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London to Cairo Trans 41 Weeks

41 weeks from GBP £10,500 plus local payment US$5,000 (What’s this?)

ITINERARY

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 28-29: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
Week  30-32: Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya
Week 33 Nairobi - break Mombasa
Week 34–35: Uganda Gorillas, Kenya
Kenya 36: Mt Kenya & Northern Kenya
Week  37-38: Ethiopia
Week 39: Sudan
Week 40-41: Egypt, Cairo

HIGHLIGHTS
Morocco
– Fes, Meknes, Marrakech, Atlas Mountains, Todra Gorge. Mauritania, Desert Crossing, Ghana - Beaches, Ivory Coast, Slave Forts, Kakum Forest Reserve. Togo - Marche des Fetishes, Benin - Stilted village. Nigeria - Oshogbo & Sacred Grove. Cameroun - Mount Cameroon. Gabon - Primal Tropical Forests. Congo to Angola - Congo River crossing. Angola Christ the King statue. Namibia - Etosha National Park, Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park, Rock engravings, Skeleton Coast, Cape Cross seal colony, Swakopmund, Namib Naukluft National Park, Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon. South Africa - Canoeing Orange River, Stellenbosch wine tour, Cape Town, Garden Route, Stony Point Penguin Colony, Cape Agulhas, Cango Calcite Caves, Ostrich farm, Addo Elephant National Park. Lesotho - Drakensburg Mountains, Royal Natal National Park. Kingdom of Eswatini – Swaziland. Botswana - Chobe Park. Zambia or Zimbabwe  - Victoria Falls, Zambezi white water rafting. Malawi - Lake Malawi, Kande Beach. Tanzania - Mikumi National Park, Dar es Salaam & Zanzibar Island, Masai Villages, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Reserve. Kenya - Lake Nakuru Nat Park, Hell’s Gate, Rift Valley Lakes. Uganda Mountain Gorillas, Source of the Nile, White Water Rafting. Kenya - Northern Frontier District. Ethiopia - Simien Mountains, Lalibela, Lake Tana, Gondar. Sudan - Meeting of the Blue & White Nile, Meroe Pyramids, Omdurman. Egypt - Abu Simbel, Valley of Kings & Queens, Karnak Temple, Red Sea Coast, Pyramids of Giza, Cairo

Included

Transport in expedition truck
Two meals per day, on average, prepared by the group,

Excluded

Flights, visas, transfers, personal insurance, drinks, meals out, tips
Optional excursions/side trips
Flights (in case of flyover)

Side trips / Optional extras

Ethiopia - Bahir Dar - Tissisat [Blue Nile] Falls $20, Lake Tana churches $20, boat trip $40, Gondar Monastery & Fasilidas Castles $25, Lalibela Rock Churches $55, Simien Mountain walk $70 a day, Addis Ababa: National Museum $5 US$ 200
Sudan - National Museum, Khartoum US$ 6
Egypt - Alexandria on the Mediterranean day trip US$ 100
Egypt – Aswan - Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple entrance, guide & transport $40, Guided tour & Entrance to Abu Simbel $20, Tombs of the Nobles $5, Kitchener Island & Elephantine Island sail boat $5, Edfu Temple $10, Day Trip to Abu Simbel by air $170 US$ 170
Egypt – Luxor - Balloon Flight over the Nile & Luxor $90, Karnak Temple $14 Luxor Temple $11, Luxor Museum$17 Karnak Temple Sound & Light Show $15, Tomb of King Tutankhamen $15, Valley of the Kings & Workers Tour, entry & guide $35 US$ 20
Egypt – Cairo - 4 Star Nile Dinner Cruise $30, Cairo Tower $13, Pyramids at Giza pyramid entry $7-35, Giza Pyramids Sound & Light Show $35, Egyptian Museum $15, Mummy Room in Egyptian Museum $15, Solar Boat Museum at Giza Pyramids $10 US$ 10
Kenya - Nairobi day trip, pre or post trip. Baby elephants $65, Giraffes feeding $12 half day taxi $30. Yaya Centre Masai Market and shopping, Day's taxi $50 US$ 30
Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Horse Riding, Naivasha $25, Boat trip $60, Elsamere home of Joy Adamson $25, Hells Gate cycle thru the park $65 US$ 25
Malawi - Kande Beach - Scuba dive $80, Horse ride $70, village walk $5, boat hire $25 US$ 25
Morocco – Fez tanneries $5, Marrakech tour of Medina $3, Volubilis Roman ruins $8 US$ 5
Namibia - Cape Cross Seals half day $50, Fish River Canyon $10, Sesriem $10, Cheetah Farm $8, Swakopmund deep sea fishing $100, Horse riding $55, Sand boarding $55-$70, Swakopmund scenic flight $250, Brandberg White Lady walk $6 US$ 250
South Africa - Wine tasting $25, Canoe on the Orange River $25, Cape Town; before or after the tour - Stellenbosch wine tour $90, Robbin Island $25; Shark cage dive US$ 200
Tanzania - Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater: two night trip from US$ 800
Tanzania - Zanzibar - Taxi to best beaches $7, meals $5/20 US$ 30
Tanzania - Zanzibar Spice Tour - Stonetown, Slave Market, spice plantations, traditional lunch US$ 40
Tanzania - Zanzibar - Full day diving Mnemba Atoll 2 dives & lunch $80, Snorkeling Mnemba Atoll $30, Swim with dolphins $40, Prison Island - boat, entry & snorkeling $30 US$ 30
Togo - Visit the "Fetish Market" US$ 2
Uganda Mountain Gorillas plus local transfer $50. Gorillas trek fees must be paid for before departure US$ 900
Uganda - Jinja Bungy jumping $60, White water rafting on the White Nile US$ 160
Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls entry $50, Helicopter flight $155/265, Abseil & Gorge Swing $140, Bungee $160, Walk with lions $140, Rhino walk $70 , Rafting full day $160, Sunset Game Cruise $65 US$ 185
Benin - Tour voodoo temples & salt makers, Home of Voodoo and museum, slave gates US$ 10
Cameroon - Botanical Gardens US$ 3
Cameroun - Climbing Mount Cameroon - 3 Days US$ 150
Botswana - Chobe game drive US$ 70
Eswatini Sibebe rock climb US$ 10
JOHANNESBURG – Apartheid Museum -$7 Soweto Tour $40, Gold Reef City Tour $55 US$ 40
LESOTHO – Overnight Hikes with packhorses $70, Overnight Pony Treks $100, Pony Trekking – from US$25 Guided Walks – $5 US$ 70
Ghana - To see the "Home of Slavery" US$ 5
Tsitsikamma quad bike$55, Tree Top Canopy Walk $50, Tsitsikama National Park Entrance $16, Waterfall Zip Lining Tsitsikamma Forest $40 US$ 55
Visit Djibouti by train. While in Addis take the train Djibouti. A rail journey on the new train from the Ethiopian capital to the Djibouti and coast through the desert to the Red Sea US$ 120
Nairobi to Mombasa by train. While on the weeks break in Nairobi take the train to Mombasa and the Indian Ocean Coast 1st class for 5 hour day trip across the willd plains US$ 50
Visit Mozambique – from Eswatini take a side trip to Maputo in Mozambique and meet up with the trip again a few days later in Johannesburg US$ 125

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