South america
DAY DATE MILES DESTINATION
Day 1 Mon 5-Jan Santiago
Day 2 Tue 6-Jan Santiago
Day 3 Wed 7-Jan Vine del Mar
Day 4 Thu 8-Jan Vina del Mar, Valparaiso
Day 5 Fri 9-Jan Vina del Mar, Valparaiso
Day 6 Sat 10-Jan 344 San Javier – Gilmore Winery
Day 7 Sun 11-Jan 425 Temuco
Day 8 Mon 12-Jan 350 Puerto Varas
Day 9 Tue 13-Jan 200 Puerto Varas
Day 10 Wed 14-Jan 120 Hornopiren
Day 11 Thu 15-Jan 40 Caleta
Day 12 Fri 16-Jan 245 Puyuhuapi
Day 13 Sat 17-Jan 220 Coihaique
Day 14 Sun 18-Jan 396 Los Antiguos
Day 15 Mon 19-Jan Los Antigous
Day 16 Tue 20-Jan 402 Gobernador Gregores
Day 17 Wed 21-Jan 330 El Calafate
Day 18 Thu 22-Jan 560 Torres del Paine National Park
Day 19 Fri 23-Jan 360 Punta Arenas
Argentina
Day 20 Sat 24-Jan 450 Ushuaia
Day 21 Sun 25-Jan Ushuaia
Day 22 Mon 26-Jan Ushuaia
Day 23 Tue 27-Jan 257 Rio Grande
Day 24 Wed 28-Jan 356 Rio Gallegos
Day 25 Thu 29-Jan 456 El Chalten
Day 26 Fri 30-Jan 160 El Chalten
Day 27 Sat 31-Jan 582 Perito Moreno
Day 28 Sun 1-Feb 360 Gobernador Costa
Day 29 Mon 2-Feb 181 Esquel
Day 30 Tue 3-Feb 285 San Carlos de Bariloche
Day 31 Wed 4-Feb 100 San Carlos de Bariloche
Day 32 Thu 5-Feb 436 Zapala
Day 33 Fri 6-Feb 190 Chos Malal
Day 34 Sat 7-Feb 333 Malargue
Day 35 Sun 8-Feb 402 Mendoza
Day 36 Mon 9-Feb Mendoza
Day 37 Tue 10-Feb Mendoza
Day 38 Wed 11-Feb 595 La Rioja
Day 39 Thu 12-Feb 469 Cafayate
Day 40 Fri 13-Feb 161 Cachi
Day 41 Sat 14-Feb 159 Salta
Day 42 Sun 15-Feb Salta
Day 43 Mon 16-Feb 218 Purmamarca
Day 44 Tue 17-Feb 200 Humahuaca
Bolivia
Day 45 Wed 18-Feb Potosi
Day 46 Thu 19-Feb Potosi
Day 52 Fri 20-Feb 310 Sucre
Day 53 Sat 21-Feb 574 La Paz
Day 54 Sun 22-Feb La Paz
Peru
Day 55 Mon 23-Feb 288 Puno
Day 56 Tue 24-Feb Puno / Lake Titicaca
Day 57 Wed 25-Feb 429 Urubamba
Day 58 Thu 26-Feb Machu Picchu
Day 59 Fri 27-Feb 49 Machu Picchu / Cuzco.
Day 60 Sat 28-Feb Cuzco
Day 61 Sun 1-Mar 192 Abancay
Day 62 Mon 2-Mar 438 Nazca
Day 63 Tue 3-Mar Nazca Lines
Day 64 Wed 4-Mar 421 Lima
Day 65 Thu 5-Mar Lima
Day 66 Fri 6-Mar 549 Trujillo
Day 67 Sat 7-Mar 205 Chiclayo
Day 68 Sun 8-Mar 500 Tumbes
Ecuador
Day 69 Mon 9-Mar 244 Cuenca
Day 70 Tue 10-Mar 340 Patate
Day 71 Wed 11-Mar 170 Quito
Day 72 Thu 12-Mar Quito
Day 73 Fri 13-Mar 130 Otavalo
Day 74 Sat 14-Mar Otavalo
Colombia
Day 75 Sun 15-Mar 240 Pasto
Day 76 Mon 16-Mar 390 San Agustin
Day 77 Tue 17-Mar San Agustin
Day 78 Wed 18-Mar 522 Bogota
Day 79 Thu 19-Mar Bogota
Day 80 Fri 20-Mar 186 Villa de Leyva
Day 81 Sat 21-Mar 188 Barichara
Day 82 Sun 22-Mar 657 Santa Marta
Day 83 Mon 23-Mar Santa Marta
Day 84 Tue 24-Mar 237 Cartagena
Day 85 Wed 25-Mar Cartagena
Cape Town to Cairo – 2012
August Wed 2 Arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dine together with our hosts.
Thu 30 Entertained by MG members?
Fri 31 Entertained by MG members
September
Sat 1 Entertained by MG members
Sun 2 Fly to Cape Townand meet MG club members.
Mon 3 Pick up cars, visit Robin Island, Botanical Gardens, Groot Konstantia.
Tue 4 Cape Point via Fish Hoek & False Bay – return via Kommetjie
Wed 5 Garden Route – Gordon’s Bayt to Cape Agulhas to Mossel Bay: 500km
Thu 6 Mossel Bay over Prince Albert’s Pass to Oudtshoorn:500km
Fri 7 Oudtshoorn to Franschhoek wine area: 380km
Sat 8 Franschhoek to Cape Town via Paarl, Wellington, Bloubergstrand
Sun 9 Official Start of our African Adventure. Cape Town to Okiep: 570km
Mon 10 Fish River Canyon -Border crossing: 320km
Tue 11 Border to Sesriem: 680km
Wed 12 Sesriem to Windhoek – visit Dune 45 then head for Windhoek: 390km
Thu 13 Windhoek to Otavi 430km
Fri 14 Otavi to Bagani – Okovango delta game park: 530km
Sat 15 Game drives
Sun 16 Bagani to Kasane – via 2 Border crossings: Namibia to Zambia and Botswana: 470km
Mon 17 Through border to Victoria Falls and on to Mlibizi on Kariba Dam: 320km
Tue 18 Kariba Ferry at Mlibizi
Wed 19 Ferry arrival to Lusaka and on to Mkushi
Thu 20 Mkushi to Shiwa Ngandu/Kapisha Hot Springs: 430km
Fri 21 Shiwa Ngandu/Kapisha Hot Springs
Sat 22 Shiwa Ngandu to Tanzanian border – overnight in Mbeya: 400km
Sun 23 Mbeya to Mikumi Wildlife Lodge then on to Morogoro: 310km
Mon 24 Morogoro to Dar es Salaam – people ferry to Zanzibar: 200km
Tue 25 Zanzibar – Visit Stone Town, Jozani Forest (Red Monkeys) etc
Wed 26 Morning ferry,then to Moshi -base of Kilimanjaro 5895m: 570km
Half way point to Cairo.
Thu 27 Moshi to Nairobi: 350km
Fri 28 Nairobi – Karen Blixen House, cocktails with Oz High Commissioner
Sat 29 Nairobi – service and clean MG’s. Drinks at Mutheri Country Club
Sun 30 Nairobi – African Classic Car Concours.
October
Mon 1 Fly to Mara Intrepids Camp
Tue 2 Game drives and game walks and relax
Wed 3 Fly to Nairobi. Drive to Archers Post past Nyeri – Baden Powell’s grave; cross the Equator:320km
Thu 4 Archers Post to Marsabit: 235km
Fri 5 Marsabit to Moyale (Split border town): 250km
Sat 6 Moyale to Awasa – on shores of Lake Awasa, Rift valley: 510km
Sun 7 Addis Abbaba : 270km
Mon 8 Addis Abbaba
Tue 9 Early flight to Lalibela – Visit 11 monolithic churches
Wed 10 Fly to Axum – Home of Queen of Sheba? Site of Arc of the Covenant
Thu 11 Return to Addis Abbaba. Dinner at Castelli’s, Addis’ oldest restaurant
Fri 12 Addis Abbaba to Bahir Dah – Lake Tana (source of Blue Nile): 575km
Sat 13 Bahir Dah to Gonder – City of Castles: 240km
Sun 14 Gonder to Wadi Madani: 588km
Mon 15 Wadi Madani to Khartoum – confluence of White and Blue Niles 200km
Tue 16 Khartoum
Wed 17 Khartoum to Atbara via Pyramids of Meroe: 330km
Thu 18 Meroe to Karima – Shendi pyramids: 150km
Fri 19 Karima to Dongola: 270km
Sat 20 Dongola to Wadi Halfa: 375km
Sun 21 Wadi Halfa – organise ferry for us and our cars into Egypt.
Mon 22 Ferry to Aswan – Separate people and car ferry.
Tue 23 Aswan – Agatha Christi territory – Death on the Nile
Wed 24 Aswan – Abu Simbel – Temples of Pharaoh Ramesses ll and Nefertari.
Thu 25 Aswan
Fri 26 Aswan to Luxor (Thebes); 220km
Sat 27 Luxor – Visit the Valley of the Kings; Valley of the Queens.
Sun 28 Luxor to El Minya – Rock Tombs: 425km
Mon 29 El Minya to Giza (Cairo): 250km Book
Tue 30 Giza / Cairo
Wed 31 Giza / Cairo
From here, we either head to the UK via Tunisia; via Jordon or over the Mediterranean Sea to Greece or Italy, depending on the politics in the area. A decision will be made at a later date.
November
Thu 1 Cairo to Alexandria – city day tour: 205km
Fri 2 Alexandria to Matruh: 300km
Sat 3 Matruh to Tobruk and border – WW2 town: 400km
Sun 4 Tobruk to Benghazi – via Cyrene: 500km
Mon 5 Benghazi to Surt – Gadaffi’s home town: 570km
Tue 6 Surt to Tripoli – Leptis Magna archeological site: 470km
Wed 7 Tripoli – City Day Tour
Thu 8 Tripoli to Sfax – cross border: 500km
Fri 9 Sfax to Tunis – Ras Ben Sakka – Northern most point of Africa: 280km
Sat 10 Tunis – visit El Diem, Dougga, Carthage.
Sun 11 Tunis to Palermo and tour Sicily – Napoli
Mon 12 Napoli to Roma
Tue 13 Roma
Wed 14 Roma to Genoa
Thu 15 Genoa to Nice
Fri 16 Nice to Oradour sur Glane
Sat 17 Oradour sur Glane to chateau near Richelieu
Sun 18 Richelieu to Cherbourg via Le Mons: 320km
Mon 19 Ferry to Portsmouth – UK
Tue 20 Portsmouth to Abingdon: 100km
Wed 21 UK – Kimber House or Abingdon Town Square
Thu 22 UK – MG Motors, Longbridge, Birmingham.
End of Cape to Cairo & Beyond 2012
Hi, nice to read all the ‘happenings’ for the Cape Town to Cairo and beyond trip with your MG’s……. Wish you the best.
Could you please tell Dave Godwin to contact Shailesh Chandaria of Nairobi, urgently. I need to talk to Dave.
Regards to all
Shailesh.
Wow! Epic journey. Well done.