Child travel affidavit | Forgotten Routes

The trip

When the child leaves South Africa and comes back, and the countries they travel to. These go into the wording of the affidavit.

Leaving South Africa

Back in South Africa

Countries In the order you travel. The last one is the final destination.

Your trip

Start from home, add every place you will sleep and how many nights. We work out the dates, the drive times with breaks, and the countries you cross.

Breaks Stop every

hours of driving for

minutes each time

Average speed Drive about

km/h under the speed limit

Over a long distance most people average about 15 km/h under the limit, with towns, trucks and roadworks.

Comfortable per day Up to

hours of driving a day

Longer days get a suggestion to add stops on the way. Happy with long days? Turn it up.

Google gives the distance and the speed limits on the way. We add your breaks and a realistic average speed to every drive. Your car and fuel are on the next step.

For a lodge or hotel we look up its own rates; for a town, the average for the area.

Your vehicle

Tell us what you drive and who owns it. We work out the fuel for this trip and the papers you need at the border.

Make and model

We estimate real-world fuel use for your car on tar, gravel and off-road. You can change every figure.

Fuel

TarL/100 km GravelL/100 km Off-roadL/100 km

Who owns the vehicle?

It is paid offThe car is registered in my name and fully paid.

It is financedThe bank or finance house still owns it.

Borrowed or a company carSomeone else, or a company, owns it.

A rentalHired from a rental company.

We are towing a trailer or caravan

Who is travelling with the child?

Children

under 18

Travelling with

One parentThe other parent stays home and gives consent.

Someone who is not their parentA grandparent, relative or friend. A parent or guardian gives permission.

A second parent or legal guardian will also give permission

Both parents travelling? No affidavit is needed: carry the child's unabridged birth certificate. A court order, a deceased parent or a child travelling alone needs other documents; see the official guidance on gov.za.

Children with different parents? Make a separate affidavit for each family.

Your documents

Add a photo or PDF of each one. They are copied into the affidavit pack, and we read the IDs and birth certificates to fill in the affidavit for you. Phone photos are fine: flat, in good light, all four corners in view.

I do not have them all to hand. I will attach printed copies myself.

Your packing list

Built from your route, your vehicle and who is coming. Untick what you do not need and add your own. It prints as a checklist in your travel pack.

Your affidavit

Crossing a border with a child? Make the affidavit.