12 days in South Africa

tempesc · Post by **tempesc** » Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:04 pm

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.

Cheers
Andy

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royle100 · Post by **royle100** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:02 pm

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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Scott_rider · Post by **Scott_rider** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:15 pm

Nice one

tempesc · Post by **tempesc** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:11 am

royle100 wrote:Did you hire the bikes in Cape Town? Did you do the route and accommodation yourselves?

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.

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.

PHILinFRANCE · Post by **PHILinFRANCE** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:31 am

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

tempesc · Post by **tempesc** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:06 pm

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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PHILinFRANCE · Post by **PHILinFRANCE** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:05 am

Daughters in Cape town been looking at these for bikes

http://www.motorbikehire.co.za/tenererentals2.htm

chunky butt · Post by **chunky butt** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:39 am

Ideal buddy, fit the bill perfect

dual · Post by **dual** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:38 pm

En jy kom sê nie eers hallo nie - You did not even come and said Hi - Boertjie/Ingelsman

Speedofile · Post by **Speedofile** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:47 am

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