Have you ridden across Africa? Check in here!
 

I thought it would be useful to have a thread where riders who've done a trans-Africa trip (or who are currently on the road) can check in and/or post a link to their blog. This should be a useful resource for people who are planning trips of their own, and also useful for knowing who is currently on the road.

Please post your route, when you started and finished, as well as a link to your blog if you have one. Also, if you know of any blogs by people who've done the ride, please post those links. Cheers!

I'm half way through - left Joburg in April and went through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and now i'm sitting at Jungle Junction in Nairobi fixing up the car (old Toyota Hilux - i know, not a bike ;) ), waiting for Ethiopian visa and planning the Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan and Israel.

I'm posting video updates with b-roll from the road on Trekking Pole | Cape Town, South Africa to Deadhorse, Alaska and regular updates on https://www.facebook.com/trekkingpolecom .

I will be here for the next two weeks (wonderful broadband!) and happy to answer all questions people have on routes, conditions, parks etc.

I also want to go to Ethiopia through Maralal, Lake Turkana and Omo route but will be more comfortable doing it with another car alongside.

The word out here is that the conventional Nairobi to Moyale road is almost all tarmacked and simply... boring. On Turkana route you can see the lake, camel derby (!) and stand on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. Anyone interested?

Hi

I did Poland to Cape Town through West Route in mid 2013 alone on DR650SE without CDP. If you need any info let me know.

szym_m (at) o2.pl

Regards!
Szymon

I've been in Africa for the past year, mostly circling West Africa but currently in Central Africa heading to South Africa.

Entered Morocco August 2014, Mauritania, Senegal 8 months, Gambia, Mali x3, Burkina x3, Ghanam Togo, Benin, Nigeria (tough visa), Cameroon (currently). Going Rep of Congo, Democratic Congo, Zambia, ????

Honda CG125.
No carnet, no problems.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123867898@N07/albums

Hello Jordan,

I am leaving Spain heading South in ten days.

Looking for info about VISAS, only worried about the really difficult ones, have read horrible things about entering Angola.

Any tip from you with the countries you have passed so far?

Currently in West Africa
 

I'm in west Africa right now. In Togo. My blog address is at.

Congo-Zaire or Bust. Adv Riding across Africa.

My advice for anyone thinking about this route is get your DC visa at home as well as your Nigerian. I was very lucky and got my Nigerian visa but my travel partner has been denied now 3 times. We only have Benin to try if this does not work he has to send him poss port home.
Because the area has become a little unstable it the north of Nigeria they have clamped down to make it harder for people to cross.
DRC has also changed its rules in last 4 months and we might be sending passports home for visas. Even as an Australian with no embassy at home I've been denied 4 times. All said get visa in Europe.

Hope this info helps.

OK checked in: Adventure experience - motorcycle trip riding across Africa

Are you still at Jungle Junction. Been there a few times over the past 3 months. Now down on the Mombassa south coast. Driving a Landrover and been trekking around Kenya for some time now. Left Durban end Dec 2014 and also Hoping to travel further up North towards Egypt, Israel etc. recently returned from the Maralel Derby and Lake Turkana area... rough going if leaving from Maralal to Baragoi. Let me know if you're still around then can make contact for further discussion
Reg

Hi Jordan,I am Lallya(Alina) and whit my husband we plan to make an adventure around Africa starting in the middle of Oktomber from Sovakia.It will be a great help if you can give me some advice,tips,about what i need to take visa for Mali,Burkina.Benin,Nigeria and Cameroon and from where it is better.
Thanks and save ride.

Without cluttering up this thread with the endless visa questions, here are links to my posts regarding all the visas I have gotten so far (2015 info, not doing Angola).

DRC:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ummary-69303-2
Nigeria:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...problems-82526
The rest:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ep-congo-82686

Ok.Thank you very much.

done it twice . London/Madrid to CT. Honda XL600 (re-registered in Gambia ) and a DR650 ( Australian plates ) .

no CDP.

no major issues , except hangovers.

My partner and me are currently on the route in a Landrover td5. We started in Oct 2015 from Morocco, are currently in Cote d'Ivoire and plan to reach Egypt until Sept 2016.
You may check out our blog (overlanding info is in English and will be updated during the next days): www.afrikabisunten.wordpress.com

cheers

Currently on a route, West Coast, from Morocco to South Africa. Entered in August. Done so far Morocco - Mauritania - Senegal - Mali - Burkina Faso. I'm kinda slow because traveling without funds and look for job on my way, stuck in some places from time to time. For link to the blog - look down to signature. Always happy to meet travelers on my way.

My trip is underway as well, Ireland to CT. I'm in Bamako at the moment.

My website is motogains.com, although it'll be down for a few days (also check out YouTube: motogains).

Motolight and baobabia, maybe see you on the route!


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On the West Coast now :)
 

Hi, I'm a Kiwi riding Swiss -> Capetown currently in Dakar Senegal.

Will be posting border, visa info, photos and stuff here: https://www.facebook.com/wheelieadventurous

Cheers!

Ahoj Szymon. We are a couple from Slovakia travelling on West side Africa towards Cape Town. Curently we are on Maroco nere Mauritanian border. We heard about a tar road from Mauritania to Mali. Do you know enothing about this road? Thru which cities go this road?
And what is the point of entry in Mali? .....we have in plan to go this route: Mauritania-Mali-Burkina Faso-Benin-Nigeria-Cameroon-Gabon-Congo-DRC-Angola-Namibia-South Africa..... and back to Botswana-Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya-Ethiopia-Sudan-Egypt-crossing by Ferry to Turkey-Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary and Slovakia..... Any info can help....Thanks

We travelled South Africa to Europe via east coast last year.

On our website you can find overlander info, both gpx files and excel with information
(go to pics-section, links are there)

I did London to Cape Town (west coast) and back again (east coast) in 2012.


Morocco
Mauritania
Senegal
Gambia
Guinea
Mali
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
Benin
Nigeria
Cameroon
Gabon
Republic of Congo
DRC
Angola
Namibia
South Africa
Botswana
Zambia
Mozambique
Tanzania
Kenya
Ethiopia
Sudan
Egypt
Turkey

Fellow riders - any recent updates on visas? Specifically: Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, Algeria.

What is the easiest route for a US citizen from Kenya to Tunisia or Morocco? I need to get into Europe.

cheers

Heading north from Cape Town and currently in Rwanda. Ethiopian visa is still a problem, no recent reports of any of the African country embassies issuing them instead all say get it through your home country. I personally was refused at Pretoria and Harare in last couple of months so my passport is currently on its way back to Australia via DHL (it's going to be a very expensive visa by the time I get it back).

I'm still trying to work out how I'll finally get my bike to Europe. Frieght out of Egypt seems possible but very painful experience. Option of going Sudan - Saudi currently not available as Saudis are not issuing visa due to spat with Iran ( I know of somone currently stuck in Sudan because of this). Oh the joys of travel.

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Hi Navalarchitect

Hope you are enjoying the trip.

When are you expecting to hit Cairo? I am likely to want to fly/ship my bike back to Europe 1st week of Sept 2016. If that fits with your plans let me know and we can explore if there is a batch deal to be done!

I had a quote of £1295 to London.

Cheers
Andy

Hi Andy,

Definitely am enjoying the trip.

I have to do it a bit ahead of your planned date due to carnet running out (plus need to go back to work to earn some more travel funds). Looking like I'll ship out in April (anyhow else reading likely to be shipping at this time? )

Where did you get your quote from / do you have any contacts in Egypt.?

All the best

Martin

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Quote was from James Cargo Martin - drop me a pm with your email address and I'll send on my email exchanges with them if it would be helpful. They suggested i get in touch again 6 weeks before my 'shipping' date.

I don't have an Egypt contact hence using these guys to sort.

Cheers
Andy

I did the east route with two friends in 2014.

Starting from Frankfurt/Germany our course took us through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece to Istanbul/Turkey. After an air transfer to Sudan we crossed Ethiopia and Kenia all the way down to the border to Tanzania. We didn’t enter Tanzania yet but took a detour back north circling the Lake Victoria via Uganda and Rwanda. From Rwanda we continued south again through Tanzania to Malawi. From there we headed south west crossing Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia before we finally arrived in South Africa where we reached our final goal Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope.

You Can find a detailed route and infos on our blog.

Cheers Daniel

Please keep us posted on the ethiopia visa. I am currently in Livingstone, Zambia. I would love to find a way to get to europe by May/June, but it just seems unlikely with the visa situation.

I am interested in shipping the bike as well.

Voodoochile.se is the single most useful blog/resource I've found for doing a west coast Africa trip (and he's soon heading up the east coast). There are numerous practical sections for border crossings etc, as well as a blog. If you're traveling along the west coast, I would definitely check this out:

Voodoochile.se

I'll be in Uganda the next three weeks, then heading south. Unless I return to Kenya and then head south. ;-) I'm working on a film, Rallying for A Wild Life, that shows how motorcycles/bodas are used for wildlife/conservation in East Africa. It's star-studded including Ted Simon and the usual crowd of misfits. ;-) If anyone hears of a relevant project OR is volunteering at some animal kind of place LET ME KNOW! I don't get the bike for a few weeks but when I do.... :scooter::funmeterno:

NavalArchitect, you still heading north?

Yes I am. Currently just left Murchison Falls NP in Uganda and heading generally in Kampala direction before going into Kenya. Hope to cross to Ethiopia around about 20th Feb (assuming the Ethiopian embassy in Australia issue the visa in a next couple of days and then DHL get the passport safely back to me)

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Yes i did
 

Hi
we rode our motorcycles from Cape town in South African in Sept to Nov 2015, then Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, EIthiopia, Sudan, KSA and finally into UAE.
60 days, covered 13500Km
5 motorcyclests.

i wish i can do it again
Regards
Saleh
Dubai, UAE

My trip started in August 2015 from Italy to South Africa in stages.
First Stage, Agust 2015: from Italy to Togo
The second stage, April 2016: from Togo to Gabon.
Third stage, August 2016: from Gabon to South Africa
Fourth stage, March 2017: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Fifth stage, August 207: South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
Sixth stage, March 2018: South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania
Seventh stage, August 2018: Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya
Eighth stage, March 2019: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa


Countries: Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameorun, Gabon, Congo, D.R.C, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya

My blog: fbexpeditions.it

26,500 miles / 42,650 km.... 29 African countries, nearly a year of moto travel... love Africa! :cool4:

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Yup, Fall 2013 - Mid 2014, route in red (blue is the beginning of my Asia trip 2009)

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Done half of Africa and planning the other half now
 

I've done the southern half of Africa in 2013, the route was like this:

south africa -> lesotho -> south africa -> swaziland -> mozambique -> malawi -> tanzania -> kenya -> tanzania -> zambia -> zimbabwe -> botswana -> namibia -> south africa

Now I'm planning to do another trip in 2017, I'd like to go down from Dublin (Ireland) to Capetown along the West Coast in the first half of '17. I know this is still quite far off, and politics can change until then, but what would you guys think what's currently the safest path from Morocco down to Ivory Coast? So far I was thinking to go along the coast down to St Louis (Senegal), then East to Bamako (Mali), and then South to Ivory Coast. That way I'd be skipping Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia which seem rather high risk, and I could also avoid northern Mali which seems very high risk right now.

What do you guys think about that plan?

Africa
 

We came down the East side from Egypt to South Africabier & now in Namibia heading up the West side !!!:mchappy:

bier
Paul

yup two up on an africa twin, west cost 2009-2010. pretty much same route as far ride.!

West coast, on the road
 

We are on the road from Munich to CT,

Germany
France
Spain
Morocco
Mauretania
Senegal
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Cote D'ivoire
Heading on to Ghana

- Home

Anybody thinking about doing it: don't hesitate, go - it is great fun

I haven't but I start next week and I'm wondering which stove to take.
I favour a little burner that screws onto a butane bottle. Do they have these screw thread butane cans in Southern Africa. The bayonet sort are no good to me.

Transafrica 2014 with a reallybigtruck....
http://www.tenhoope.net/photos/images/transafrica.jpg

waypoints and campsite info on our website: Mischa en Daniele

Gbags,

The primus multi fuel is a great compact stove, it's kinda pricy but always works and will burn just about any fuel

Thanks Machinest.

We've driven from Belgium to South Africa along the East coast in a Toyota Landcruiser! (and are now in Australia)

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or follow us on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/waarisworteltje

Anyone in Morocco fancy a ride?
 

Hey people!
Am currently in Fez, about to head into the Atlas mountains. Anyone around this way and fancy joining up for a bit?
Email me, andoni10@hotmail.co.uk.

Andoni.