Pre-trip planning page 3 Ron & Viv Moon Africa Overland


Read about Ron & Viv's pre-trip planning and preparation for the big trip.


GO TO PAGE 1 GO TO PAGE 2 Click on the headings below to go direct to the paragraph. COUNTRY INFORMATION African Websites Country Tourism Website GUIDEBOOKS FOR OVERLANDERS MAPS & MAPPING OTHER INFORMATIVE WEB SITES GO TO PAGE 1 for PLANNING THE ROUTE PASSPORTS & VISAS VEHICLE MATTERS Carnets Comprehensive Insurance Third Party Insurance Other Vehicle Costs Pre-trip Inspection & Maintenance More Information Shipping Vehicles Ferries from Africa to Europe GO TO PAGE 2 for MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS & PHONES
	PAGE 3 - Pre-trip Planning & Preparation Country Information If you've never been to Africa the place to start is at your local bookshop or on the web. The National Geographic have an excellent book - African Adventure Atlas - see it at: www.nationalgeographic.com It's full of maps and great ideas. African websites The following websites offer a lot of info on Africa: The Africa Overland Network: www.africa-overland.net Out to Africa - country info: www.outtoafrica.nl The Southern African Overland Forum: http://overland.co.za The African Guide: www.africaguide.com Country Tourism websites You'll find the following websites useful for planning your trip. South Africa http://www.southafrica.net/ http://www.kznwildlife.com/ Swaziland http://www.welcometoswaziland.com/ Lesotho http://www.ltdc.org.ls/ Namibia http://www.namibia-1on1.com/ http://www.natron.net/etour.htm Botswana http://www.botswanatourism.co.bw/ Mozambique http://www.mozambiquetourism.co.za/Admin/htmledit/index.php Zimbabwe http://www.zimbabwetourism.co.zw/ Zambia http://www.zambiatourism.com/ Malawi http://www.malawitourism.com/ Tanzania http://www.tanzania-web.com/home2.htm http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/ http://zanzibar.net/index.php Kenya http://www.magicalkenya.com/ http://www.kws.org/parks.html Uganda http://www.visituganda.com/ http://www.uwa.or.ug/parks.html Ethiopia http://www.tourismethiopia.org/ Sudan http://www.sudan.net/ Egypt http://www.travel-to-egypt.net/ http://www.touregypt.net/ Libya http://www.libyaonline.com/ http://www.arkno.com/ Tunisia http://www.tourismtunisia.com/ Algeria http://www.algeria.com/ Morocco http://www.visitmorocco.com/index.php/eng Return to top of page Guidebooks for Overlanders Guidebooks for those who want to travel overland are few and far between. Try the following: Africa Overland: 4x4 - Motorbike - Bicycle - Truck This guidebook by Bradt Guides is informative. Get it and other African country guides at: www.bradt-travelguides.com Africa on a Shoestring This large and informative book covers every country on the continent. Get it and others at: www.lonelyplanet.com Getaway Guide - Cape to Cairo This colourful small guide covers the basic routes north through Africa. See it at: http://www.magsathome.co.za Sahara Overland Covering 70 routes across the desert between the Atlantic and the Nile. See it at: www.sahara-overland.com Return to top of page Maps and Mapping We've found a good range of road maps for Africa, America, Asia, Australia-Oceania, Europe, suitable for OziExplorer (see: www.oziexplorer.com) from BS Maps based in Germany; see: http://www.bsmap.de/ http://www.b-spachmueller.de/ . (If you want to see the site in English, use Google Translate - it works well.) Maps for Garmin GPS units are available from: - https://buy.garmin.com/shop/buymaps.do A Third Party supplier has some maps for Garmin units that Garmin do not produce for themselves. Check out: - http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mpc/ For paper maps the the Reise Know-How maps (or Rough Guides, which purchased the rights from Reise Know-How) seem to be very good - if you can get them for the country you are interested in! Hema Maps ( www.hemamaps.com.au ) an Australian specialist mapping company with much expertise in 4WD maps has a full range of African maps from a number of map publishers. We found overall the best country maps for Africa came from ITMB. Check out: www.itmb.com For African GPS maps accessible to all try: www.madmappers.com Another good source is Google Earth: http://maps.google.com/maps Tracks 4 Africa is an interesting community group who have mapped much of Africa with GPS. Check out: www.tracks4africa.com Return to top of page Other informative websites World time To check out the time in any place in Africa see: www.worldtimeserver.com World Weather For up-to-date info on the weather in Africa and elsewhere in the world, check out the BBC Weather site: www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/africa/ For African weather also try the Weather Underground web site at: www.wunderground.com/global/Region/AF/Temperature.html Return to top of page Return to Top of Page