Great navigation app
We used this app extensively on our recent trip through 8 countries in Southern Africa. Very useful for navigation, including when there was no mobile coverage. If you purchase the country guides also shows accommodation, fuel stations etc. Note however that some of the camping info is out of date so we used another app (ioverlander) for that purpose.
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Routen für Afrika
Die App ist in Ordnung und leider Alternativlos. Leider etwas umständlich in der Nutzung und ziemlich teuer. (Man braucht die HD Map zzgl. der Reiseführer)
Zoom Levels
Please add more refined zoom. I’ve read your online piece about why you can’t increase zoom levels, and as a developer myself that sounds like garbage. Phones today can handle it, additionally, you could add options to for the map size you want to download.
Please, this app would be many times better if I could get zoom that I can actually use to get myself un-lost. Please!
Please, this app would be many times better if I could get zoom that I can actually use to get myself un-lost. Please!
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Absolute Overland Essential
I recently did a road trip from South Africa to Botswana and Namibia.
This app got us out of trouble when the local e-sims weren’t working. 20:00 at night in the middle of the Nxai Hame Reserve we were able to make our way to camp using this app.
No signal required for GPS location.
This app got us out of trouble when the local e-sims weren’t working. 20:00 at night in the middle of the Nxai Hame Reserve we were able to make our way to camp using this app.
No signal required for GPS location.
T4A Guide App
The Tracks4Africa Guide App works great for us, we use it whenever we travel off the main roads, which is often and I won’t leave home without it on my iPad.
The Guide App has helped us in many instances to choose a better, shorter or more interesting route than the route chosen by the Garmin GPS even when running T4A on the GPS
The Guide App is very useful in looking the planned route over on my iPad before we set off to get a good idea of the direction of travel, directional changes, towns, villages or key points along the planned route. That allows me to know what to expect from the GPS routing.
There have been a few situations where the GPS, running T4A, got it really wrong but I became aware of it early on, thanks to my route review before the start. When that happens, we use the Guide App to navigate until the GPS corrects itself or I add additional waypoint to “force” GPS to go where we want to.
Must add that Garmin’s City Navigator gets it all wrong very frequently even in RSA but especially in other Southern African counties.
The Guide App has helped us in many instances to choose a better, shorter or more interesting route than the route chosen by the Garmin GPS even when running T4A on the GPS
The Guide App is very useful in looking the planned route over on my iPad before we set off to get a good idea of the direction of travel, directional changes, towns, villages or key points along the planned route. That allows me to know what to expect from the GPS routing.
There have been a few situations where the GPS, running T4A, got it really wrong but I became aware of it early on, thanks to my route review before the start. When that happens, we use the Guide App to navigate until the GPS corrects itself or I add additional waypoint to “force” GPS to go where we want to.
Must add that Garmin’s City Navigator gets it all wrong very frequently even in RSA but especially in other Southern African counties.
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Great app, well worth having!
Was a life saver when we visited Botswana & Zambia. Allowed us to take the routes less travelled.
However, I did find it rather difficult to download my routes from my Mac to my GPS but then I am pretty much a novice in this regard. Would be even better if the maps could work through Apple CarPlay.
We will be using the app again next year when we re-visit Botswana and explore Namibia.
However, I did find it rather difficult to download my routes from my Mac to my GPS but then I am pretty much a novice in this regard. Would be even better if the maps could work through Apple CarPlay.
We will be using the app again next year when we re-visit Botswana and explore Namibia.
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Magic Tour wit T4A
During August 2025 we traveled Kruger National Park , Bottom to top, Mozambique, Gonarezhou, Zimbabwe, Mana Pools, Matopi National Park, Vic Falls add back to SA via Botswana Chobe, Senyati, Elephant Sands and Traxks4Africa was instrumental with excellent guidance through Africa.
Essential App
The app has been invaluable on our travels I don’t know how you travel Africa without it. For route planning and general positioning it’s essential, we then pay found r the in-country high definition versions for our hand held garmin. When you have multiple sand tracks the high definition maps make the difference between arriving safely or getting lost
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Henri Vosser
Definitely a must have App, very useful to search for anything within the region you travel or to plan your itinerary 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Great app
I use this in tandem with my garmin overlander- I refer very ofter to the app on my phone to ensure that I stay on the correct track! Never let me down and more accurate than anybother map
Excellent useful app
Excellent app for overlanding. I hope that in the future, trips and favourites can be set up offline from the app and not only from the web
Unbeatable
This app has been a life saver on our journeys through Southern Africa. The best feature in my opinion is that it works via satelight and doesn't require any network or WiFi connection. I also love being able to see exactly where we are at all times.
Great App
Love the App. Planning trips on tracks4africa and uploading to App is great. Only suggestion i have would be the addition of distance information to the maps. Great in KNP with no data coverage in many areas.
App Crash
App continually crashes when I want to click on a campsite. 5 stars for if this didn’t happen every time
Does not navigate
The app does not do turn by turn navigation as it traditionally did. Unfortunately this is not mentioned anywhere when you purchase the in app features. Basically you get a “guide” that you could have searched.
Maps won’t download
Got the T4A Guide and bought 3 maps (SA, Namibia and Botswana) for my upcoming trip. None of the maps downloaded. Hoping to resolve this soon. Update August 18: managed to download all 3 GPS maps only after changing VPN to South Africa. Unfortunately downloaded maps cannot be moved to compatible Garmin GPS by following all instructions provided. Very frustrating experience and wasted a lot of time. Suspect that the new Mac IOS is not compatible with T4A maps.
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Service Service
is absolutely brilliant!
Maps won’t download
Got the T4A Guide and bought 3 maps (SA, Namibia and Botswana) for my upcoming trip. None of the maps downloaded. Hoping to resolve this soon.
Tap the map to close the app
Try to find campsites. But when you tap on any pin the app just closes. Very useful. I think I will install it on my Nokia 1610.
Schrift lässt sich nicht vergrößern
Keine Barrierefreiheit: Die App ist sehr mühsam zu lesen. Die Schrift in der Karte und Menüs lässt sich nicht vergrößern. Auch sind die Daten nicht UpToDate. Es gibt leider viele Fehler. In Nord-, West- und Zentralafrika sind die Pakete mehr oder minder nutzlos. Ab Angola hatte ich mir mehr erhofft: Viele Fehler und wenig brauchbare Zusatzinfos. Und die passenden Bücher sind eindeutig zu groß und dick zum mitnehmen auf Reisen.
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