Route
Overview
There are many roads that lead to Rome. The same is true for an overland trip to Cape Town, South Africa. We start our trip from Haarlem, The Netherlands and hope to reach Cape Town many months later.Initially, we wanted to take the Western Route down because we have not been to western African countries before. The difficulties for obtaining a visa for Angola and the unstable climate in Democratic Republic of Congo stopped us from taking this route as we would get stuck in Gabon. Further North the current situation in Nigeria, Chad and Central African Republic is also not recommended. Our option is to go the Eastern route via Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and then South.
Planned route
We drive through the following 26 countries:The Netherlands, Belgium, France (to visit family), Italy (visit friends), Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya (visit friends), Tanzania (visit friends), Rwanda (visit friends), Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.
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Overlanders
Africa Overland Network
Vehicle choice 2011
Toyota drivers:
60 Series
Voor altijd Afrika (dutch)
76 Series
African Footprint
75/78 Series
Geocruiser (dutch)
Go2Africa (dutch)
Radio Baobab
Slippers op reis (dutch)
Toyota adventure
80 Series
2Capes2Kids
Africa on Wheels
Border-Crossings
Diesel & Dust
Picture Africa
PanMundo
SawubonAfrica
Traveling with Genghis
100+ Series
2Globetrotters (dutch)
Exploring The World (dutch)
Landrover drivers:
2Xperience
Dutch Courage
In and Out of Africa
In search of Africa
Langebaan Sunset
One Way South
Sandlover
This Fab Trek
Truck:
Afri-kasa-fari (dutch)
OverAfrica
Stephan Stewart
Other:
Africa-Overland
Offroad-Reisen
Take on Africa
Vehicle choice 2011
Toyota drivers:
60 Series
Voor altijd Afrika (dutch)
76 Series
African Footprint
75/78 Series
Geocruiser (dutch)
Go2Africa (dutch)
Radio Baobab
Slippers op reis (dutch)
Toyota adventure
80 Series
2Capes2Kids
Africa on Wheels
Border-Crossings
Diesel & Dust
Picture Africa
PanMundo
SawubonAfrica
Traveling with Genghis
100+ Series
2Globetrotters (dutch)
Exploring The World (dutch)
Landrover drivers:
2Xperience
Dutch Courage
In and Out of Africa
In search of Africa
Langebaan Sunset
One Way South
Sandlover
This Fab Trek
Truck:
Afri-kasa-fari (dutch)
OverAfrica
Stephan Stewart
Other:
Africa-Overland
Offroad-Reisen
Take on Africa
Offroad
4x4 Community Forum
4x4 Off Road
4xForum
Abenteuer & Allrad (german)
Accessoires-4x4 (French)
Buschtaxi (german)
Expedition Unlimited (Dutch)
Footloose 4x4
Horizons Unlimited
Journal du 4x4 (French / English)
Overlanders club Belgium
Overland Forum
Sahara Overland
Toyota Club NL (Dutch)
4x4 Off Road
4xForum
Abenteuer & Allrad (german)
Accessoires-4x4 (French)
Buschtaxi (german)
Expedition Unlimited (Dutch)
Footloose 4x4
Horizons Unlimited
Journal du 4x4 (French / English)
Overlanders club Belgium
Overland Forum
Sahara Overland
Toyota Club NL (Dutch)
News
General Information
NGOs
Country info
The Netherlands

Capital: Amsterdam
Language: Dutch
Population: 16,715,999
Area: 41,543 km2
Currency: Euro
Belgium

Capital: Brussels
Language: Dutch / French / German
Population: 10,414,336
Area: 30,528km2
Currency: Euro
France

Capital: Paris
Language: French
Population: 64,473,140
Area: 674,843 km2
Currency: Euro
Italy

Capital: Rome
Language: Italian
Population: 58,126,212
Area: 301,340 km2
Currency: Euro
Slovenia

Capital: Ljubljana
Language: Slovenian
Population: 2,005,692
Area: 20,273 km2
Currency: Euro
Croatia

Capital: Zagreb
Language: Croatian
Population: 4,489,409
Area: 56,594 km2
Currency: Kuna (HRK)
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Capital: Sarajevo
Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Population: 4,613,414
Area: 51,197 km2
Currency: Konvertibilna markas (BAM)
Serbia

Capital: Belgrade
Language: Serbian
Population: 7,379,339
Area: 77,474 km2
Currency: Serbian dinars (RSD)
Bulgaria

Capital: Sofia
Language: Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%
Population: 7,204,687
Area: 110,879 km2
Currency: Leva (BGN)
Turkey

Capital: Ankara
Language: Turkish
Population: 76,805,524
Area: 783,562 km2
Currency: Turkish liras (TRY)
Syria

Capital: Damascus
Language: Arabic
Population: 21,762,978
Area: 185,180 km2
Currency: Syrian pounds (SYP)
Jordan

Capital: Amman
Language: Arabic
Population: 6,269,285
Area: 89,342 km2
Currency: Jordanian dinars (JOD)
Egypt

Capital: Cairo
Language: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood
Population: 83,082,869
Area: 1,001,450 km2
Currency: Egyptian pounds (EGP)
Sudan

Capital: Khartoum
Language: Arabic / English
Population: 41,087,825
Area: 2,505,813 km2
Currency: Sudanese pounds (SDG)
Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa
Language: Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English
Population: 85,237,338
Area: 1,104,300 km2
Currency: birr (ETB)
Kenya

Capital: Nairobi
Language: English / Kiswahili
Population: 39,002,772
Area: 580,367 km2
Currency: Kenyan shillings (KES)
Tanzania

Capital: Dar es Salaam
Language: Kiswahili or Swahili / English
Population: 41,048,532
Area: 947,300 km2
Currency: Tanzanian shillings (TZS)
Rwanda

Capital: Kigali
Language: Kinyarwanda / Bantu / French / English
Population: 10,473,282
Area: 26,338 km2
Currency: Rwandan francs (RWF)
Mozambique

Capital: Maputo
Language: Emakhuwa / Xichangana / Portuguese
Population: 21,669,278
Area: 799,380
Currency: meticais (MZM)
Malawi

Capital: Lilongwe
Language: Chichewa
Population: 14,268,711
Area: 118,484 km2
Currency: Malawian kwachas (MWK)
Zambia

Capital: Lusaka
Language: Bemba / Nyanja / Tonga / Lozi
Population: 11,862,740
Area: 752,618 km2
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
Botswana

Capital: Gaborone
Language: Setswana / Kalanga / Sekgalagadi / English
Population: 1,990,876
Area: 581,730 km2
Currency: pulas (BWP)
Nambia

Capital: Windhoek
Language: English
Population: 2,031,000
Area: 825,418 km2
Currency: Namibian Dollar (NAD)
South Africa

Capital: Pretoria (Administrative Capital), Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
Language: English
Population: 47,000,000
Area: 1,221,037 km2
Currency: South African Rand (ZAR)
Lesotho

Capital: Maseru
Language: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
Population: 2,130,819
Area: 30,355 km2
Currency: Maloti (LSL)
Swaziland

Capital: Mbabana
Language: English
Population: 1,337,186
Area: 17,364 km2
Currency: Emalangeni
