Adventurous Self Drive

Adventurous Self-Drive in Mozambique

A self drive safari into Southern Mozambique is only for adventurous travellers.

It's only for those who’ve done a bit of 4x4 driving in challenging conditions elsewhere. Think "World's Worst Roads" and then you will have the right benchmark. Our consultants at Cedarberg have done this trip in Southern Mozambique so we speak from direct experience. We can advise on lodges and appropriate daily distances to travel.

The road through the Mozambique peace park, now connected to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, gives you the opportunity to combine an adventurous safari with the beach. However, we would recommend taking a 4×4 to give you extra confidence on the very sandy roads.

Distances are deceptive and driving in Mozambique takes a LOT of time. There are many rural villages and strict speed limits are strictly enforced. So the furthest north we recommend is to the beach resorts in the Imhabane province. (Vilanculos is too far to drive!)

Note: We dont offer 4x4 self-drive convoys. That is not our jam! But there may be specialist companies that do.  

For more on this topic, read our blog 'Adventurous Self drive and the inner Camel Man...'

Adventurous Self-Drive in Botswana

It is very rare for our clients to take a self drive safari through Namibia and into Botswana, though we get a lot of initial requests. For one thing, there are HEFTY cross-border charges which put off most people. Plus the country is huge and mostly covered by flat featureless Kalahari Desert.

And finally many of Botswana’s scenic and wildlife highlights, such as the Okavango Delta and the Chobe National Park are NOT accessible by the tarred road network.

Once people realise that, the interest usually tails off.

However, it can be done. But we recommend it only when you have lots of time, and you wish to combine several countries e.g. Namibia, Botswana and South Africa or Victoria Falls, without flying between them. Even then, you'll need to leave your rental car in Maun and flying into the Okavango Delta for a 2-3 night safari.

We do NOT book self-drive into the Okavango Delta for overseas visitors. (Yes it can be done by experienced 4x4 drivers, usually from South Africa, but they travel in a convoy to assist each other!)

Tailor-make these self drive safari trips

Given the above, we don’t offer any sample adventurous self-drive holidays to southern Mozambique or Botswana. But there is plenty of scope to be more adventurous in both South Africa and Namibia.

See Self-drive South-Africa for some more sample self-drive tours...