Between July 15th and November 15th 2019 we travelled through northern South Africa, eastern Botswana, much of Zambia, northwestern Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Ethiopia. We self-drove through all but Ethiopia.
On mainland Africa we drove 7,848 km and in Madagascar 2,448 km for a total of 10,296 km of self-driving.
In Ethiopia we had drivers and covered a distance of 3,589 km for a total Africa road distance of 13,885 km.
We flew 14 segments for a total of approximately 38,416 km.
Vancouver to Johannesburg via Toronto/Addis Ababa – 14,851 km
Johannesburg to Antananarivo – 2,140 km
Ile Sainte Marie to Antananarivo – 500 km
Antananarivo to Nose Be return – 1,640 km
Antananarivo to Addis Ababa – 3,230 km
Addis Ababa to Lalibela – 339 km
Lalibela to Axum – 240 km
Mekele to Addis Ababa – 506 km
Addis Ababa to Vancouver via Dublin/Toronto – 14,970 km
Total distance traveled by land and air – 52,301 km
The distance around the earth is 40,075 km.