East Africa backpacking

KenHy

Hi

A few of us are looking to go backpacking in East Africa this summer, We're into kayaking so we want to start at the Zambezi (Livingstone - Zambia) and finish at the Nile (Jinja - Uganda). Has anyone done such a route? How long would it take to do such a trip properly?

Thinking of going Livingstone-Lusaka-Chipata (Possibly with a visit to South Luangwa NP) - Up Lake Milawi, stopping at a few of the backpacker places along the way (Nkhata Bay and Livingstonia have been recommended), possibly trying to get a bit of diving in - into Tanzania taking the train to Dar-es-Salem (I'm told there's one that goes through a NP that's good for spotting game from?) - A few days in Zanzibar - After that not sure - possibly Arusha - Nirobi - Jinja. Apart from the obvious safari options which we probably wont be able to afford, anything else worth doing along that last stretch?

Would such a trip on aprox. $30 a day be possible in about 1.5 months? Also has anyone ever climbed Kilimanjaro? We wouldn't mind giving that a stab either, where's the best place to base yourself for something like that? And finally anything else that really is a must do somewhere along that trip?

Thanks!

NUIG_FiannaFail

great for some to be off travelling during a recession eh?!

One of the lads was out that direction before - he got by on $40 a day but then again he is a bit of a high roller lol

Enjoy it!