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Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof

​​April 18, 2022 by Nomadic Backpacker

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Between November 2nd 2015 and May 16 2016, I travel overland between Cairo and Cape Town.

The journey tested my resolve.

19,000km of hard won kilometres from the top of Africa to the bottom. And all without taking a flight. And here I provide the proof of my claim.

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I thought I'd post this after I read about the lawsuit against Cassie De Pecol. Yes, I know it's an old story but it's once again in the press.

Cassie De Pecol claimed that she was the first woman to travel to every country in the world
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof

That claim not only earned her thousands of followers on social media but gave her a some what lavish travelling lifestyle, by misleading investors and sponsors.

The lawsuit is also being filed to draw attention to the fact that too many are boasting they did things, to gain popularity, to get their trips paid for, without proof ever being needed.

And it was coincidence with me reading a certain book about an 'overland' journey from Cairo to Cape Town and the remembering of a blog post clearly entitled Overland - Cairo to Cape Town, though in both cases the authors do mention the flights they took, but the details are pretty much glossed over, I guess hoping that the casual reader won't make it to the bottom of the blog post nor finish the book but you can't avoid the fact that they sold the title 'Overland' when clearly this was not the case.

I don't give 2 hoots about the De Pecol case but it kindda nerves me when people claim overland' when in fact they took a flight.

If you want to make a claim that you did something and make money off of that claim, you are gonna have to provide proof!

I travelled from Cairo to Cape Town. I did not take a flight.


I missed out on going to Somaliland because they weren't issuing Ethiopian visas in Hargeisa to non residents and they had stopped issuing double-entry visas in Khartoum. Yet I could have flown back to Addis and gotten a VOA. But overland is overland. I am a purist. It doesn't mean taking a flight.

I had fun trying to find all the visas, entry stamps and exit stamps in the passport that I used on that trip.

Visa On Arrival, arrival stamp at Cairo International Airport and exit stamp at Aswan:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Sudanese Visa which I got in Aswan, Egypt, entry (Aswan) and exit (Metema) stamps:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Ethiopian Visa which I got in Khartoum, Sudan:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Ethiopian arrival (Metema) and exit (Moyale) stamps:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Kenyan visa with entry (Moyale) and exit (LungaLunga) stamps, which I got in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Tanzanian Visa On Arrival, entry (HoroHoro) and exit (Kasumulu) stamps plus the stamp for Zanzibar:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Malawian Visa On Arrival at Songwe:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Mozambique Visa on Arrival at Cobwe:
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Entry and exit stamps for Mozambique (Cobwe & Machipanda), Malawi (Songwe & Likoma), South Africa (Sani Pass & Maseru Bridge):
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Zimbabwean Visa On Arrival at Forbes, entry and exit (Beitbridge) stamps
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Entry and exit stamps for Lesotho (Sani Pass & Maseru Bridge), entry stamp for South Africa (Maseru Bridge)
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Exit stamp for South Africa (Cape Town Airport):
Cairo to Cape Town - Overland - The Proof
Egypt:

Arrival: Cairo International Airport 02/11/2015. Exit: Aswan 29/11/2015

Sudan:

Arrival: Wadi Halfa 30/11/2015. Exit: Metema 13/12/2015

Ethiopia:

Arrival: Metema 12/12/2015. Exit: Moyale 11/01/2016

Kenya:

Arrival: Moyale 11/01/2016.  Exit: LungaLunga 20/02/2016

Tanzania:

Arrival: HoroHoro 20/02/2016. Exit: Kasumulu 01/03/2016

Malawi:

Arrival: Songwe Bridge 01/03/2016. Exit Likoma 11/03/2016

Mozambique:

Arrival: Cobwe 11/03/2016. Exit: Machipanda 31/03/2016

Zimbabwe:

Arrival: Forbes 31/03/2016 Exit: Beitbridge 13/04/2016

South Africa:

Arrival: Beitbridge 13/04/2016. Exit: Sani pass 25/04/2016

Lesotho:

Arrival: Sani Pass 25/04/2016. Exit: Maseru Bridge 27/04/2016

South Africa:

Arrival: Maseru bridge 27/04/2016. Exit: Cape Town Airport 16/05/2016

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