This tour starts in Ghana’s capital city Accra, a modern city where you can enjoy the shopping malls, pubs and cafes that abound in this bustling town. The old district of Jamestown’s dishevelled colonial buildings and lively fishing port are also well worth a visit and an historic start to a true African overland expedition!

Please note that this tour departs Accra the day after the tour starts so if you would like more time here you may want to arrive a few days prior to departure.

Heading inland we visit the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary where you have the chance to get up close and personal with Mona monkeys that will gladly sit on your shoulder as you feed them bananas.

Our last stop is at the beautiful Wli Waterfalls, the tallest in West Africa, where you have the day to hike to the falls and enjoy one of Ghana’s best natural sites.

Togo is only 50 km wide and on our first day we will visit the artistic town of Kpalime which is famous for its traditional crafts of woodcarving and batik. 

We continue to the capital Lome where a day out can include visiting the bizarre fetish markets, marvelling at the displays in the Museum of West African Arts and exploring the labyrinths of the colourful Grand Market.

We now head north and wild camp in the heart of Togo before heading for Benin.

We enter Benin in the northern Tata Somba region, an area of traditional two-storey fortified huts where cattle are kept on the ground floor and grain is dried on the upper floor. Here you have the option to join a half day walking tour to explore the huts, visit a school and see a baobab tree.

We continue to Pendjari National Park where we wild camp in a remote corner of this unspoiled wilderness. Here we take a whole day game drive with a chance of spotting the elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, monkeys and various antelope species that inhabit the park.

The remarkable town of Abomey is our next stop where you can explore the ruined temples and palaces of the Dahomeyan empire.

Further south we camp on the shores of Lake Aheme and if our luck is in we will get the opportunity to watch the locals perform the traditional Zangbeto voodoo dance for us.

In Grand Popo you have the chance to witness a traditional voodoo ceremony and go looking for green sea turtles on the nearby beach.

In Ouidah we camp on a beautiful beach and you have the option to join a half day tour that includes visiting the forts, temples and museums of this historic region.

At Lake Ganvie you have the option to take a boat out to a village in the middle of the lake that is home to 30,000 Tofinu people who reside here in stilted bamboo huts. You have the option to spend a night here in the stilted village before returning to land and heading for Nigeria.

Abeokuta is our first destination in Nigeria where we visit the Olumo Rock formation, an historical natural fortress used during inter-tribal warfare in the 19th century.

In Osogbo we visit the Sacred Grove Forest to explore the sanctuaries, shrines, sculptures and artworks created in honour of Osun, the Goddess of Fertility.

In Benin City the national museum offers us an insight into the Benin Empire with a significant amount of ancient artefacts. For those more interested in modern art a walk down Bronze Casters Street will show you some fine bronze works of art.

In the southeast part of the country we find the lively colonial port town of Calabar where highlights include a visit to the Slave Trade Museum, National Museum and Drill Monkey Ranch.

Crossing into Cameroon at the Southern border of Ekok we now join a military convoy and travel to the relaxed beach town of Limbe where you have the option to either take the 3 day trek up Mt. Cameroon (4095m), visit the local primate reserves or just relax on the beach.

We continue inland to the capital Yaounde where you can visit the local markets and monasteries and enjoy one of west Africa’s most pleasant cities.

In Kribi we find one of West Africa’s finest beaches where we have time to enjoy the sand, surf and seafood that makes this area so unforgettable.

Situated on the equator we get a real taste of Africa at the Reserve de la Lope where we spend a couple of days in the reserve with the option of game drives or trekking through the forest in search of mandrills, forest elephants and buffalo.

In the capital Libreville the National Museum of Arts and Tradition will give you a good insight into local culture. If you are feeling more adventurous you can take a boat over to Pongara National Park, a beautiful mangrove reserve and favourite spot for nesting turtles where you also have the chance of spotting elephants, chimpanzees and buffalo.

In Lamberene we visit Dr Albert Schweitzer’s hospital which is now a museum where we can get an understanding of the Nobel Prize winning work he did here for the African community.

Our first 2 days in the friendly Congo are spent on dirt tracks which often turn into thick mud and test our vehicles off-road ability.

The small town of Dolisie is a welcome relief where we have a day to get a feel for the local culture and sample the delicious street food.

On the coast we visit the red Gorges of Diosso which are referred to as Congo’s Grand Canyon. The local museum is a quaint place that explains the area's history.

In the town of Pointe Noire you have the chance to visit the African Circle Museum and also stock up on goods at a rare supermarket. From our base here you also have the option to visit the Conkouati-Douli National Park on an organised tour. This park is a highlight of the Congo where you have a good chance of seeing the thriving chimpanzee population that inhabit the area's islands. The park is also home to elephants, leopards, turtles and gorillas.

We have a short day’s travel through the oil rich Angolan exclave of Cabinda before we reach the DRC and encounter more mud tracks on our way to the mighty Congo River.

Boma is a bustling little port where you will have the chance to get out and visit a true Congolese river town.

We cross over the Congo River via the huge Matadi suspension bridge and spend a day in Matadi town to sample the local fare and explore the bustling markets.

The town of Mbanza Kongo is the first Kingdom the original Portuguese navigators discovered here and today you can visit one of the oldest churches in sub-Saharan Africa as well as explore the Royal Museum.

The capital city Luanda offers us some modern convenience as well as a step back in time with wonderful colonial architecture and fabulous historical museums.

Travelling through scenic landscapes we arrive at the impressive Kalandula Falls. These falls are one of Africa’s largest waterfalls but because they are so remote they are also rarely visited by tourists so we will most likely have the place all to ourselves.

A brief stop in the town of Benguela will give you enough time to get a feel for this ancient slave port.

Our last stop here is at the cool and picturesque Lubango where Christ the King Statue overlooks the town and the surrounding mountains offer us spectacular views from the Tundavala Gap.

Our first stop in Namibia is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife viewing venues, Etosha National Park, where we spend a couple of days driving through the park's desert and bushveld landscapes in search of lion, buffalo, elephant and giraffe, plus many of Africa’s other great mammals.

After exiting the park we will then visit a traditional Himba village and get an insight into these indigenous nomads' way of life.

Near Kamanjab we will be visiting a Cheetah Park where we get to see these incredible animals up close and watch them feeding.

On our route to the coast you will have the option to visit a petrified forest with 45m long trunks and also take a guided tour around the bushman rock engravings at Twyfelfontein.

The Skeleton Coast is a desolate place and a drive through this wilderness will allow us to see an abandoned oil rig, numerous shipwrecks and a noisy seal colony.

Spitzkoppe is Namibia's ‘Matterhorn’ and the sight of these bold granite outcrops rising dramatically out of the flat surrounding plains make it an awesome spectacle.

The adventure sports capital Swakopmund is where you will have the opportunity to go deep-sea fishing, quad-biking, sand-boarding, camel riding and skydiving, or just relax on the deserted beaches and enjoy the German influenced resort towns hospitality.

We now head to the iconic towering red sand dunes of the Namib Desert at Sossusvlei where you will have the option to climb the famous Dune 45 for sunrise. The more spirited ones can attempt the climb up the much more arduous Big Daddy dune to get a view over one of the driest landscapes on earth.

Our last stop in Namibia is at the awesome Fish River Canyon National Park where you will be amazed by one of Africa’s most incredible natural rifts.

South Africa’s Western Cape coast is wine country and it is here at Highlanders Vineyard where we get a taste of SA’s famous wines and enjoy the beautiful views that make this area world-famous.

Cape Town is our last port of call on this tour. Before heading home we recommend you take time to relax and enjoy the area’s attractions such as the nearby penguin colonies, Robben Island, cage diving with sharks and the brilliant V&A Waterfront. Not to be missed is a day trip around the Stellenbosch wineries, a must-do for any wine lovers and a divine last taste of Africa!

This tour ends in Cape Town after breakfast on the last day of the trip so you can make your onward travel arrangements accordingly.

If you would like to extend your trip and join this tour before Accra our truck travels down the west coast of Africa before reaching Ghana so you can add on Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast should you wish to.

If you would like to extend your tour and continue with us after Cape Town our truck continues up the East Coast of Africa on a Cape Town to Nairobi expedition so you can add on Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya should you wish to.

We are happy to create a bespoke itinerary and price for you so please feel free to contact us to discuss all options.

If you can’t do the whole tour it may be possible to book a shorter section of your choice. Please get in touch and if this option is available we will be happy to work out a bespoke itinerary and reduced price for you.