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Visa and Passport
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after finishing the trip with one clear page for each country visited, plus 7 extra just in case pages.
You’ll need to bring passport size photos and photocopies of your passport photo page.
UK to Accra - 14 blank pages, 12 passport photos
UK to Cape Town - 30 blank pages, 20 passport photos, Start your trip with a new paspsort, larger size if available
UK to Nairobi - 40 blank pages, 20 passport photos. Start your trip with a larger size passport, if your country doesn't issue a large passport get two passports.
UK to Cairo - 45 blank pages, 25 passport photos Start your trip with a larger size passport, if your country doesn't issue a large passport get two passports.
Cape Town to Cairo & vv -20 blank pages, 6 passport photos
Nairobi to Cairo & vv -12 blank pages, 6 passport photos
Accra to Cape Town- 14 blank pages, 12 passport photos
If you are applying for a new passport before doing this trip, get a frequent traveller or jumbo size passport, with more pages than a standard passport.
You might need you to get some visas before departure, we will advise you on booking.
No Israeli stamps in your passport or border stamps exiting neighbouring countries towards Israel.
Visas cost and where to get them
Morocco - most nationalities don’t need one but SA must get it beforehand
Mauritania – on route US$135
Senegal - on route US$60
Guinea Bissau – on route US$40
Liberia - on route US$150
The Gambia – mostly visa free
Sierra Leone - US$80
Guinea - US$85/110
Cote d’Ivoire - US$65
Ghana – before departure
Togo – on route US$60
Benin – on route US$40
Nigeria – on route USA & UK US$180, Australia & NZ US$75
Cameroon – on route US$120
Gabon – on route US$100
Congo – on route US$125
DR Congo – on route US$250
Angola – on route US$150
Namibia - Australia, NZ, UK, Canada, most EU, & USA do not need one
South Africa - Australia, UK, Canada, EU, & USA do not need one
Botswana - on route most free.
Zimbabwe- on route US$30 to US$75
Mozambique - on route US$72
Malawi - on route free
Tanzania - on route US$50 to US$100
Kenya - on route US$50
Uganda - on route US$100
Rwanda - on route Free to US$30
Burundi - on route
Ethiopia - on route US$50 to US$85
Sudan - on route US$100 US$310 USA
Egypt - on route US$30
Visa prices often change
