Intrepid traveller Mike Howitt celebrated the end of his 8,000-mile journey to South Africa with a cable car ride to the top of Table Mountain.
He was photographed yesterday on the summit of the mountain, which towers 1,084m (3,558ft) above Cape Town.
It was eight weeks to the day since he set off from outside the Loros hospice, in Leicester, to raise £5,000 in memory of his wife Diana.
Mr Howitt, 80, from Evington, Leicester, said: "It was an exhilarating experience for me to mark the completion of my Long Walk Down."
He had planned to reach Cape Town by hitch-hiking before Christmas.
He thumbed rides through Europe, Israel and Jordan, but when he arrived in Africa decided to use buses as they are cheap and people who give you a lift expect payment.
He said: "The buses were very cheap but varied in quality from good to ramshackle."
He is due to travel to Johannesburg in a couple of days to stay with friends. He expects to fly back to Britain by the end of the month.
