Africa is a wild and diverse continent that promises nothing short of adventure. It’s the second largest continent, made up of 54 countries, and presents travelers with a host of wonderful experiences, as well as a few challenges.
One of the biggest challenges about traveling in Africa is knowing how to get around.
We explored East and South Africa on a five-month backpacking adventure, and found there were many forms of transport to explore the continent with.
Getting around East and South Africa is rough, but it’s cheap, and it will provide you with some of your most entertaining stories.
In this guide, we share how to get around East and South Africa and the different modes of transport you can take.
There are many transportation options to suit each travellers budget, desired experiences and comfort levels, which we’ll go into below.
How To Travel Africa: Getting Around East and South Africa
Below are the main ways to get around Africa.
Guided Tour
For those travellers who feels a little intimidated about backpacking Africa independently, or a short on time and want to be spared the hassle, there are organized overland safari tours that make traveling in Africa easy.
Craig, and I decided not to travel Africa in this way, although we ran into a lot of these overlander trucks through Africa and were given quite an insight into how they operated.
We wanted to travel slower through each area, and have a lot more contact with the local people, but we can see the appeal for a tour – Africa can feel huge and overwhelming.
Overland safari tours will be more expensive than independent travel, but costs usually cover meals, transport, and accommodation.
Travelling Africa independently for 5 months cost us $7,000 total, and we visited several countries.
If you’re short on time, or only have one month, then we highly recommend this GAdventures Tour from Nairobi to South Africa, which covers the top places to visit in Africa such as Victoria Falls, the Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, South Luangwa National Park, Lake Malawi, Zanzibar and a trip to the Serengeti.
Globus Tours
We have also traveled with the Globus family brand of tours on several occasions now and have loved them. They offer a variety of tours including budget and more luxury. Here are some of their Africa tours. Don’t forget our exclusive discount code in the blue box below.
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