London to South Africa November 2016

[Paulgeert]

Hi

I'm planning a trip through Africa stating mid November 2016 in my Land cruiser, the route isn't finalized yet. But I'm picking up my wife in Kenya mid Dec. So for the first month a friend is joining me.

We are planning a 4 month trip, one month to Kenya and then 3 months in the Southern part of Africa.

I want to know if there is others planning the same sort of trip?

[bolobolo]

Hi,

Which road do you intend to drive ?

One month from London to Nairobi seems very short:

From Egypt to Nairobi, T4A quotes 120 hours driving (plus time at borders, etc..) which would make three weeks at six hours driving per day (including sundays and bank holidays)..

Which means you would have one week from London to Egypt including crossing the Mediteranean..

Cheers..

Eric

[Paulgeert]

Hi Eric

The record i think from London to South Africa is 11 days. http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...funmeterno.gif

That isn't my intention. I know of 3 different groups that drove down from London to South Africa in 3 Months West and East coast. The idea is to get out of the more dangerous areas in the North and enjoy the Southern part of Africa.

A month at 6 hours a day will be tight.

Advise is always welcome and the reason for this thread.

[bolobolo]

Hi,

The record is actually 10 days and 3 hours via the west route..(a LR discovey DIII or IV back in 2013:

London to Capetown World Record

There was an attempt to break it from two young lads last month, unfortunately their car broke down and they had to stop in Windhoek...

Coming back to our business, 3 months is no big deal, but I think the road from Nairobi to CT is quite easy, it is tared all the way via Arusha, Dar; Mbeya, Lusaka, Livingstone, Kasane, etc.. and you do not have any hassle with borders on this leg.. (think it is better than via Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, both roads and cops are easier)..

T4A quotes 68 hours for this, which I find most credible (last year I was in Arusha together with a friend who drove back to CT within 5 days with an old Isuzu pickup)..

IMHO, Nairobi / CT is easily doable within one month to six weeks (six weeks would not even be 2 hours a day, let's say 3 to 4 hours including sightseeing, it is quite comfortable)..

Maybe you should then allow a little more time for your first leg..

Unfortunately I cannot team up with you, I will drive very solwly the other way round this year, my rig is currently in Livingstone..

Cheers..

Eric

[mario1981]

Hi guys,

I'm interested to join the club to Capetown in November on my motorbike... I will spent 4 weeks in Germany on my way thru and heading south to Greece to ship over to Israel and then into Egypt.

But I'm very flexible with the route and open to any as long as it ends in Capetown which way are you guys heading from London south?

[bolobolo]

Originally Posted by mario1981

Hi guys,

I'm interested to join the club to Capetown in November on my motorbike... I will spent 4 weeks in Germany on my way thru and heading south to Greece to ship over to Israel and then into Egypt.

But I'm very flexible with the route and open to any as long as it ends in Capetown which way are you guys heading from London south?

Hi,

If you drive through Israel, thyey will never let you in into Sudan..

Cheers..

Eric

[navalarchitect]

Folks, don't want to put a damper on people's planning but be aware that there are currently no ferries from Greece or Turkey to Egypt. Also currently the Egyptians willnot bikes or 4wd across the Sinai so entry via Israel to Egypt is a non starter. There is a long thread on the North Africa part of this site discussing this issue.

From my research (done because I'm currently in Ethiopia heading north back to Europe) your options appear to be:
(i) Bikes - air frieght into Cairo from which ever European city suits you - and then prepare to do battle with Egyptian customs to release your bike.
(ii) Bikes - air frieght to Khartoum (or Addis Ababa. or Nairobi) for a potentially easier time clearing customs.
(iii) Cars and bikes - sea freight into Alexandria with same Egyptian customs clearance challenge. I know Grimaldi lines have a weekly ro-ro service from UK and Italian ports - there are probably lots of other options as well.

Hope this helps. Good luck with the planning.

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[Paulgeert]

Ok

so it looks like the easiest way of getting my Land-cruiser into Egypt is to ship it from England to Alexandria @ £ 595 that don't include customs and so forward in Egypt. You can pay a fixer to sort this out from 2500 - 4500LE. So I'll be looking at getting a fixer to sort Egypt side out.

This is a good read:

Shipping Cars | 4-wheel-nomads