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Eleven MG owners and their co-drivers\/mechanics are presently working diligently to prepare their cars for a great drive. Nine couples hail from Australia, along with one each from the UK and South Africa. They will drive the classic Cape to Cairo trans Africa route in September and October this year.<\/p>\n
They will leave Cape Town, South Africa on September 9th 2012, and if the trip goes to plan, they will arrive in Cairo, Egypt, on October 31st 2012. The cars will have done a total of 7,445 miles (12,408 kms). Of course there are some \u201crest\u201d days along the way, but the driven days average around 235 miles (390kms) per day. That\u2019s quite a tough schedule, especially as a lot of the route is on dirt roads. The route takes them through 10 different African countries, with the associated visas and border crossings to add to the stress.<\/p>\n
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Some of the romantic places, and unique geographical features, enroute include:<\/p>\n
Day 1 <\/strong>– Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa (mile 0)<\/p>\n Day 6<\/strong> \u2013 Luxury tented accommodation in Namibia<\/p>\n Day 9<\/strong> \u2013 The Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe<\/p>\n Day 11<\/strong> \u2013 Lusaka, capital of Zambia<\/p>\n Day 16<\/strong> \u2013 Dar es Salaam, on the east coast of Tanzania<\/p>\n Day 19<\/strong> \u2013 Moshi and Arusha on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa\u2019s highest mountain<\/p>\n Day 22<\/strong> \u2013 The MGs will feature at a Concours D\u2019Elegance competition in Nairobi, Kenya<\/p>\n Day 26<\/strong> \u2013 Cross the Equator into the northern hemisphere in the shadow of Mt Kenya, African\u2019s second highest mountain<\/p>\n Day 39<\/strong> \u2013 The convolution of the Blue and White Niles in Khartoum, Sudan<\/p>\n Day 45<\/strong> \u2013 Ferry trip down the Nile in Egypt<\/p>\n Day 50 <\/strong>\u2013 Visit to pyramids and the city of Luxor<\/p>\n Day 53<\/strong> \u2013 Arrival in Cairo (mile 7,445)<\/p>\n Eleven MG owners and their co-drivers\/mechanics are presently working diligently to prepare their cars for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-mg-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"An](\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VictoriaFalls_com_9-608x450_resized.jpg\")
Day 17 <\/strong>\u2013 The Spice Island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MtKilimanjaro_resized.jpg\")
Day 30<\/strong> – Ethiopia\u2019s capital, Addis Ababa<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/40118190_Pyramids_resized.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAnd Beyond<\/h3<\nDave Godwin, of the Gold Coast MG Car Club in Australia, tells NAMGAR that the group will then decide on a route to MG Motors in Longbridge near Birminham, England. This will depend on the political situation at the time in North Africa. They expect to visit Abingdon around November 18th\/19th, having covered around 10,300 miles (17,200kms). We wish them lots of luck on this incredible road trip.\n\nVisit the NAMGAR website from September 2012 on, for updates and photos along the route.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"