hi, i want to travel to south africa without flying..?

i live in london and will boat, bus, train etc but really dont want to fly. i have about two weeks to get there.........

1. From London, take the Channel Tunnel to Paris.

2. Ride the train through Paris, passing through the rest of France and Spain.

3. From Spain, take a boat ride to Ceuta.

4. Enter Morocco from Ceuta.

5. Take the land route from Morocco to South Africa through West Africa and Central Africa.


I'm afraid I will take you more than two weeks without a flight to go from London to South Africa.

at nite go to south africa in sleep.

That's plenty of time. Euro Star to Paris then onwards by train or bus (slower). A couple of days will get you to Gibraltar for a short crossing to Tangier or port near by then it will probably get a bit tricky after that. You could always try the shipping lines to see if any cargo ships are going that way because some will take a few passengers.

take a train or boat

there are many ways. but it will take more than two weeks. flying is the quickest way

You're talking about a hell of a long journey going by bus ( they crash ) train ( they crash ) and boat ( they sink ) all because of what appears to be an irrational fear of flying.
Even if you did fly it would take a heck of a long time.
Flying is the safest form of travel and if it was so dangerous there would be nobody training to be pilots or cabin staff.

There are quite a few cargo and post ships that rent out cabins to private passengers. Takes between 10 and 14 days to get to Cape Town from Portugal, for example.

There are a few options, but they are either very expensive or take much longer than two weeks.

1. Cruises, but the ones that go from Europe to South Africa are usually segments of round-the-world cruises and are very expensive. Many round-the-world cruises break the round-the-world trip into 12 or so segments, and you can just book one or two specific segments instead of the whole round-the-world trip.

2. Some freighters rent spare rooms that their crew doesn't need. They tend to be very slow, to cost much more than flying and often even more than an inside cabin on a cruise ship, and in return you get a bare room and little else.

3. By road and ferry (West African route) - you get from London to Spain easily, then you can cross from Spain to Morocco in a few places (Algeciras - Tangier is the most common), then cross the Sahara through Mauritania to Senegal. From there you go through Mali and Burkina Faso to Ghana, and then you can pretty much go down Africa's Atlantic Coast until you get to South Africa. This is a very difficult trip, will probably take you much longer than two weeks, and you will be passing through some very dangerous areas.

4. By road and ferry (East African route) Another option is to go from London to Turkey, then through Syria and Jordan, ferry from Aqaba in Jordan to Egypt, then through Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and on down. Nairobi, Kenya to Johannesburg, South Africa is pretty straightforward as far as African trips can be, but you have to be very careful in southern Sudan and northern Kenya. This will also probably take much longer than two weeks.

Two weeks is way too short for overland travel! (BTW The eastern route is the only safe way to go.)

Your only realistic option is to go directly to Cape Town by ship. Some freighters take a small number of passengers. Going by fast container ship is the only way to be reasonably sure of getting to CT within 2 weeks.