Africa Overland Group Tour: Nairobi to Johannesburg

The africa overland group tour starts with an arrival day in Nairobi. Meet your guide and fellow travelers for a full route briefing, kit check, and introduction to the overland truck. Spend the evening at the group campsite or lodge on the city's outskirts, with time to explore a local market on foot.

The overland truck reaches the coast and the group boards a ferry to Zanzibar. Four nights on the island combine a kenya tanzania safari spice plantation tour, a walk through Stone Town's UNESCO-listed streets, and time on white-sand beaches along the Indian Ocean. Snorkeling and diving are available as optional activities.

Lake Malawi is the midpoint of this southern africa overland tour. Two to three nights on the lakeshore offer swimming, kayaking, and snorkeling with the lake's endemic tropical cichlid fish. Local fishermen depart before dawn each morning — an easy walk to the water's edge makes for an early view of traditional wooden dhow fishing.

The okavango delta safari is the route's most remote section. Traditional mokoro canoes are poled by local guides through papyrus channels and shallow floodplains. Elephant, hippo, crocodile, and hundreds of bird species are encountered at water level. Optional walking safaris and night game drives extend into Chobe National Park, where the world's largest elephant population gathers at the river.