Cairo to Cape Town: The New Adventure

My itchy feet have become almost unbearable of late, so it is time for another grand adventure. This time I will be starting off in Cairo, Egypt and travelling down through Africa, taking in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zibabwe, Botswana, Namibia before ending up in South Africa and finally Cape Town.
As with my South America trip I will be travelling overland style with Oasis Overland. For those that don't know the concept, myself along with twenty five or so others (that I have yet to meet) will board a big yellow converted truck that will drive us about. The truck also carries camping equipment, cooking equipment alot of food and gallons of water as well as enough spare parts to practically build the truck over. This will be vital as the truck will often be going off the beaten track and digging the truck out of mud ruts, sand ruts etc will become a far too familiar occurrance I suspect.
I will be staying in some basic hostels and hotels but for half the time I will be camping. Alot of these camps will be bush camps, ie just in a random spot, so there will be no facilities at all, not even toilets. These trips are not for those who like luxuries!
I will be flying into Cairo on 11th Oct and will spend a couple of days sorting out visas for Sudan and Ethiopia, the trip proper will start on the 16th Oct and I hope to have made it to Cape Town by the 10th Feb. If all goes to plan I should be spending Christmas on Zanzibar Island (birthplace of Freddie Mercury) hopefully swimming and scuba diving with the dolphins.
Highlights will include seeing the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, being on safari in Kenya, in the Masi Mara, getting to visit places few have seen such as the rock churches at Lalibelia, Ethiopia and the pyramids in Sudan, Lake Victoria, the jaw dropping Victoria Falls, sand duning in Namibia and visiting the wineries of South Africa.
There will be the chance for me to go white water rafting, canoeing, canyoning, horse riding, sky diving, scuba diving, quad biking, shark diving in cages, sunbathing, oh yes and the biggest bungee jump in the world (I think not). As well as all that, there will be of course all the animals inc black and white rhino's, elephants, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, hippos, zebras and wildebeasts.
Only a week to go now, I'm getting quite excited...