Cape to Cairo 2009 – Proposed daily itinerary
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| M | 25 May | 1 | Cape Town (RSA) – Port Alfred (RSA) | ±1000 |
| T | 26 May | 2 | Port Alfred (RSA) – Day at leisure (RSA) | Nil |
| W | 27 May | 3 | Port Alfred (RSA) – Umhalanga (RSA) |
±800 |
| T | 28 May | 4 | Umhalanga (RSA) - Day at leisure (RSA) | Nil |
| F | 29 May | 5 | Johannesburg (RSA) - (RSA) - Mkuse (RSA) - Golela (SA/Swaziland) - Big Bend (Swaziland) - Namaacha Border Crossing (Swaziland/Mozambique) - Maputo (Mozambique) |
±630 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| S | 30 May | 6 | Maputo (Mozambique) – Day at Leisure – Maputo (Mozambique) | ±Nil |
| S | 31 May | 7 |
Maputo (Mozambique) – Xai Xai (Mozambique) – Inharrime (Mozambique) – Inhambane (Mozambique) – Tofu |
±461 |
| M | 1 June |
8 | Inhambane (Mozambique) – Inhassoro [Mozambique] | ±377 |
| T | 2 June |
9 | Inhassoro (Mozambique) - Save (Mozambique) – Chimoio (Mozambique) – Tete (Mozambique) | ±750 |
| W | 3 June |
10 | Tete (Mozambique) – Zobue (Mozambique) – Mwanza (Malawi) – Senga Bay (Malawi) |
±650 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| T | 4 June | 11 |
Senga Bay (Malawi) – Day at Leisure – Senga Bay |
Nil |
| F | 5 June | 12 |
Senga Bay (Malawi) – Salima (Malawi) – Nkhotakota (Malawi) – Mzuzu (Malawi) – Chiweta (Malawi) – Karonga (Malawi) |
±650 |
| S | 6 June |
13 |
Karonga (Malawi) – Tukuyu (Tanzania) – Makumbaku (Tanzania) – Iringa (Tanzania) | ±550 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| S | 7 June | 14 |
Iringa (Tanzania) – Makumi (Tanzania) – Morogoro (Tanzania) – Chalinze (Tanzania) – Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) – Zanzibar |
±550 |
| M | 8 June | 15 |
Zanzibar – Day at Leisure – Zanzibar | Nil |
| T | 9 June |
16 |
Zanzibar – Day at Leisure – Zanzibar | Nil |
| W | 10 June | 17 |
Zanzibar – Day at Leisure – Zanzibar | Nil |
| T | 11 June |
18 |
Zanzibar - Chalinze (Tanzania) - Segera (Tanzania) - Korogwe (Tanzania) – Same (Tanzania) – Moshi (Tanzania) – Arusha (Tanzania) |
±680 |
| F | 12 June | 19 | Arusha (Tanzania) – Namanga (Kenya) – Nairobi (Kenya) | ±350 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| S |
13 June | 20 |
Nairobi (Kenya) – Day at Leisure – Nairobi (Kenya) | Nil |
| S |
14 June | 21 |
Nairobi (Kenya) – Day at Leisure – Nairobi (Kenya) | Nil |
| M |
15 June |
22 |
Nairobi (Kenya) – Thika (Kenya) –Nyeri (Kenya) – |
±375 |
| T | 16 June | 23 | Marsabit (Kenya) – Moyale (Kenya) |
±375 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| W |
17 June | 24 |
DUPLICATED DAY Moyale (Kenya) Awasa (Kenya) – Debra Ziet (Ethiopia) – Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
±750 |
| T |
18 June | 25 |
Moyale (Kenya) Awasa (Kenya) – Debra Ziet (Ethiopia) – Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) | ±750 |
| F |
19 June |
26 |
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
Nil |
| S |
20 June | 27 | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Lalibela (Ethiopia) |
Nil |
| S | 21 June | 28 | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Lalibela (Ethiopia) |
Nil |
| M | 22 June | 29 | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
Nil |
| T | 23 June | 30 | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Dejen (Ethiopia) – Nedatra (Ethiopia) |
±380 |
| W | 24 June | 31 | Nedatra (Ethiopia) – Debra May (Ethiopia) – Bahir Dar (Ethiopia) |
±150 |
| T | 25 June | 32 | Bahir Dar (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure (Ethiopia) | Nil |
| F | 26 June | 33 | Bahir Dar (Ethiopia) – Gonder (Ethiopia) | ±150 |
| S | 27 June | 34 | Gonder (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Gonder (Ethiopia) | Nil |
| S | 28 June | 35 | Gonder (Ethiopia) – Simian Mountains (Ethiopia) | ±200 |
| M | 29 June | 36 | Simian Mountains (Ethiopia) – Day at Leisure – Simian Mountains (Ethiopia) |
Nil |
| T | 30 June | 37 | Simian Mountains (Ethiopia) - Gonder (Ethiopia) | ±200 |
| W | 1 July | 38 | Gonder (Ethiopia) – Azezo (Ethiopia) – Wagna (Ethiopia) – Metema (Ethiopia) – Doka (Sudan) Al -Gedarif (Sudan) | ±400 |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| T | 2 July | 39 | Al -Gedarif (Sudan) - Wadi Madeni (Sudan) - Khartoum (Sudan) | ±700 |
| F | 3 July | 40 |
Khartoum (Sudan) – Day at Leisure - Khartoum (Sudan) | Nil |
| S | 4 July |
41 | Khartoum (Sudan) – Abu Dom (Sudan) – Dongola (Sudan) |
±300 |
| S | 5 July |
42 | Dongola (Sudan) – Desert Camp (Sudan) | ±250 |
| M | 6 July |
43 | Desert Camp (Sudan) – Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | ±250 |
| T | 7 July | 44 | Wadi Halfa (Sudan) – Day at Leisure – Wadi Halfa (Sudan) | Nil |
Border Crossing
| Date | Day | Planned route | ± KM’S | |
| W |
8 July | 45 |
Board Ferry en-route to Aswan (Egypt) (Ferry) | Nil |
| T |
9 July | 46 |
Arrive in Aswan (Egypt) – Aswan (Egypt) | Nil |
| F |
10 July |
47 | Aswan (Egypt) – Day at Leisure - Aswan (Egypt) | Nil |
| S | 11 July |
48 | Aswan (Egypt) – Hurghada (Egypt) | ±500 |
| S |
12 July |
49 | Hurghada (Egypt) – Cairo (Egypt) – Alexandria (Egypt) |
±700 ±14,800 |
14 July 2009 16:02
Day 48: Aswan - Luxor14 July 2009 16:02
Day 47: Aswan14 July 2009 16:02
Day 49: Luxor - Cairo14 July 2009 14:36
Day 45 - 46: Wadi Halfa - Aswan14 July 2009 11:22
Day 44: Wadi Halfa10 July 2009 14:36
Day 43: Wawa - Wadi Halfa10 July 2009 13:03
Day 42: Karima - Wawa07 July 2009 18:47
Day 41: Atbara - Karima06 July 2009 18:42
Day 40: Khartoum - Atbara06 July 2009 18:21
Day 38 - 39: Khartoum06 July 2009 17:16
Day 37: Gedaref - Khartoum02 July 2009 16:51
Day 36: Gonder - Gedaref02 July 2009 15:59
Day 35 Simien Mountains - Gonder02 July 2009 15:26
Day 34 Simien Mountains27 June 2009 14:41
Paul's Moyale to Addis adventure26 June 2009 22:11
Day 33: Bahir Dar - Simien Mountains26 June 2009 22:07
Day 32: Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar26 June 2009 22:06
Day 29 - 31: Addis Ababa26 June 2009 22:05
Day 28: Awasa - Addis Ababa26 June 2009 21:00
Day 27: Moyale - Awasa22 June 2009 02:00
Day 26: Marsabit - Moyale22 June 2009 01:00
Day 25: Isiolo - Marsabit17 June 2009 00:00
Day 24: Nairobi - Isiolo16 June 2009 00:00
Day 20 - 23: Masai Mara & Nairobi12 June 2009 00:00
Day 19: Arusha - Nairobi11 June 2009 00:00
Day 18: Dar Es Salaam - Arusha09 June 2009 05:00
Day 15 - 17: Mafia Island09 June 2009 04:00
Day 14: Morogoro - Dar Es Salaam09 June 2009 03:00
Day 13: Mbeya - Morogoro09 June 2009 02:00
Day 12: Senga Bay - Mbeya09 June 2009 00:00
Day 11: Senga Bay05 June 2009 00:00
Day 10: Tete - Senga Bay04 June 2009 00:00
Day 9: Inhassoro - Tete01 June 2009 00:00
Day 8: Inhambane - Inhassoro01 June 2009 00:00
Day 7: Maputo - Inhambane31 May 2009 00:00
Satellite Phone Number30 May 2009 00:00
Day 6: Maputo30 May 2009 00:00
Day 5: Umhlanga to Maputo28 May 2009 00:00
Day 3: Port Alfred to Umhlanga26 May 2009 00:00
Day 2: Port Alfred25 May 2009 00:00
Day 1: Cape Town - Port Alfred25 May 2009 00:00
Bikers' Bar Room24 May 2009 00:00
T-Minus Two Days and Counting24 May 2009 00:00
Our Start at the Cape of Good Hope
