London to Cape Town - Route Outline
The 2012 London to Cape Town Route Map
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The route drives across Europe before taking a ferry from Greece to to North Africa. After Egypt the route moves on to Saudi Arabia and on to Jeddah. From Jeddah we cross the Red Sea to Sudan, and a day’s run then brings us to Ethiopia, and a stunning mountain road takes us from the frontier deep into Ethiopia and the road to Kenya. Here we cross a demanding desert track and on to Nairobi for a day off …we then head south to Tanzania, driving from Arusha to Dodoma, and continue heading south for Zambia, where the local Motor Federation will be organising some Time Trials in the Plantations around Lusaka.
After taking in the splendours of Victoria Falls at Livingstone, we cross the Caprivi Strip, the narrow passage of land that takes us into Namibia, lots of gravel roads here… finally into South Africa and on to Clanwilliam, gateway to the Cederberg Mountains, and our drive into Cape Town …the celebrations will be an all-night section run from the bar of the Table Bay Hotel!
This is the first rally to stage a timed-drive with the clock ticking every day from Europe to Cape Town without recourse to airlifts or special shipping – the only boats involved are scheduled ferry-services, in a route that aims to keep the wheels turning all the way, clocking up results daily with the successful survivors going home with trophies at the end of a very special rally-adventure.
The 2012 London to Cape Town Rally
Preliminary Route Outline - Updated October 2011Date | Route | Country | Kms |
Jan 1 | Scrutineering, Brooklands. London Start: 7.00pm | UK | 130 |
Jan 2 | London to Beaune via Dover-Calais ferry, 3.40am | France | 610 |
Jan 3 | Beaune to Florence | France, Italy | 840 |
Jan 4 | Florence to Ancona (Port) - ferry, 4pm | Italy | 300 |
Jan 5 | Igoumenitsa (Port) to Kamena Vourla | Greece | 470 |
Jan 6 | Kamena Vourla to Piraeus (Port) - ferry, 12am | Greece | 490 |
Jan 7 | On Ferry - Rest Day | Mediterranean | |
Jan 8 | Alexandria (Port) to Ain Sokhna | Egypt | 350 |
Jan 9 | Ain Sokhna to Safaga (Port) - ferry, 4am | Egypt | 460 |
Jan 10 | Duba (Port) to Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 520 |
Jan 11 | Yanbu to Jeddah (Port) - ferry, 9pm | Saudi Arabia | 350 |
Jan 12 | Suakin (Port) to Gedaref | Sudan | 720 |
Jan 13 | Gedaref to Bahir Dar | Sudan, Ethiopia | 510 |
Jan 14 | Bahir Dar to Awasa | Ethiopia | 760 |
Jan 15 | Awasa to Moyale | Ethiopia, Kenya | 510 |
Jan 16 | Moyale to Marsabit | Kenya | 250 |
Jan 17 | Marsabit to Nairobi | Kenya | 540 |
Jan 18 | Nairobi - Rest Day | Kenya | |
Jan 19 | Nairobi to Arusha | Kenya, Tanzania | 410 |
Jan 20 | Arusha to Dodoma | Tanzania | 440 |
Jan 21 | Dodoma to Mbeya | Tanzania | 610 |
Jan 22 | Mbeya to Mpika | Tanzania, Zambia | 500 |
Jan 23 | Mpika to Lusaka | Zambia | 700 |
Jan 24 | Lusaka to Livingstone | Zambia | 500 |
Jan 25 | Livingstone to Tsumeb | Zambia, Namibia | 1050 |
Jan 26 | Tsumeb to Windhoek | Namibia | 650 |
Jan 27 | Windhoek to Ai-Ais | Namibia | 840 |
Jan 28 | Ai-Ais to Clanwilliam | Namibia, South Africa | 650 |
Jan 29 | Clanwilliam to Cape Town | South Africa | 330 |
Total distance (kms) : | (14,400) |