This category covers our travels across Africa, with a focus on overland routes, border crossings, road conditions and daily realities on the road. You’ll find country-specific reports, practical travel information and observations from long-term travel through different regions of the continent. The content is based on first-hand experience, not second-hand advice or curated highlights. If you are interested in realistic planning, costs, logistics and what actually works on the ground, start here.
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Through The Wild West Of Africa
TRANSafrica TRAVELmap
After two years, 45,000 kilometers and 25 countries, we look back on one of the greatest adventures of our lives. From the deserts of Mauritania to the jungles of Central Africa and the wildlife of Southern Africa, these are our honest conclusions, country “feelings”, highlights, disappointments and lessons learned from overlanding across the continent.
2 Years Overlanding Through Africa – Our Conclusion Read More »
Corruption is a constant reality in overland travel in many countries. This article explains how to handle such situations pragmatically, calmly and without moral posturing, based on real overland travel experience.
How to Deal With Corruption as an Overland Traveler Read More »
Somewhere between freedom, diesel receipts and daily life lies the real cost of long-term travel. This article is based on real expenses tracked continuously over 66 months, with every payment recorded manually and assigned to a cost category
true costs of overland travel Read More »
Africa looks simple on a map – but on the ground, it isn’t.
This blog introduces our TRANSafrica TRAVELmap – a map built while driving. It follows our real overland route from Morocco to South Africa, shaped by border queues, broken roads and unexpected detours.
What you’ll find here is inspiration and orientation. Not promises, but experience.
I created this map for one reason: to make sense of the road ahead – before you’re already on it.
transafrica travelmap by travelcandies Read More »
An overland journey through West Africa is not a typical road trip – it’s raw, intense and deeply human. In this intro we share why we chose to drive our van down the West African coast, what challenges truly await (roads, borders, fuel, health, costs) and what makes this route unforgettable: the people, the encounters and the reality behind the clichés.
Through The Wild West Of Africa Read More »