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| Start | Finish | Distance (Km) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border | Near Ondjiva | 32 | Excellent tarred road. Flat |
| Near Ondjiva | Near Mongua | 58 | Excellent tarred road. Flat |
| Near Mongua | Xangongo | 57 | Excellent tarred road. Flat |
| Xangongo | Cahama | 97 | The good EU built road continues |
| Cahama | Chibemba | 66 | The good EU built road continues |
| Chibemba | Chibia | 87 | The good EU built road continues a bit hillier but the gradients are very gentle |
| Chibia | Lubango | 45 | The good EU built road continues a bit hillier but the gradients are very gentle |
| Lubango | Viemba | 71 | The good EU built road continues a bit hillier but the gradients are very gentle |
| Viemba | Quilengues | 74 | Good road. Up and down to Caculo. Then down until you cross the river Tunda and then up and down. Stop at the Vikuku Churrasqueria (in iOverlander) tasty cheap soup. |
| Quilengues | Chongoroi | 64 | Beautiful ride – baobabs and small settlements everywhere. Good road surface for bikes (some huge potholes but no problem for us). Ups and downs but again gentle gradients. |
| Chongoroi | Catanga | 68 | Another beautiful ride with thousands of baobabs |
| Catanga | Benguela | 82 | Approx 16 km of climbing amongst beautiful environment. Then downward trend with some undulations. Once you leave the mountains it gets hotter. |
| Benguela | Lobito | 35 | Double carriageway. Quite busy. Pretty flat |
| Lobito | Canjala | 86 | Steep climbs from Lobito and very busy – after a while it gets quieter. Then roadworks but the let me cycle on the 'new' Road. Up and down all day |
| Canjala | Sumbe | 95 | The up and down continues. Works in some sections of the road but they let me use the road |
| Sumbe | Binga Waterfall | 50 | Works in some sections to the junction. Lots of lorries |
| Binga Waterfall | Porto Amboim | 54 | Got a lift to the junction. No more roadworks. Undulations |
| Porto Amboim | Longa | 72 | Good road. Quite flat compared to previous days |
| Longa | Cabo Ledo | 74 | Good Road. Some diversions but they let me stay on the main road |
| Cabo Ledo | Luanda | 0 | Got a lift. The traffic gets busier as you approach Luanda. Worth stopping at the Miradouro da Lua. |
| Luanda | Barra de Dande | 27 | Got a lift out of Luanda to Sassalemba. From there the road is OK and not too busy. Some big potholes but ok on the bike. |
| Barra de Dande | EN100 | 85 | The road has quite a few potholes until a village called Libongo 17 km from Barra de Dande. From then on there is a brand new road with a nice hard shoulder. After Libongo the road follows a pattern: it goes down to a river – crosses a bridge and up the other side. Repeat again and again |
| EN100 | Musserra | 52 | The pattern continues and also does the good road. Tse tse flies so cover up |
| Musserra | Praia kissamba | 32 | The pattern continues but the ups and downs are gentler. Good road. Less tse tse flies than yesterday but still vicious. Dirt road to the resort |
| Praia kissamba | Quinzau | 75 | Double carriageway from Nzeto with big shoulder. No traffic. |
| Quinzau | Soyo | 99 | Good road until you get near Soyo the last 20 or 30 km is a bad road with a lot of trafic |
| Soyo | Cabinda | 0 | Flight from Soyo |
| Cabinda | Landana | 49 | An up and down road. Some of the ups are steep. Good tarmac |
| Landana | Border | 51 | The road has a few short bad sections soon after leaving Landana. After that is OK. The up and down pattern continues but the gradients are gentle. |
| Total days | Cycling days | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Angola | 47 | 27 | 1737 |