The Route …
We enter Ethiopia at Metema and head off to Gonder – here we have two days off and will try to fly thru to Lalibela to the Temples carved out of the ground.
We go on to Bahir Dar – another day off on the southern tip of Lake Tana
We then head south thru Debre Markos and Dejen to Addis Ababa (Rest Day)
On thru Awasa on Route 6 to a rest day in Yabelo.
Further along Route 6 to cross into Kenya at Moyale
Here we turn westwards and follow the A2 thru the Dida Galgalu Desert to rest in Marsabit … apparently there is something odd/different/special about this town – but no one will divulge what it is
We continue south thru Isiolo, Naro Moru, Thika and into Nairobi. Here we have an off day
We then go two days south to Arusha where we celebrate the half way mark with three … yes a whole three days off!!! Game watching, relaxing, sleeping, drinking, partying … yeeha!
From here we go slightly westwards on the A104 and turn south towards Babati, Kondoa, Dodoma and rest in Iringa
We continue along the A104 thru Mafinga, Igawa and turn south onto the B345 towards Lake Malawi
We cross the border at Kyela and head for a fabulous campsite (can’t remember the name) outside Livingstonia on the Lake … if anyone wants to come visit us – this is a lekker spot!!!
We progress further to Lilongwe – rest day – and then swing westwards into Zambia at Mchinji
We follow the T4 all the way to Lusaka … where we will experience the first real first world shopping malls again … and apparently feel totally out of place and out of our comfort zones – basically we won’t be used to it anymore.
From here we go south on the T2 and soon turn west again on the T1 towards Livingston … two rest days!! All visitors welcome here …and we will be celebrating two 50th birthdays on the same day
From Livingston we travel to Kazungula, cross into Botswana via the ferry and follow the Elephant Highway to Nata
Here we head west along the A3 to Maun – rest day
We then head south , at Toteng more south along the A3, thru Ghanzi to Kalkfontein/Tshootsha where we head west to the Namibian border at Buitepos … this will be our longest distance at 208km for the day
We then follow thru Gobabis and on to Windhoek where we have two days off … and hopefully a bed in a house, a washing machine and some home cooked meal??
From Windhoek we head straight south along the B1 till we get to Keetmanshoop. We turn slightly west and soon south again to head down to the Fish River Canyon and on to Ai-Ais for our last rest day
We then fly along thru the border, Springbok, Bitterfontein and head west at Vanrynsdorp to plod along towards Lambert’s Bay.
We make our way along the coast to Yzerfontein for the last night before arriving in Cape Town on May 12
12 May … party, drink and be merry!!
