This tour begins in the beautiful Moroccan city of Fez, the largest living mediaeval Islamic city in the world, and it is here that we will spend our first 2 days exploring the city’s famous covered markets, leather tanneries, winding alleys and beautiful mosques.

Entering central Morocco we are now in the High Atlas mountains where we travel along the Draa valley, an area of earth-red Kasbahs and stunning Berber villages where we visit the spectacular pink canyons of the Todra Gorge.

Our next stop is Marrakech, an ancient caravan town that today offers fantastic souqs and the awesome Djemaa el-Fna, a nightly spectacle in the old medina where you can wander streets full of acrobats, snake-charmers, food stalls and musicians, simply amazing!

On the coast we now visit the laid-back fishing port town of Essaouira where you have the opportunity to relax and just soak up the Moroccan atmosphere.

Our final few days here are spent travelling down the rugged coast of Western Sahara where we will be wild camping on the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

We now enter the Sahara proper where the desert camping is fantastic and reveals a night-sky that is probably one of the clearest in the world and littered with stars.

In Nouadhibou we restock our supplies before heading into The Adrar, a spectacular Saharan jewel in Mauritania’s crown. From our base in Atar you have the option to explore the ancient caravan towns of Chinguetti and Ouadane, steeped in history in a vast sand ocean of magnificent dunes.

Mauritania’s young and unassuming capital city, Nouakchott, is our last stop where the highlight is the colourful and frantic fish market.

We will spend our first couple of days in Senegal at Langue de Barbarie National Park which offers great kayaking and bird-watching opportunities. With its crumbling architecture and peaceful ambience the nearby town of St. Louis is also a great day out.

Our next stop is the lively Senegalese capital Dakar where we spend a couple of days exploring the city and applying for visas. The nearby Ngor Island is a fabulous escape from the frenetic city where you can enjoy a day of surf, sand and seafood.

At Toubacouta we visit the Grand Mosque of Touba and have time to explore the Sine-Saloum Delta, a series of brackish channels where you have the option to take boat trips to visit islands with baobab trees, shellfish beaches and most famously, a female chief called ‘The Queen’.

The Gambia is a tranquil place where our first destination here is the eco-tourism Camp Tendaba on the banks of the Gambia River. From here you have the option to explore the wetlands by boat and visit the Kiang West National Park, home to the clawless river otter, caracals, hyenas, pythons and crocodiles.

Banjul is the country's laid-back capital where you have the chance to explore the city’s highlights including visiting the local markets and wandering the atmospheric back streets.

A real highlight of our visit to The Gambia is visiting the Tumani Tenda Eco Lodge, a self-sustaining local community where the villagers are happy to teach you about their daily lives which include oyster collecting, soap making, bee keeping, fishing and farming.

Back in Senegal we visit one of West Africa’s finest beaches at Cap Skirring where great seafood and live music is the order of the day. The cows love it here too and can be found enjoying the beach with the tourists.

Entering the friendly country Guinea-Bissau we head straight for the capital city Bissau. Don’t let the crumbling colonial buildings fool you, when the sun goes down the stylish restaurants and bars open and offer great evenings out on the town.

From Bissau we head east through some lush countryside and eerie ghost-towns on our route to Guinea.

After 2 nights of wild camping we reach the small town of Labe from where you will have the option to go on a 2 day hike to explore the amazing Fouta Djallon region. Trekking through the area’s rolling grasslands you will discover an area of majestic waterfalls, deep canyons and friendly villagers where we will spend 1 night sleeping in a local village getting to meet the local Fulani people.

The beautiful Bride’s Veil waterfalls are our next stop where we get to camp in a beautiful setting with cascading water to put us to sleep.

Our final destination here is Guinea's capital city, Conakry, where we apply for a couple of visas. While we wait you have the opportunity to visit the Grand Mosque, Botanical Gardens and Loos Islands.

Our first stop here is at the white sand beaches south of Freetown where you can enjoy the sand and surf, explore the relaxed capital city and visit the nearby Tacugama Chimpanzee Reserve.

We continue to the friendly village of Kampai where we stay at an eco-camp and have the option to visit the Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary. On an afternoon river cruise or evening nature walk you have the chance of spotting the island’s high concentration of primates, and if you are lucky enough, pygmy hippopotamus and river otter.

Having only recently opened its doors to tourists, Liberia is fresh and exciting and our first port of call is the marvellous beach town of Robertsport, a little slice of heaven for surfers and sun-worshippers.

Monrovia is the capital where we base ourselves just outside of town allowing you the chance to explore sites such as the abandoned Ducor Hotel and the National Museum, both offering great insights into this once war-torn city.

In the interior we wild camp at the beautiful Kpatawee Falls where you can either laze in the rock pools or hike up to the falls, one of Liberia’s most picturesque spots.

We first visit the sleepy town of Man where a succession of green-clad mountains rise out of the dusty earth giving our trekkers the option to hike up Mt. Tonkoui, the second highest peak in the country affording awesome views over 3 countries at the summit.

Inland we arrive at the capital city of Yamoussoukro where the absolute highlight is a visit to the spectacular Basilica Of Our Lady Of Peace with its stained glass windows and towering dome.

Down on the coast we base ourselves at a beach resort between the modern city of Abidjan and the colonial town of Grand Bassam allowing you the chance to enjoy the old and the new side of Cote d’Ivoire.

Arriving in the west we camp on a spectacular beach near the town of Axim where you can enjoy a lazy day in the sun or explore the Portuguese Fort Santo Antonio.

Further along the Gold Coast we visit the historical Cape Coast Castle, once the largest slave-trading centre in Africa.

In Kakum NP you have the opportunity to get a bird’s eye view over the forest from a canopy walkway where if you are lucky you have the chance of spotting elephants, flying squirrels, colobus monkeys and antelopes, as well as over 300 species of birds and 600 species of butterfly.

In Ghana’s 2nd city of Kumasi, Ashanti traditions still abound and in the enormous Kejetia Market you will discover the beating heart of the city where you can easily lose yourself for half a day.

This tour ends in Accra, Ghana’s capital, giving us a taste of big city life 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 end to a true West African overland expedition!

This expedition ends in Accra after breakfast on the final day of the tour so you can make your onward travel arrangements accordingly.

If you would like to extend your tour our truck continues down the west side of Africa on an Accra to Cape Town expedition so you can add on Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia and South Africa should you wish to.

After Cape Town our truck continues up the east side of Africa on a Cape Town to Nairobi expedition so you can add on more of South Africa, 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.