Earth showing a satellite over Africa

Which countries will be walked?

Arranged in alphabetical order, the 40 host countries (with coastline distances) are (click on the links for more info on each country):

  1. Algeria = 1,622 km (1,008 mi)
  2. Angola = 1,600 km (990 mi)
  3. Benin = 121 km (75 mi)
  4. Cameroon = 402 km (250 mi)
  5. Cape Verde = 965 km (600 mi)
  6. Comores = 340 km (211 mi)
  7. Congo (DRC) = 40 km (25 mi)
  8. Congo Republic = 40 km (25 mi)
  9. Cote d’Ivoire = 515 km (320 mi)
  10. Djibouti = 314 km (195 mi)
  11. Egypt = 2,234 km (1,388 mi)
  12. Equatorial Guinea = 296 km (185 mi)
  13. Eritrea = 2,234 km (1,388 mi)
  14. Gabon = 885 km (550 mi)
  15. Gambia, The = 80 km (50 mi)
  16. Ghana = 539 km (335 mi)
  17. Guinea = 320 km (199 mi)
  18. Guinea-Bissau = 350 km (217 mi)
  19. Kenya = 536 km (333 mi)
  20. Liberia = 565 km (351 mi)
  21. Libya = 1,770 km (1,100 mi)
  22. Madagascar = 4,828 km (3,000 mi)
  23. Mauritania = 754 km (468 mi)
  24. Mauritius = 330 km (205 mi)
  25. Morocco = 1,835 km (1,145 mi)
  26. Mozambique = 2,470 km (1,535 mi)
  27. Namibia = 1,570 km (976 mi)
  28. Nigeria = 853 km (530 mi)
  29. Reunion = 207 km (129 mi)
  30. São Tomé and Príncipe = 209 km (130 mi)
  31. Senegal = 531 km (330 mi)
  32. Seychelles = 737 km (460 mi)
  33. Sierra Leone = 402 km (250 mi)
  34. Somalia = 3,333 km (2,071 mi) 
  35. South Africa = 2,798 km (1,739 mi)
  36. Sudan = 716 km (445 mi) 
  37. Tanzania = 1,424 km (885 mi) Includes Zanzibar
  38. Togo = 56 km (35 mi)
  39. Tunisia = 1,148 km (713 mi)
  40. Western Sahara = 1,110 km (690 mi)