Johannesburg to Nairobi Overland: Waterfalls & Beaches

This overland journey navigates from Johannesburg through Southern and East Africa, covering Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and finally Kenya. Travellers track the "big five" across the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, enjoy freshwater mists at Victoria Falls, and spend nights camping beneath baobab trees in the Okavango Delta. The safari vehicles switch between a high-riding Lando truck and smaller pop-up roof 4x4s during wildlife drives, allowing the group good views and flexibility to pause for that crouching lion lying in wait.

Days include visits to spice plantations in Zanzibar where the air carries the scent of cloves and cinnamon, and the chance to connect with local women’s co-ops near the falls. The route is long and at times bumpy so packing light and taking meals as social cooking events calls for a sense of adventure rather than comfort. Provided equipment makes pitching a camp tent swift, though you’ll be sharing with another traveller and the occasional curious sound from the night. The trip concludes in Nairobi, a city of contrasts, where flights should be booked late in the evening.

These are the places the trip visits, in order. G Adventures publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.