Africa Adventure was built in close collaboration with the Hong Kong Land Rover Club. After shared journeys in Morocco and South America, we designed a third chapter together, this time across southern and eastern Africa. The goal was simple. A composed crossing with real distance, steady logistics, and the right kind of adventure.
CarChallenge handled the full organisation. Thom Koudstaal led the route and decisions on the ground, with Hernan Miscione arranging hotels, meals, border formalities, and daily briefings. Technical support was provided by Desert Fox, with Wouter Tyberghien and Sigi Leurs in the following vehicle. Their role was quiet and capable, there when needed and invisible when not.
We met in Walvis Bay for the first briefing and set out across Namibia’s gravel, through the Kalahari and into Botswana for Maun and the Makgadikgadi. From Victoria Falls the road turned through Zambia and along Lake Tanganyika to Kigoma, before climbing to Kigali. The line then threaded Uganda and Kenya, with time in the Maasai Mara and the Serengeti, continued to Ngorongoro and Arusha, and closed by the Indian Ocean in Dar es Salaam. It was a clean arc from deserts to rainforest to savannah, with days that mixed firm tarmac and honest tracks.
Navigation ran on a dedicated roadbook and waypoint files for offline use. Convoy etiquette kept spacing and dust in check, with special stages declared where conditions asked for it. Fuel planning, water reserves, and satellite communication were standard. The organisation stayed active in the background, so participants could focus on driving, photographs, and the steady rhythm of the day.
A low flight over the Zambezi and Victoria Falls. Long, quiet kilometres over the salt pans. Gorilla country in Bwindi, migration days in the Serengeti, and evening light above the Ngorongoro rim. Hotels ranged from character lodges to simple, well placed stays when remoteness mattered more than comfort. The balance held, the pace felt right, and the continent did the talking.
If you want, I can adapt this to your page template with a compact country list and a short selection of hotels per section, drawn from the routebook.