Route Through Africa
Route Through Africa |
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Most of the places listed below can be found on Michelin maps numbers 953, 954 and 955.
| Location | Country | Lat | Long | Date | Distance | Comments |
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| Dover | 20 Oct | Meet truck, start of trip | ||||
| Avignon | ||||||
| Almeria | ||||||
| Malaga | ||||||
| Gibralta | 26 Oct | |||||
| Algeciras | Catch ferry to Africa | |||||
| Ceuta | Spanish territory | |||||
| Chefchaouen | Morocco | |||||
| Ouazzane | Morocco | |||||
| Kenitra | Morocco | |||||
| Sale | Morocco | 29 Oct | ||||
| Rabat | Morocco | 29 Oct | Capital of Morocco | |||
| Meknes | Morocco | |||||
| Fes | Morocco | 02 Nov | ||||
| Ifrane | Morocco | |||||
| Midelt | Morocco | |||||
| Errachidia | Morocco | |||||
| Tinerhir | Morocco | |||||
| Ouarzazate | Morocco | |||||
| Marrakech | Morocco | 31°37'N | 7°59'W | 07 Nov | ||
| Essaouira | Morocco | 31°29'N | 9°45'W | 09 Nov | ||
| Agadir | Morocco | |||||
| Tiznit | Morocco | |||||
| Tan-Tan | Morocco | |||||
| Laayoune | Western Sahara | 12 Nov | ||||
| Nouadibou | Mauritania | 20°54'N | 17°3'W | 15 Nov | ||
| Mamghar | ||||||
| Nouakchott | Mauritania | 18°5'N | 15°58'W | 21 Nov | Capital of Mauritania | |
| Aleg | Mauritania | 17°3'N | 13°54'W | |||
| Sangraffa | Mauritania | 17°35'N | 12°50'W | |||
| Kiffa | Mauritania | 16°37'N | 11°22'W | 24 Nov | Leave road | |
| Kankossa | 15°56'N | 11°31'W | ||||
| Hamoud | 15°37'N | 11°31'W | ||||
| Aourou | 14°58'N | 11°35'W | ||||
| Kayes | Mali | 14°27'N | 11°26'W | 27 Nov | Back to roads | |
| Diamou | Mali | |||||
| Marbre | Mali | |||||
| Bafoulabé | Mali | 29 Nov | ||||
| Manantali | Mali | 13°11'N | 10°26'W | 29 Nov | ||
| Kita | Mali | 13°3'N | 9°30'W | |||
| Bamako | Mali | 12°10'N | 8° W | 01 Dec | Capital of Mali | |
| Segou | Mali | |||||
| San | Mali | |||||
| Bla | Mali | |||||
| Mopti | Mali | 05 Dec | Start boat trip to Djenne | |||
| Djenne | Mali | 13°54'N | 4°33'W | 08 Dec | Mud mosque | |
| Sevare | Mali | |||||
| Bandiagara | Mali | 10 Dec | Start Dogon trek | |||
| Sevare | Mali | |||||
| San | Mali | |||||
| Bobo | Burkina Faso | 11°10'N | 4°17'W | |||
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 12°5'N | 1°14'W | 16 Dec | Capital of Burkina Faso | |
| Wulugu | ||||||
| Walewale | ||||||
| Kadia | ||||||
| Kumasi | Ghana | 9°24'N | 0°50'W | 18 Dec | ||
| Ejisu | Ghana | |||||
| Konongoo | Ghana | |||||
| Nkawkaw | Ghana | |||||
| Anyinam | Ghana | |||||
| Bunso | Ghana | |||||
| Nsawaam | Ghana | |||||
| Accra | Ghana | 5°33'N | 0°10'W | 20 Dec | Capital of Ghana | |
| Kokrobite | Ghana | 5°29'N | 0°21'W | 21 Dec | Beach resort | |
| Cape Coast | Ghana | 5°6'N | 1°15'W | |||
| Takoradi | Ghana | 4°54'N | 1°47'W | |||
| Busua | Ghana | 4°48'N | 1°56'W | 24 Dec | Beach resort | |
| Takoradi | Ghana | 4°54'N | 1°47'W | |||
| Cape Coast | Ghana | 5°6'N | 1°15'W | 28 Dec | ||
| Kakum Nat. Park | Ghana | 5°20'N | 1°23'W | 28 Dec | Canopy walk | |
| Accra | Ghana | 5°33'N | 0°10'W | 29 Dec | ||
| Kokrobite | Ghana | 5°29'N | 0°21'W | 31 Dec | ||
| Accra | Ghana | 5°33'N | 0°10'W | 02 Jan | ||
| Akosombo | Ghana | 6°16'N | 0°3'E | 03 Jan | Visit dam | |
| Hohoe | Ghana | 7°9'N | 0°28'E | |||
| Tema | Ghana | 5°41'N | 0°0'W | |||
| Accra | Ghana | 5°33'N | 0°10'W | |||
| Tema | Ghana | 5°41'N | 0°0'W | |||
| Kpalime | Togo | 6°54'N | 0°37'E | |||
| Lome | Togo | 6°10'N | 1°14'E | 09 Jan | Capital of Togo | |
| Aneho | 6°13'N | 1°36'E | ||||
| Ouidah | Benin | 6°21'N | 2°4'E | Voodoo | ||
| Cotonou | Benin | 6°21'N | 2°26'E | 12 Jan | ||
| Ganvie | Benin | 6°26'N | 2°21'E | 14 Jan | Stilt village | |
| Allada | Benin | |||||
| Abomey | Benin | 7°11'N | 1°59'E | 14 Jan | Old Dahomey empire | |
| Cove | ||||||
| Ketou | 7°21'N | 2°36'E | ||||
| Abeokuta | ||||||
| Igbo-Ora | Nigeria | |||||
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7°23'N | 3°53'E | 16 Jan | ||
| Ikire | Nigeria | 7°22'N | 4°10'E | |||
| Ife | Nigeria | |||||
| Ilesha | Nigeria | 7°39'N | 4°45'E | |||
| Oshogbo | Nigeria | 7°46'N | 4°33'E | Jungle communication centre | ||
| Ikirun | Nigeria | 7°56'N | 4°39'E | |||
| Ila | Nigeria | 8°1'N | 4°54'E | |||
| Omu Aran | Nigeria | 8°9'N | 5°5'E | |||
| Egbe | Nigeria | 8°13'N | 5°30'E | |||
| Kabba | Nigeria | 7°50'N | 6°5'E | |||
| Lokoja | Nigeria | |||||
| Gwagwalada | Nigeria | 8°56'N | 7°6'E | |||
| Abuja | Nigeria | 9°3'N | 7°28'E | 19 Jan | ||
| Akwanga | Nigeria | 8°54'N | 8°24'E | |||
| Jos | Nigeria | 9°55'N | 8°53'E | |||
| Bauchi | Nigeria | 10°19'N | 9°51'E | |||
| Dindima | Nigeria | 10°14'N | 10°9'E | |||
| Wikki | Nigeria | 9°45'N | 10°30'E | 24 Jan | Game drive, hot springs | |
| Dindima | Nigeria | |||||
| Gombe | Nigeria | 10°17'N | 11°9'E | |||
| Biu | Nigeria | 10°37'N | 12°10'E | |||
| Little Gombi | Nigeria | 10°9'N | 12°44'E | |||
| Mubi | Nigeria | 10°16'N | 13°16'E | |||
| Boukoula | Cameroon | 10°9'N | 13°24'E | |||
| Rumsiki | Cameroon | 10°31'N | 13°35'E | 27 Jan | Tourist village | |
| Mokolo | Cameroon | 10°44'N | 13°48'E | |||
| Maroua | Cameroon | 10°35'N | 14°19'E | |||
| Waza | Cameroon | 11°24'N | 14°34'E | 28 Jan | Game park | |
| Kousséri | Cameroon | 12°5'N | 15°E | |||
| Ndjamena | Tchad | 12°7'N | 15°2'E | 30 Jan | Capital of Tchad | |
| Massaguet | Tchad | 12°29'N | 15°26'E | |||
| Ngoura | Tchad | 12°53'N | 16°27'E | |||
| Am Ndjamena | Tchad | 13°8'N | 17°19'E | |||
| Ati | Tchad | 13°13'N | 18°20'E | |||
| Oum Hadjer | Tchad | 13°18'N | 19°42'E | |||
| Abeche | Tchad | 13°50'N | 20°49'E | |||
| Adre | 13°29'N | 22°11'E | 02 Feb | |||
| El Geneina | Sudan | 13°26'N | 22°2'E | 02 Feb | ||
| Zalingie | Sudan | 12°54'N | 23°29'E | |||
| Nyala | Sudan | 12°3'N | 24°53'E | |||
| Ed Dae | Sudan | 11°28'N | 26°7'E | |||
| En Nahud | Sudan | 12°41'N | 28°25'E | |||
| Khuwei | Sudan | |||||
| El Obeid | Sudan | 13°11'N | 30°12'E | |||
| Kosti | Sudan | 13°10'N | 32°40'E | 10 Feb | ||
| Khartoum | Sudan | 15°36'N | 32°31'E | 10 Feb | Capital of Sudan | |
| Meroe | Sudan | 16°56'N | 33°45'E | 12 Feb | Pyramids | |
| Wad Medani | Sudan | 14°26'N | 33°30'E | |||
| Gedaref | Sudan | 14°3'N | 35°23'E | |||
| Gallabat | Sudan | 12°58'N | 36°9'E | |||
| Azezo | 12°34'N | 37°26'E | ||||
| Gondar | Ethiopia | 12°37'N | 37°28'E | 15 Feb | ||
| Addis Zemen | Ethiopia | 12°7'N | 37°47'E | |||
| Bahir Dar | Ethiopia | 11°36'N | 37°24'E | Lake monestaries, source of Blue Nile | ||
| Blue Nile Falls | Ethiopia | 11°29'N | 37°35'E | |||
| Bahir Dar | Ethiopia | 11°36'N | 37°24'E | 17 Feb | ||
| Adet | Ethiopia | 11°16'N | 37°29'E | |||
| Mota | Ethiopia | 11°5'N | 37°52'E | |||
| Nedatra | Ethiopia | 10°56'N | 38°5'E | |||
| D.Libanos | Ethiopia | 9°43'N | 38°51'E | |||
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 9°1'N | 38°46'E | 21 Feb | Capital of Ethiopia | |
| Debre Zeit | Ethiopia | 8°45'N | 38°59'E | |||
| Mojo | Ethiopia | 8°35'N | 39°7'E | |||
| Meki | Ethiopia | 8°9'N | 38°50' | |||
| Adami Tulu | Ethiopia | 7°52'N | 38°42'E | |||
| Bulbula | Ethiopia | 7°43'N | 38°39'E | |||
| Negele | Ethiopia | 7°21'N | 38°40'E | |||
| Shashemene | Ethiopia | 7°12'N | 38°37'E | |||
| Wendo Gennet | Ethiopia | 7°5'N | 38°38'E | |||
| Dila | Ethiopia | 6°25'N | 38°18'E | |||
| Wenago | Ethiopia | 6°19'N | 38°15'E | |||
| F.Gennet | Ethiopia | 6°4'N | 38°121'E | |||
| Hagre Mariam | Ethiopia | 5°38'N | 38°14'E | |||
| Yavello Park | Ethiopia | 5°7'N | 38°17'E | |||
| Mega | Ethiopia | 4°4'N | 38°19'E | |||
| Moyale | Ethiopia | 3°33'N | 39°3'E | 25 Feb | ||
| Marsabit | Kenya | 2°20'N | 37°59'E | Wildlife park | ||
| Laisamis | Kenya | 1°35'N | 37°48'E | |||
| Archer's Post | Kenya | 0°38'N | 37°40'E | |||
| Isiolo | Kenya | 0°21'N | 37°35'E | 28 Feb | ||
| Nanyuki | Kenya | 0°0'N | 37°4'E | Mount Kenya | ||
| Nyahururu | Kenya | 0°1'N | 36°25'E | |||
| Nakuru | Kenya | 0°17'S | 36°4'E | 01 Mar | ||
| Eldoret | Kenya | 0°31'N | 35°17'E | |||
| Malaba | Uganda | 0°38'N | 34°16'E | |||
| Tororo | Uganda | 0°39'N | 34°10'E | |||
| igana | Uganda | 0°37'N | 33°29'E | |||
| Jinja | Uganda | 0°26'N | 35°11'E | Source of White Nile, rafting | ||
| Lugazi | Uganda | 0°22'N | 32°56'E | |||
| Kampala | Uganda | 0°19'N | 32°35'E | 02 Mar | Capital of Uganda | |
| Masaka | Uganda | 0°20'S | 31°44'E | |||
| Lyatonde | Uganda | 0°24'S | 31°9'E | |||
| Mbararar | Uganda | 0°35'S | 30°40'E | |||
| Kabale | Uganda | 1°16'S | 29°59'E | |||
| Kigale | Rwanda | 1°57'S | 30°3'E | Capital of Rwanda | ||
| Ruhengeri | Rwanda | 1°30'S | 29°38'E | |||
| Kingi | Rwanda | 1°27'S | 29°36'E | 03 Mar | Mountain gorillas | |
| Ruhengeri | Rwanda | 1°30'S | 29°38'E | |||
| Kisoro | 1°17'S | 29°42'E' | ||||
| Kabale | Uganda | |||||
| Mbarara | Uganda | |||||
| Masaka | Uganda | |||||
| Kampala | Uganda | |||||
| Jinja | Uganda | 0°26'N | 35°11'E | 07 Mar | ||
| Tororo | Uganda | |||||
| Malaba | Uganda | |||||
| Eldoret | Kenya | |||||
| Nakuru | Kenya | Game park | ||||
| Naivasha | Kenya | |||||
| Nairobi | Kenya | 13 Mar | ||||
| Namanga | Tanzania | |||||
| Arusha | Tanzania | 3°23'S | 36°41'E | 15 Mar | Base for Serengetti, Ngorogoro crater | |
| Moshi | Tanzania | 3°19'S | 37°21'E | Kilimanjaro | ||
| Segera | Tanzania | |||||
| Dar-es-Salaam | Tanzania | 6°51'S | 39°18'E | 26 Mar | Base for Zanzibar | |
| Morogoro | Tanzania | |||||
| Iringa | Tanzania | 7°48'S | 35°42'E | |||
| Mbeya | 8°54'S | 33°27'E | ||||
| Chitimba | Malawi | 02 Apr | Beach resort | |||
| Mzuzu | Malawi | 11°27'S | 34°2'E | |||
| Nkhata Bay | Malawi | Beach resort | ||||
| Salima | Malawi | |||||
| Blantyre | Malawi | 15°48'S | 35°E | 08 Apr | ||
| Moatize | 16°7'S | 33°44'E | ||||
| Tete | Mozambique | 16°9'S | 33°36'E | |||
| Mutoko | ||||||
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 17°54'S | 31°5'E | 11 Apr | Capital of Zimbabwe | |
| Kadoma | Zimbabwe | 18°20'S | 29°55'E | 11 Apr | ||
| Kwekwe | Zimbabwe | 18°56'S | 29°48'E | |||
| Gweru | Zimbabwe | Antelope park | ||||
| Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 20°10'S | 28°36'E | |||
| Vic Falls | Zimbabwe | 17°56'S | 25°50'E | 14 Apr | Falls, activities | |
| Kasane | Botswana | 16 Apr | Chobe wildlife park | |||
| Nata | Botswana | 20°13'S | 26°11'E | |||
| Maun | Botswana | 19°59'S | 23°26'E | Okavango Delta | ||
| Ghanzi | Botswana | 21°41'S | 21°40'E | 22 Apr | ||
| Mamuno | 22°16'S | 20°0'E | ||||
| Buitpos | ||||||
| Gobabis | Namibia | 22°27'S | 18°59'E | |||
| Windhoek | Namibia | 22°34'S | 17°5'E | Capital of Namibia | ||
| Okahanja | Namibia | 21°58'S | 16°55'E | 26 Apr | ||
| Otjiwarongo | Namibia | 20°27'S | 16°39'E | |||
| Otavi | Namibia | |||||
| Hoba meteorite | Namibia | |||||
| Grootfontein | Namibia | 19°34'S | 18°6'E | |||
| Tsumeb | Namibia | 28 Apr | ||||
| Namutoni | Namibia | Into Etosha national Park | ||||
| Halali | Namibia | |||||
| Okaukuejo | Namibia | |||||
| Outjo | Namibia | 20°7'S | 16°9'E | |||
| Kamanjab | Namibia | 19°37'S | 14°51'E | |||
| Otjondeka | Namibia | |||||
| Opuwo | Namibia | 18°4'S | 13°50'E | |||
| Epembe | Namibia | 17°25'S | 13l°16'E | |||
| Epupa Falls | Namibia | |||||
| Epembe | Namibia | 03 May | ||||
| Opuwo | Namibia | |||||
| Sesfontein | Namibia | |||||
| Palm | Namibia | |||||
| Cape Cross | Namibia | 21°46'S | 13°58'E | Seal Colony | ||
| Swakopmond | Namibia | 22°40'S | 14°31'E | Sandboarding, quad-bikes, sky-diving | ||
| Solitair | Namibia | 23°53'S | 16°0'E | 07 May | ||
| Sesriem | Namibia | 24°29'S | 15°48'E | |||
| Sossusvlei | Namibia | 24°44'S | 15°19'E | For Dune 45 | ||
| Aus | Namibia | |||||
| Luderitz | Namibia | 26°39'S | 15°9'E | |||
| Aus | Namibia | 26°40'S | 16°17'E | |||
| Fish River Canyon | Namibia | |||||
| Ai-Ais | Namibia | Hot springs | ||||
| Noordoewer | South Africa | 28°41'S | 17°33'E | Orange River, canoeing | ||
| Springbok | South Africa | 29°40'S | 17°53'E | 15 May | ||
| Vanrhynsdoorp | South Africa | 31°37'S | 18°44'E | |||
| Citrusdal | South Africa | |||||
| Malmesbury | South Africa | 33°27'S | 18°43'E | |||
| Stellenbosh | South Africa | 33°56'S | 18°51'E | Wine tours | ||
| Simon's Town | South Africa | 18 May | Penguins | |||
| Cape Point | South Africa | 39°21'S | 18°29'E | Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Cape Town | South Africa | 33°56'S | 18°25'E | End of trip |
The lat and long columns give the exact position of the town and can be entered into a GPS unit (such as the Garmin ETrex) to aid navigation.