Just back from a 12 day ride in South Africa (Western & Eastern Cape). Sharing my ride report in video form, in case it is of interest to others.
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12 days in South Africa
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Looks like a great trip. Thanks for posting.
Did you hire the bikes in Cape Town? Did you do the route and accommodation yourselves? Looked like good mix of gravel and tar - some awesome scenic passes.
I did a trip from CT to Namibia about 6yrs ago. Need to get back. Some great riding to be had down south!
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Did you hire the bikes in Cape Town? Did you do the route and accommodation yourselves? Looked like good mix of gravel and tar - some awesome scenic passes.
I did a trip from CT to Namibia about 6yrs ago. Need to get back. Some great riding to be had down south!
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I keep the XT660z out there (my twin brother lives in Wellington) and rented the XT660R from Yamaha Adventure in Somerset West. Cost around £1k for 11 days, including new off road tyres, delivery, route planning input and hire of a sat nav.royle100 wrote:Did you hire the bikes in Cape Town? Did you do the route and accommodation yourselves?
The route planning was a mix. I planned a starter in google as i knew mostly where i wanted to go, but got Yamaha Adventure to amend it with their recommendations (i paid for this).
The bike hire worked well, but they made a mess of the route planning process - i’d not used a service like that before and wouldn’t bother again. We then adapted our route quite a bit on the road to suit how we were feeling (we didn’t book accommodation ahead so that was easy).
Accommodation we just used booking.com which was great, plus a couple of specific recommendations.
Happy to share the route if of interest to anyone - just ask.
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Love it , its a year off but i'll be out there next November and looking to do a few days bike hire , can't do more as its our daughters wedding
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Sounds like two fun things to look forward to Phil! Whereabouts in RSA?
If you can get to it and haven’t done it Baviaanskloof is an absolute must.
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Daughters in Cape town been looking at these for bikes
http://www.motorbikehire.co.za/tenererentals2.htm
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Re: 12 days in South Africa
If you're looking to hire bikes out there or need an awesome adventure, contact Sydney at www.myafricabiketours.com!
They will be of huge help out there
They will be of huge help out there