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Southern & Eastern Africa (South Africa → Kenya, via Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda)

Southern & Eastern Africa (South Africa → Kenya, via Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda)

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Southern and Eastern Africa is one of the world's great overland routes, stretching from South Africa north through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda to Kenya. The journey spans an extraordinary range of landscapes — from the red dunes of the Namib Desert and the vast salt pans of Etosha to the Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls, the Serengeti plains, and the forests of Uganda. Wildlife is a central draw, with opportunities to see the Big Five, track mountain gorillas, witness the Great Migration, and cruise the waters of Lake Malawi. It's a bucket-list corridor for adventurous travellers drawn to safari, culture, and the raw, diverse beauty of the African continent.

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Southern & Eastern Africa (South Africa → Kenya, via Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda)
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Save £5,650 (52% off)

£10,800 retail with Intrepid Travel → £5,150 self-launched

Southern & Eastern Africa (South Africa → Kenya, via Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda) · 64 days

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Africa Encompassed Northbound — Self-Launched

A self-launched version of Intrepid's 64-day Cape Town to Nairobi overland epic — independently pieced together using backpacker shuttles, local buses, shared 4x4 safaris, hostels and self-drive/self-booked game drives. You hit all the headline stops: Table Mountain, Fish River Canyon, Sossusvlei dunes, Swakopmund, Etosha, the Okavango Delta, Chobe, Victoria Falls, South Luangwa, Lake Malawi, Zanzibar, the Usambara Mountains, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, Lake Nakuru, Queen Elizabeth NP, a Bwindi gorilla trek (permit booked direct), Jinja, and the Maasai Mara. Big savers: booking gorilla permits, Serengeti/Ngorongoro and Maasai Mara trips directly with local operators or via GetYourGuide, and stitching sectors with budget shuttles and buses instead of a private overland truck with crew. Costs below assume camping/dorm hostels, self-catering where practical, and booking shared safari group seats. All figures are rough 2025/26 backpacker estimates in GBP per person — permits, park fees and flights fluctuate a lot, so treat this as a planning baseline.

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~£5,150

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