Transportation Africa |
From |
Destination | Date | Transportation | Time | Cost in $ | Comment |
Asmara Eritrea | Massawa Eritrea | 03.06.01 | Bus | 3 Hours | 2.30 $ | Downhill |
Massawa Eritrea | Asmara Eritrea | 04.06.01 | Bus | 3.5 Hours | 3.00 $ |
Uphill with .5 hour break. Had pay extra for our bags. Basically ripping of tourist. Wanted first 5 $ |
Asmara Eritrea | Djibouti, Djibouti | 07.06.01 | Airplane | 1 Hours | 290 $ |
Daallo Airlines (Russian Tajik Air Tu-154) |
Djibouti, Djibouti | Dire Dawa, Ethipio | 08.06.01 | Train | 12 Hours | 43 $ |
1st Class Train Ticket (5:45 am in the morning) |
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 10.06.01 | Bus | 13 hours |
13.25 $
1.4 $ Bags |
Government Bus. Your rear end will hurt, most of the road is not paved yet. (380 KM) |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Bahar Dar, Ethiopia | 12.06. - 13.06.01 | Bus | 13 Hours / 6 Hours |
14.5 $
0.88$ Bags |
2 Day bus ride overnight in Debre Markos. Most of the way not paved! (565 KM) |
Bahar Dar, Ethiopia | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 16.06. - 17.06.01 | Bus | 8.5 Hours / 7 Hours |
14.5 $
1.35$ Bags |
2 Day bus ride overnight in Dejen. Most of the way not paved! (565 KM) |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Awasa, Ethiopia | 18.06.01 | Bus | 7 Hours | 6 $ |
(270 KM) |
Awasa, Ethiopia | Moyale, Ethiopia | 19.06. - 20.06.01 | Bus | 9.5 Hours / 4.5 Hours | 11.50 $ |
2 Day bus ride overnight in Yabelo. (520 KM) |
Moyale Kenya | Isiolo Kenya | 21.06. -22.06.01 | Cattle Transport Truck | 9 Hours / 7 Hours | 24 $ | 2 day truck ride on a cattle transport on unpaved roads through some of the remotest parts of East Africa |
Isiolo Kenya | Nanyuki Kenya | 22.06.01 | Nissan Minivan | 1.5 Hours | 3.85 $ | Easy ride after taking the truck for 2 days |
Chogoria Kenya | Nairobi Kenya | 27.06.01 | Nissan Minivan | 3.5 Hours | 7.8 $ | Matatu |
Nairobi Kenya | Kampala Uganda | 29.06.01 | Bus | 12 Hours | 29.50 $ | All day bus |
Kampala Uganda | Jinja Uganda | 01.07.01 | Mini Bus | 1.15 Hours | 2.50 $ | Short Trip |
Kampala Uganda | Butogota Uganda | 03.07.01 | Bus | 10 Hours | 18 $ | All day bus |
Butogota Uganda | Bwindi National Park Uganda | 03.07.01 | Pickup Truck | 45 Min. | 5 $ | Shared with other Travelers (normal price 15 $) |
Butogota Uganda | Kabale Uganda | 06.07.01 | Pickup Truck | 5 Hours | 6.90 $ | Small Pickup packed with 22 people + a baby in the back. Hurt the whole way! |
Kabale Uganda | Katuna Uganda (border w/Rwanda) | 08.07.01 | Shared Taxi | 35 Min. | 1.40 $ | 22 Km in Shared Taxi |
Katuna Rwanda | Kigali Rwanda | 08.07.01 | Mini Bus | 1.5 Hours | 4.50 $ | 100 KM to Kigali |
Kigali Rwanda | Gisenye Rwanda | 08.07.01 | Mini Bus | 3.5 Hours | 6.20 $ | Packed Mini Bus. Beautiful Landscape |
Gisenye Rwanda | Kibuye Rwanda | 09.07.01 | Mini Bus | 4 Hours | 5.30 $ | Unpaved roads most of the way. Packed mini bus. |
Kibuye Rwanda | Kigali Rwanda | 10.07.01 | Mini Bus | 2.5 Hours | 5.35 $ | |
Kigali Rwanda | Rusumo Rwanda (border w/Tanzania) | 10.07.01 | Mini Bus | 3 Hours | 8.0 $ | |
Rusumo Tanzania | Ngara Tanzania | 10.07.01 | Shared Taxi | 30 Min. | 3.50 $ | |
Ngara Tanzania | Mwanza Tanzania | 11.07.01 | Bus | 5 Hours | 18.80 $ | Direct Service twice a Week (Wednesday /Sunday) |
Mwanza Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam Tanzania |
12.07.01 - 13.07.01 |
Bus |
2 Day 12 Hours / 11 Hours |
45 $ |
2 Day Bus trip first half on real bumpy roads. You can sleep in the bus on the stop in Singida. |
Dar es Salaam Tanzania | Stone Town Zanzibar Tanzania | 14.07.01 | Ferry | 3 Hours | 50 $ | Flying Horse Ferry, price includes 10 departure port tax. |
Stone Town Zanzibar Tanzania | Dar es Salaam Tanzania | 18.07.01 | Ferry | 8 Hours | 50 $ | Overnight Ferry leaves at 10 PM |
Dar es Salaam Tanzania | Mbeya Tanzania | 19.07.01 | "Luxury" Bus | 11 Hours | 27.30 $ | Luxury bus compared to what we have been taken. 2 seats in each row, and no one standing. Was a nice change! |
Mbeya Tanzania | Songwe Tanzania (border w/Malawi) | 20.07.01 | Bus | 3.5 Hours | 6.85 $ | Do some hard bargaining |
Songwe Malawi | Karonga Malawi | 20.07.01 | Minibus | 1 Hour | 2.20 $ | Picks you up after you go through the border crossing |
Karonga Malawi | Mzuzu Malawi | 20.07.01 | "Country" Bus | 7 Hours | 7.70 $ | Stops everywhere, every 5 minutes, so enjoy |
Mzuzu Malawi | Nkhata Bay Malawi | 21.07.01 | Minibus | 1 Hour | 2.50 $ | Leaving all day |
Nkhata Bay Malawi | Mzuzu Malawi | 22.07.01 | Minibus | 1 Hour | 2.50 $ | Leaving all day |
Mzuzu Malawi | Lilongwe Malawi | 22.07.01 | Small Bus | 6 Hours | 13.15 $ | Make sure you get a good seat, we did not! |
Lilongwe Malawi | Chipata Zambia | 23.07.01 | Bus | 3.5 Hours (1 hour filling Petrol & Border crossing) | 8.25 $ | Leaves 3 times a week Malawi - Lusaka (stops in Chipata) Mon,Wen,Sat. |
Chipata Zambia |
Mfuwe Zambia (Flatdogs) |
23.07.01 |
Small Bus |
5 Hours |
17.75 $ Chipata - Mfuwe 14 $ Mfuwe - Flatdogs 3.75 $
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Travelers pay more than locals, watch out. We had arguments with the bus driver. Bargain hard, we were too soft. Sit in font seats if possible, hard bumpy road most of the way. Normal price to Mfuwe is 19000 + luggage!! |
Mfuwe Zambia | Chipata Zambia | 27.07.01 | Overland Truck | 4 Hours | 0 $ |
Hitched a ride Thanks! |
Chipata Zambia | Lusaka Zambia | 27.07.01 | Bus | 11 Hours | 16.90 $ | Crowded packed bus from Malawi to Lusaka |
Lusaka Zambia | Livingstone Zambia | 28.07.01 | Luxury "Coach" Bus | 5.5 Hours | 21.20 $ | Very comfortable luxury bus, does not stop very often. |
Livingstone Zambia | Kasangula Zambia | 30.07.01 | Mini Bus | 1 Hour | 5.80 $ | Front seats |
Kasangula Botswana | Ngoma Botswana | 30.07.01 | Mini Bus | 1.5 Hours | 8.00 $ | via Kasane |
Ngoma Namibia | Katima Mulilo Namibia | 30.07.01 | Priv. Pickup Truck | 30 Min. | 0 $ | nice guy gave us a lift |
Katima Mulilo Namibia | Divundu Namibia | 31.07.01 | Truck | 5.5 Hours | 0 $ | 2 truck drivers gave us a lift |
Divundu Namibia | Mohembo Namibia | 01.08.01 | Pickup | 20 Min | 2.25 $ | hitch a ride outside campsite |
Shakawe Botswana | Sepupa Botswana | 01.08.01 | Bus | 1 Hour | 2.40 $ | |
Sepupa Botswana | Seronga Botswana | 01.08.01 | Mokoro | 2 Hours | 7.00 $ | Beautiful ride on the Okavango River |
Seronga Botswana | Sepupa Botswana | 03.08.01 | Mokoro | 1.5 Hours | 8.50 $ | |
Sepupa Botswana | Maun Botswana | 03.08.01 | Bus | 5 Hours | 8.35 $ | Came 7 hours late |
Maun Botswana | Ghanzi Botswana | 05.08.01 | Small Bus | 3.5 Hours | 10.4 $ | sometimes just does not show up. |
Ghanzi Botswana | Mamuno | 05.08.01 | Bus | 3.5 Hour | 6.60 $ | Stops everywhere along the way. Nice bus driver |
Buitekop Namibia | Windhoek Namibia | 06.08.01 | Truck "New" | 3.5 Hours | 0 $ | Hitched a ride. Got lucky. Nice Guy. Free ride. |
Windhoek Namibia | Etosha NP (Tsumeb) Namibia | 08.08.01 | Car Rental | 5.5 Hours | Paved Roads the whole way | |
Etosha NP Namibia | Swakopsmund / Walvis Bay Namibia | 10.08.01 | Car Rental | 6 Hours | Paved Roads the whole way | |
Walvis Bay Namibia | Sossusvlei Namibia | 11.08.01 | Car Rental | 4 Hours | Unpaved Roads the whole way. Except in National Park Sossusvlei. | |
Sossusvlei Namibia | Maltahoehe Namibia | 11.08.01 | Car Rental | 2 Hours | Unpaved Roads the whole way. | |
Maltahoehe Namibia | Windhoek Namibia | 12.08.01 | Car Rental | 3.5 Hours | 264 $ | Cost include 4 day car (Hyundai) rental and Petrol for 2900 KM Driven. |
Windhoek Namibia | Cape Town South Africa | 12.08. - 13.08.01 | Luxury Bus | 20 Hours | 88.7 $ | Intercape Mainlander. Showed two Films, Free coffee and tea |
Cape Town South Africa | Cape of Good Hope South Africa | 18.08.01 | Car Rental | 1 Hour | ||
Cape of Good Hope South Africa | Hermanus South Africa | 18.08.01 | Car Rental | 2 Hours | ||
Hermanus South Africa | Cape Agulhas South Africa | 19.08.01 | Car Rental | 1 Hour | ||
Cape Agulhas South Africa | Mossel Bay South Africa | 19.08.01 | Car Rental | 3 Hours | ||
Mossel Bay South Africa | Cintsa South Africa (via Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Jefferys Bay) | 20.08.01 | Car Rental | 10 Hours | including stops and lunch break | |
Cintsa South Africa | Underberg (Sani Pass) South Africa | 21.08.01 | Car Rental | 8 Hours | including food shopping | |
Underberg (Sani Pass) South Africa | Nelspruit South Africa | 24.08.01 | Car Rental | 8 Hours | ||
Klaserie South Africa (Kruger NP) | Kempton Park (Johannesburg) South Africa | 26.08.01 | Car Rental | 5 Hours | 327 $ | Price includes Car Rental / Petrol / Road Tolls + Drop off fee |
Johannesburg South Africa | Bombay India (via Nairobi Kenya) | 28.08.01 | Airplane |
3.5 Hours / 6 Hours = 9.5 Hours |
630 $ | Kenyan Airlines. |
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