africa

  1. muenster.to.south

    Eruope to South Africa

    Hey fellow adventurers, My friend and I, are gearing up for an epic journey starting in Feb 2025 from Germany to South Africa. We'll be cruising down the western coast of Africa in our trusty Land Cruiser and would love to team up with other travelers who are planning the same route. We're...
  2. L

    Adblue availability in sub-Sahara Africa?

    Hi all, We drive a European Toyota Hilux Euro 6 2.5 Diesel pop up camper. Every 1500 km (about 1000 miles) we need to refill our adblue. In Europe this isn't a big deal, you can find adblue in every petrol station. But we plan to travel the world with this car, so I wanted to check the...
  3. ExpeditionConservation

    On an African Overlanding Adventure for Wildlife Conservation (East and West Coast)

    We are Piritta and Niina from Finland and we are first-time overlanders. However, after leaving our corporate/traditional jobs in mid-2018, we've been practically living in Southern Africa since (mostly in Namibia) and we've been preparing for this journey from scratch. Our project is called...
  4. E

    Planning - Cape Town to Singapore

    Good day I'm considering a trip from Cape Town to Singapore and could use some advice. This journey appears to be possible, even though I haven't found information on anyone doing it, but I have read about people travelling from London to Singapore, from Cape Town to London, etc. My idea is to...
  5. TaWa

    Share a container from Australia to South Africa

    Hi, We are a german couple, intend to ship our Landcruiser Bushcamper from Australia (Brisbane) to South Africa (Cape Town) somewhere between Feb. and Sept. 2018. We are looking for other people to share a 40" High Cube Container with. More than 20" are free We already have a shipping agent...
  6. OverlandSphere

    Container Share - Shipping Vehicle UK - South Africa - June 2017

    Container Share: shipping UK - South Africa - Arriving Mid June - Contact us if you are interested. We also list other container shares on our FB page IVSS - International Vehicle Shipping Services & Freight Forwarders or Facebook
  7. Eef_and_Dries

    Belgium-Africa-Ocieania-Asia-Belgium Overland

    Hi all! We left our beloved country in 2013 and have been travelling ever since. We drove with our Toyota Landcruiser from Belgium to South Africa along the east coast, then we flew over to Oceania to drive around Australia and New Zeeland and soon we will take of for Asia! Feel free to have...
  8. B

    Alexandria to Cape Town

    Good evening, Later this month (Sept) my brother and I will begin driving from Alexandria to Cape Town through eastern Africa in a Defender 110 and we would love to meet up with any fellow overlanders doing the route. Also if anyone has any tips or advice it would be much appreciated. Best...
  9. MattSully

    Odyssey to Dakar..... June 2017

    I'm Matt, Previously driven on the Mongolian Rally, travelled over 19 countries, also participated in the Maroc Challenge the Spring Edition 2016. Very much an offroad rally. In my beloved Fiat Punto. Countries to cross UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway...
  10. madnomad

    mad about Africa - mad nomad

    Hello! I am glad to find you and be part of the Overland Sphere! I'm writing from Ethiopia right now during my adventure "mad about Africa". I am already riding 2.5 years all around Africa on a twenty-year-old Honda XR 250, having covered 80,000 km in 34 countries. My previous adventure...
  11. Six en Piste

    A family with 4 kids taking on Africa !

    Fasten your seat belt! You’ve just jumped in our 4×4 next to Louison (7 years old), Léontine (5), Oscar (3) and Achille (1); get ready for an amazing journey through Africa and South America! Far away from the tar roads, we’re taking you through southern Africa on the remote tracks.We’ll not...
  12. My Overland Adventure

    Visas UK to South Africa via the east coast Overland

    We are just working out which visas are required for our trip up from South Africa to the UK via the east coast overland. This is what we have worked out so far, if you have recently entered any of these countries or obtained visas it would be great to hear of your any of these countries or...
  13. travelcamp

    Dreaming of Overlanding Africa

    We are in the planning stages of an adventure through Africa, hoping to ship a vehicle to Cape Town and eventually drive up the west side of Africa, ferrying across to europe. We are pretty sure our friends and family are going to think we are absolutely crazy, thus we are not letting the cat...
  14. Gazza171

    Overland from Iceland to South Africa 2015

    We are looking for more people to join our private expedition, There will be 14 of us in a 4x4 ex army truck driving first across Iceland to the ferry in the east, were we sail to Denmark ( via faro islands) then across Europe and cross to Morocco and continue down through west and central...
  15. Gazza171

    Overland from Iceland to South Africa 2015

    We are looking for more people to join our private expedition, There will be 14 of us in a 4x4 ex army truck driving first across Iceland to the ferry in the east, were we sail to Denmark ( via faro islands) then across Europe and cross to Morocco and continue down through west and central...
  16. Goneforadrive

    From Cape Town to Cairo - 2014/2015

    Follow us as we travel from Cape Town to Cairo over the next year! www.outofofficeindefinitely.com
  17. Goneforadrive

    Travelling Through Africa

    Hi Everyone, We're Chris and Rebecca, currently traveling overland through Africa. We've spent the last few months travelling through Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland and are now making our way up the east coast of Africa. Our vehicle is a 2003 Toyota Hilux KZ-TE 3.0L...
  18. M

    Cape Town to Cairo... in several trips.

    Hello, I am planning a trip from Cape Town to Cairo. I will airfreight my motorbike, a KTM 640 Adventure, from Italy to Cape and start my travel. The basic idea is to split the travel into several trips, two travels per year. I will leave the motorbike in a safe place in the country where I will...
  19. De einder voorbij

    De Einder Voorbij (Beyond the Horizon)

    We are Margriet (1952) and Jan (1954). We are preparing an overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa (and as we hope many more trips). In October 2012 we became the proud owners of a Toyota Landcruiser Camper the will accompany us. We are still in full preparation of the trips that we...
  20. OverlandSphere

    The School Run 2014

    http://www.facebook.com/TheSchoolRun2014 Our team of 6 men are fundraising for an event named 'The School Run' which will see 3 Series Land Rover Ambulances bought with our own, personal funds be driven from the UK to The Gambia in Africa. Each vehicle will be filled with school equipment and...