“And He’s Still Fresh”: Man Treks From South Africa To Mecca, 10,814km Journey Beginning 2018 Took Him 3 Years

A man named Saheed who is from South Africa has said he trekked from Cape Town to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Saheed, who was seen in a video circulating on social media, claimed that he commenced his journey in 2018, only for him to arrive in 2022.

According to Google Maps, a journey from South Africa to Mecca is a distance of 10,814km and would take 183 hours by car and 2,379 hours by foot.

Saheed said he travelled on the 30th of August, 2018, through Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, and Palestine.

He waited in Palestine, where he said he had to stay for the Covid-19 lockdown to be over. He has finally arrived in Mecca just in time for the 2022 Hajj. He said in the video shared on YouTube that he will walk back to his country.