Nairobberry = Cape Town
Austin,
My advice is try and extend the duration, even if you have to postpone it for a year to add another 4 weeks, My wife and I have ridden down from Cairo (bikes are currently at Jungle Junction now) we originally had planned 3-4 mths to do Cairo to Cape Town, however we have spent a total of 8 months & still only 1/2 way. We are back in Nairobi on the 9th Aug. & will only arrive in Cape town for Xmas. You said it was a once in a lifetime trip so why hurry  ? I have met plenty of riders on the way down the difference from what I could see the ones that go fast are 100% bikers who use travel as an excuse to go for a ride, the others are travellers who take there time and experience more of the culture & environment & use the bike has the best way to do this. Both ways are 100% OK as we have all different passions, we just have to work out who we are and what we really want to get out of such a trip.
As for the planning you get all visa's at the border (it's shit easy) don't plan the rest, just head south ! Tracks4Africa will take care of you, & it's an adventure !
Cheers
Paul
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