Who Goes Overlanding?

You will need a sense of adventure and flexibility. Our itineraries are designed to show you most of the highlights for the area you will be travelling through, however, local conditions cannot always be predicted and your crew might have to alter the itinerary due to unforeseen circumstances such as a bridge that was washed away, a large herd of elephant on the road or a mechanical breakdown of the vehicle. As long as you keep your sense of humour, these changes often make up for the most memorable of stories.

Budget tours in Africa

If you are looking for an adventure, want to experience the real Africa and are not afraid of living life to the fullest then budget tours in Africa is the travel for you. If you also enjoy travelling in a group, experiencing wildlife, nature and mingling with fellow travellers and locals alike then Overlanding is definitely for you! Age is not a barrier and nor is fitness - all you need to be is adventurous and young at heart! Overlanders are usually more ‘travellers’ than ‘tourists’. Next to the main highlights of Africa, you will also be travelling off the beaten track, haggle with the local salesmen in the fruit & vegetable market, help your crew dig the truck out of a muddy patch and put up your tent up the wilds of Africa. A sense of adventure, flexibility and keeping your sense of humour is all that is needed to become an overlander in Africa.

Africa Group Travel

OverlandingAfrica.com offers a number of Africa budget tours that cater for a variety of travellers with varying budgets. Whether you choose to go on a low-budget tour or a more luxury one, your fellow travellers will all share one thing with you: a passion for exploring Africa! We often get asked whether it’s a problem that somebody is travelling on his or her own. No, not at all, half our clients are individual travellers. The other half book their trip with friends or as a couple. If you come on your own, you will normally be sharing a tent with somebody from the same sex. Overlanding is a great way of meeting like-minded travellers and we at OverlandingAfrica.com are firm believers in the saying: Strangers are just unknown friends!

Deborah Aubrook30 Nov 1999: I want to do an overland tour of africa with my family , ie 2 adults and 2 children age 13 and 15. I would like to do the kind of overland tour that would take approx 6 weeks and this would be in the summer of 2011. I am finding that difficult with teenagers. Can you accommodate or give me some advise Thank you
Linda Williams30 Nov 1999: Hi looking at Victoria Falls and Chobe dash family tour for our family of 2 adults and 2 childrn in March 2011, is there a discount for childrn who will be aged 10 and 12 then? We are from NZ and will be leaving here in Nov 2010 would we be able to pay for trip once we are in UK in January or can we pay by visa from here? Do you have agencies here? cheers Linda
Tania - OverlandingAfrica.com30 Nov 1999: Hi Deborah, Most family tours are fairly short trips due to the logistics and environment involved with the longer ones so I am not sure if there is a 6 week trip to accommodate you. Although you can join 2 or 3 different consecutive trips if necessary. All our Family tours have a minimum age of 6yrs. Alternatively most of our normal accommodated tours have a minimum age of 13 or 14. See the tours tab (green button) at the top for all Family trips. I hope that helps!
Tania - OverlandingAfrica.com30 Nov 1999: Hi Deborah, Most family tours are fairly short trips due to the logistics and environment involved with the longer ones so I am not sure if there is a 6 week trip to accommodate you. Although you can join 2 or 3 different consecutive trips if necessary. All our Family tours can be found on our site where the minimum age is 6yrs. Alternatively most of our accommodated tours have a minimum age of 13 or 14. I hope that helps!
Tania - OverlandingAfrica.com30 Nov 1999: Hi Linda, The family trips are specifically built around the (few african options available for) kids so there is no (child rate) discount as they use full facilities on the trip. However if you enquire on line we could offer you a early bird discount! We are online based so do not have agencies in NZ (my Mum doesn't count :) ) and you can pay either with credit card or by bank deposit. I have emailed you the nitty gritty. Have fun!

Africa Overland Tours?

Adventure travel in Africa is very popular, and overland tours give you the best of Africa and adventure activities at most stops along the way.

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