Alexandria – Cape Town

Alexandria to Cape Town by the Empire Air Routes Limited: 5 days at sea in 1933, first class from £150, sailing Wednesday from Alexandria, weekly.

Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.

Empire Air Routes · Africa by air

Itinerary

• Alexandria → Cairo · 200 km
• Cairo → Khartoum · 1,650 km · via Assiut and Wadi Halfa
• Khartoum → Nairobi · 2,100 km · via Juba and Kisumu
• Nairobi → Johannesburg · 3,160 km · via Mbeya and Salisbury
• Johannesburg → Cape Town · 1,300 km · via Kimberley

Sailings

Wednesday from Alexandria, weekly; homeward Sunday from Cape Town.

Aircraft

• Hannibal
• Horsa
• Atalanta

Classes sold

• 1920 to 1939: Single class

The whole route in 1933

Distance

4,541 nautical miles

Duration

5 days on Hannibal

Fare · Single class

£150

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