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Final budget summary – Africa
After much work, we finally have put together a budget summary from our amazing adventure. We hope that you find it helpful in planning your own African adventure. As a reminder, our adventure was broken into 2 stages: Stage I: … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, budget, East Africa, overland travel, southern Africa, travel
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Budget Update – Uganda
From reports of other travellers, Uganda was said to be a more inexpensive country to travel in. Our start in the country was slightly pricy as we had to pay for 2 visas at $50 each (the only country in … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, budget east Africa, budget Uganda, Camping, East Africa, overland budget, overland travel, travel, travel budget, Uganda
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Budget Update – Tanzania
We crossed into Tanzania from Zambia on a little remote border post near Lake Tanganyika, and realised immediately that we were far from the tourist crowd in this part of the country. Only 1 visa was needed ($50), and a … Continue reading
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Budget Update – Zambia
Our budget for Zambia was almost completely blown out of the water at the border crossing: US$200 lighter, we arrived in Livingstone. The official currency of Zambia is the Zambian Kwacha. The kwacha isn’t traded outside Zambia, so it isn’t … Continue reading
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Budget Update – Malawi
Entering Malawi was a welcome surprise – the first country we entered where we didn’t have all sorts of fees to pay when we crossed the border. Finally our COMESA insurance was paying off, and neither of us needed visas … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, budget, Malawi, overland budget, overland travel, southern Africa, southern Africa budget, travel, travel budget
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Budget Update – Namibia
We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Namibia – it has been a country African GirlChild has wanted to visit for many years. So, despite it seeming like a detour, we did a 5 week tour of Namibia, starting and finishing … Continue reading
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Budget Update – Botswana
As we always expected, travelling in southern Africa was bound to be more expensive than our travels in north west Africa had been. Botswana was certainly a rude awakening! The currency of Botswana is the Pula. The exchange rate while … Continue reading
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Budget update – Senegal
As promised, we have been tracking trip costs so that others have some idea of what may be incurred. Of course, at the end of the day, it does all depend on your own choices. The Central African Franc (CFA) … Continue reading
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Budget update – Western Sahara
We are about to leave Western Sahara and cross into Mauritania. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Morocco and Western Sahara, but look forward to heading southwards. Before we leave Western Sahara, though, I thought I’d add another budget … Continue reading
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Tagged budget west africa, overland budget, travel budget
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Budget update – Morocco
Zagora, Morocco Time for another budget update. Can you believe we have been on the road for 6 weeks already? It doesn’t feel like we left the UK more than a handful of days ago. Aaaah … time flies when … Continue reading