Capital: Pretoria | Language: 11 including Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | Currency: Rand | Religion: Christian, diverse | Population: 57 million

What an amazing country! Safaris, hiking, beautiful landscapes, wild and windy beaches, adorable bed-and-breakfasts. Stay in camps and cottages and cook all your food on the braai – while hyenas lurk on the other side of the fence and warthogs dash by inside it. And let’s not forget – this is wine country.

Self-driving safari in southern Africa: itinerary and planning

A self-driving safari in southern Africa is definitely one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our twenty-one day self-driving itinerary from South Africa to Namibia and Botswana, and provided some information to help you plan your own ultimate African roadtrip.

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Sunset at the campsite in Brandberg, Namibia

Home is where the car is: a roadtrip in Southern Africa

From meerkats to lions and everything in between – puff adders come to mind – roadtripping and camping in southern Africa is next-level. It took us exactly one camp cooking session and a single night in the roof tent to start considering stealing the truck ourselves and becoming vanlifers.

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On Table Mountain with Cape Town below, South Africa

Cairo to Cape Town

We set off with one-way tickets to Cairo. We didn’t have an itinerary – just the idea that we’d head south and try to make it to Cape Town. And we did. Here are some of the highlights from a trip down the length of a continent.

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Self-driving safari in southern Africa: itinerary and planning

A self-driving safari in southern Africa is definitely one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our twenty-one day self-driving itinerary from South Africa to Namibia and Botswana, and provided some information to help you plan your own ultimate African roadtrip.

Read More »
Sunset at the campsite in Brandberg, Namibia

Home is where the car is: a roadtrip in Southern Africa

From meerkats to lions and everything in between – puff adders come to mind – roadtripping and camping in southern Africa is next-level. It took us exactly one camp cooking session and a single night in the roof tent to start considering stealing the truck ourselves and becoming vanlifers.

Read More »
On Table Mountain with Cape Town below, South Africa

Cairo to Cape Town

We set off with one-way tickets to Cairo. We didn’t have an itinerary – just the idea that we’d head south and try to make it to Cape Town. And we did. Here are some of the highlights from a trip down the length of a continent.

Read More »