Africa Solo — Cairo to Cape Town in 41 days

Road bike, Touring bike · TZ, KE, ET · 10890 km · 42 stages

In the spring of 2015, I set out from the bustling heart of Cairo in Egypt with a Guiness World Record in sight: down the length of Africa from Cairo to Cape Town. The record at the time stood at 59 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes, set just a month before my planned start. At 6,750 miles (10,863 km)

by Mark Beaumont