In 2018, I travelled solo on the classic Cape Town to Cairo route using trains most of the way. En route, I interview people on each train on subjects ranging from cross-border trade to the historic context of this train route. My railway adventure from south to north takes me through South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. I stop along the way to take in some of the most beautiful sites on the continent such as Victoria Falls and the pyramids of Sudan.
As of 2025, post-covid, there are no long-distance passenger trains running in South Africa and Zimbabwe, nor in Botswana and Namibia. And, Sudan is in a state of war, so the Cape to Cairo by train route is not currently feasible.
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