1-4: London Gibraltar & 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 28-30: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
Week 31-33: Tanzania, Kenya
Week 33 Nairobi
From London to Nairobi we’ll visit Casablanca and 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, Etosha National Park, Cheetah Park, Cape Cross Seal Colony, Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon, Victoria Falls, Lake Malawi, Mikumi National Park, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater.
Our African expeditions are different from our other departures 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 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 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 Nairobi expedition find it a lot of fun though of course hard at times.
Included
- Transport in expedition truck
- Two meals per day cooked as a group, on average
- Camping fees & equipment: tents, tables, chairs & cooking gear
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 |
| Benin – Home of Voodoo and museum, and slave gates | USD $2 |
| Benin – Tour of the voodoo temples and salt producers | USD $5 |
| Togo – Visit the "Fetish Market" | USD $2 |
| Ghana – To see the "Home of Slavery" | USD $10 |
| 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 |
| 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 – 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 |
| Tanzania – Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater: two nights from | USD $920 |
| Climbing Mount Cameroon – 3 Days | USD $150 |
| Malawi – Kande Beach – Dives $80, Horse ride $70, village walk $5, boat hire $20 | USD $10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cameroun – Climbing Mount Cameroon – 3 Days | USD $150 |
| Ghana – Canopy Walk – Kakum National Park | USD $35 |
Departure Dates
View all the dates for this tour on the departure dates page.