Charter Trips in Africa

Overland Charter Truck You have thought long and hard about it and Africa is where you want to go, but the thought of travelling a couple of thousand kilometres in an overland truck with 25 strangers just doesn’t appeal. Charter trips are the answer. Charter your own overland truck for you and your group and we will customise your itinerary anywhere in Africa, anytime!

Why charter a truck with Overlanding Africa?

No age limit
No fitness requirement
Flexible itinerary
Tailor made to suit all tastes & budgets
Target your specific interests
Travel on or off the beaten track
All equipment supplied
All vehicle costs included
Experienced Crew
You choose your fellow travellers!

Overland Truck Charters in Africa

Whether you have a school group, a large family group or a special interest group, overland truck charters can be tailor made to suit every requirement.

Keep in mind that June to October is high season for scheduled Overland trips and charter trucks are in very short supply. Try and organise your holidays outside of these dates if you can.

Minette - OverlandingAfrica.com14 Mar 2012: Hi Wimpie, costs could vary but you can be looking at anything from ZAR 3500 to ZAR 4000 per day for the truck, equipment and driver hire. All trucks will come with a driver as it is not possible to self drive these vehicles. I have emailed you more information. Happy trails!
Wimpie Wood14 Mar 2012: I am a missionary taking a group on a outreach to Zambia during the June holiday. It is for 18 days departure from Oudtshoorn. Team is 15 at this stage. what would the costs be? Is there a selfdrive possibility? Thanks
Minette - OverlandingAfrica.com16 Jan 2012: Hi Sandy, I have emailed you some more information regarding chartering a truck. Cheers!
Sandy Johnston14 Jan 2012: Hi I would like to take my nearest and dearest on an overland trip to Namibia and Botswana in August 2012. We would be between 8 and 12 people. aged between 14 years and 75 years. All are fit and healthy. As these are preliminary enquiries, you advice would be much appreciated. Kind Regards Sandy Johnston
Juan29 Sep 2011: Good day, we are looking at doing a trip up to mozambique next year end of may. what are the cost of renting a truck and what does it include? regards juan
Minette - OverlandingAfrica.com19 Apr 2011: Hi Jana! That sounds great. Please keep an eye open on your inbox as I have emailed you. Cheers!
Jana18 Apr 2011: I am in need of a 25 seater truck with full camping equipment to be picked up from livingstone zambia on the 22 July. The truck then need to go up to lusaka to pick up the pax from there. It then heads out to the north west of Zambia to Chavuma. It will travel down along the zambezi doing about 70km per day past mongu, shesheki, to livingstone again. Truck to be returned on the 15th of August. We will supply our own food. Please contact me for futher details and with quote.
Helen14 Mar 2011: I am looking for an Overland truck hire with wheelchair lift access. 15 to 20 seater. We don't need camping equipment as we intend to stay in lodges. Touring Mozambique and Tanzania. Need "take here, leave there" option. Any ideas????
Karen22 Feb 2011: We (2 adults, 2 children age 10 and 13) are interested in travelling from DRC to South Africa overland in July 2011 and saw that we can hire 4x4/trucks from you with driver - is this something you could arrange? Thanks Karen
Minette - OverlandingAfrica.com16 Feb 2011: Hey Glen, We don't have scheduled tours that run to the Congo. The further-est that our trips go westwards from East Africa is Kampala. Send us an enquiry through our website if something like that would interest you.
Glen Jansma16 Feb 2011: We are thinking of a trip to return to where we lived in Shaba,Congo (formerly Zaire). Looking for an overland trip originating in Lusaka, Zambia or in East Africa or Malawi and travel by way of Lumbambashi to Kamina (central Shaba) and return. Number of travelers = 2 most likely.
Dayne - OverlandingAfrica.com30 Dec 2010: Hi Abhimanyu, We can definitely help with a charter for you but I would need a little more information about where you would like to go and what you want me to include. I have emailed you some questions. Cheers
abhimanyu29 Dec 2010: we are a group of 15 people from india. we want to travel from cairo to south africa by overland truck. we want a truck on hire for 12 to 15 seats capacity. we want it from april to august
Tania - OverlandingAfrica.com10 Sep 2010: Hi Jenny! Sure we do! I am sending you a email with some options for you right now. Cheers,
Jenny10 Sep 2010: We are a church in Cape Town that needs to take around 40 people to the western province of Zambia in June/July 2011. We would like to enquire as to whether you would hire out your vehicles with 2 drivers each? If you would, what would the cost be? We have South Africans, Australains, and Swedish people on the trip
Dayne - OverlandingAfrica.com13 Jul 2010: Hi Nick, We have as many as 5000 departures for scheduled tours a year. We also offer a charter service if you want to plan your own route.I have emailed you with more questions so we can plan every step of your adventure.Cheers
Nick12 Jul 2010: I am planning to travel with around 8 friends next year from Kenya to Cape Town on an overland truck. Do you offer this type of service?
Dayne - Overlanding Africa.com16 Mar 2010: Hi Gretha, I would love to assist you but to give you an accurate quote I would require a bit more information. I have sent you an email requesting some details. Cheers Dayne
Gretha15 Mar 2010: Hi, We would like to get a quote or estimate for the hire of an overland truck for 28 people. We plan to travel from Johannesburg to Namibia in September 2011 for about 3 weeks. We do not need a guide, just a driver and equipment. Thanks, Gretha

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