Extra places on Cape Town to Cairo Expedition
Monday, 9 February 2009 12:00 AM
See the sites of Africa
Oasis Overland has made extra places available on the Cape Town to Cairo Expedition, starting April 21st.
Due to popular demand, an additional truck will now be running the route. The two trucks will journey separately so participants can avoid travelling in a large group.
A classic overland route, the journey takes 16 weeks, travelling across deserts and scrub, along mighty rivers, lakes and mountains and to some of Africa's famous game parks, landmarks and natural sites.
Leaving the city of Cape Town, the trip travels up the west coast of South Africa and Namibia's Skeleton Coast before heading east to Botswana's Okavango Delta, the Great Zimbabwe ruins, Lake Malawi and Zanzibar Island. From Nairobi in Kenya a diversion is taken through Uganda's highlands for a chance to see the rare Mountain Gorillas before returning to Kenya and continuing north through Ethiopia and Sudan.
The final leg of the journey is across Lake Nasser and the Sahara Desert to Egypt's ancient monuments, culminating at the Great Pyramids of Giza.
There are plenty of adventurous or more sedate activities to do en route. Travellers could find themselves walking with lion cubs, sand boarding down Africa's highest dunes, white water rafting the Zambezi or watching wildebeest in the Serengeti.
Travel is by expedition truck which is custom built in the UK at Oasis Overland headquarters. Two Oasis crew, a driver and a tour leader accompany the trip and everyone in the group takes part in day to day tasks such as shopping in local markets, cooking over the campfire or collecting firewood.
Accommodation is camping with sites ranging from well managed with hot showers and a bar, to free camping in the bush with warm beer and maybe a bucket of water. All part of the adventure!
The Cape Town to Cairo Expedition costs £1,750 plus £790 local payment. It's also possible to do the trip in reverse or to do shorter sections, for example Nairobi to Cairo.
Head over to Oasis Overland for more information.
Chris O'Toole
