Overview
Motorcyle Tours - South Africa
- Camping Tour
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Safaris Description
- 6 days, max of 10 people, camping
- Price per person: R0
- Offer Vaild: 23 Jan 2009 - 1 Jan 2010
- Duration: 12 998
Safari Summary
Our tour is a camping tour, showing you the highlights of the Western Cape on the back of your motorcycle. Our route include some of the best bike-riding roads in South Africa. The motorcycle tour is joined by a support vehicle and a trailer, which is carrying your luggage and all the camping equipment.
Package
Discover the beautiful Western Cape with our amazing motorcycle tours in South Africa; these are sure to offer you the adventure of a lifetime! These exciting and intimate camping safaris take you from Cape Town to Wilderness, as you discover some of the best bike riding roads in South Africa.
Feel the wind in your hair as you travel across endless winding roads, taking in the famous Western Cape scenery which includes vast open fields, green pastures, dense mountain forests, vivid blue oceans and even vibrant stretches of wildflowers during springtime. As one of the most stunning natural areas of South Africa, the Western Cape offers unsurpassed beauty and sights that are sure to awe even the most seasoned traveller.
Safari Description
This camping tour in the Western Cape is a motorbike safari that takes travellers across the region, covering some of the best bike riding roads in the country. Groups consist of a maximum of ten bikers, as well as a professional guide. A support vehicle and trailer which carries luggage and camping equipment also joins the tour to meet up with bikers at designated campsites each evening.
Bikers should have a certain level of competence to ensure that they get the most from the tour, and all bikers must be a minimum of 25 years old. Camping equipment will be provided, however all travellers are advised to bring their own protective clothing and crash helmets.
Motorbike Technical Data
You will be riding a BMW F 650 GS during your motorbike tour. Specifications of each bike are as follows:
- Length: 2175 mm
- Width : 910 mm
- Height: 1265 mm
- Seat Height: 780 mm
- Weight (dry): 175 kg
- Fuel Tank Size: 17 Litres
- Fuel Consumption: 4.3l at 120 km/h
- Maximum Speed: 170 km/h
- Engine: Single cylinder water cooled four stroke
- Engine capacity: 652 cc
- ABS Brakes: Standard with on/off switch
- Side panniers: One on each side 5 kg per side
- Rear Top Box: Standard, 5kg weight limit
- Gears: five forward
- Heated Grips: two settings
All motorbikes are regularly serviced to ensure that they are roadworthy and in an excellent condition.
Highlights
On this South Africa vacation with a difference, you will experience a wide range of attractions. Highlights included in the motorbike tour include some of the Western Cape's finest attractions. You will experience thrills such as wine-tasting in Franschoek, Route 62, the Cango Caves and ostrich racing in Oudtshoorn, the beautiful and remote Wilderness area, De Hoop Nature Reserve and the world-famous mountain road Chapman's Peak.
Group Size
To ensure a more intimate and exclusive tour, the Motorbike the Western Cape tour caters for small groups only. This creates a better tour experience for you and also allows for more flexibility.
Group size limits are as follows:
Minimum: four
Maximum: ten
Organise a tour for family or friends, or plan a romantic getaway for the special person in your life - this holiday in Africa gives you the chance to see the Cape as you have never seen it before!
Accommodation
This tour offers fully equipped camping. Accommodation on our Western Cape camping safaris consists of comfortable and spacious three-person dome tents sleeping two people. Tents are waterproof with built-in mosquito netting.
Price
- Prices for the Motorbike the Western Cape tour are as follows:
- EURO 850/ USD 1235 per person
- Bike Hire: ZAR 3810 per person for the full tour
Please enquire to confirm 2009 rates, or to speak to one of our travel advisers regarding information on our South Africa vacations.
Included
The use of full camping equipment, meals and activities as listed in the itinerary, camping and park entrance fees, experienced local bike guides, assistance in setting up camp and preparing meals.
Excluded
Travel and bike insurance, flights, pre and post tour accommodation, drinks (except tea and coffee), tips and bike fuel.
Tailor-Made Travel
This safari in South Africa runs on scheduled dates throughout the year. We can tailor-make a private safari to meet your departure date, time period, group size and budget. Contact us for further information.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cape Town, Bainskloof Pass
We depart in the morning from Cape Town on route to Franschhoek, where we visit a wine farm to sample fine local wine. We continue through the winelands over Bainskloof Pass to the mountainside campsite at Tweede Tol where you will enjoy dinner under the canopy of pine and oak. Bainskloof Pass opened in September 1853 and was built by Andrew Geddes Bain after whom it was named. Bainskloof Pass offers breathtaking views and stunning natural fynbos and forests.
Day 2: Bainskloof Pass, Barrydale
We start the day off early, heading towards the Overberg area via the scenic town of Swellendam, which offers a glimpse of the past with beautiful gables, homesteads and out-of-town hospitality. We continue along the N2 towards Barrydale, and then camp the night at Warmwaterberg spa resort.
Day 3: Barrydale, Oudtshoorn
After breakfast we head towards Oudtshoorn with its balmy climate, festive locals and famous ostriches. You will be able to explore the expansive and breath-taking cave system of the world-famous Cango Caves or even visit an ostrich farm and ride one of these giant birds. Oudtshoorn is a firm favourite on all holidays in Africa.
Day 4: Oudtshoorn, Wilderness
Descending the N2, we head for the coast of Wilderness, a town with spectacular ocean, forest and mountain views. We hike to Rus en Vrede Waterfall and enjoy the tranquillity in this peaceful setting. We then camp alongside the river in Wilderness National Park, and spend a peaceful night under the African sky.
Day 5: Wilderness, Bredasdorp
On the penultimate day of this motorcycle safari in South Africa, we start circling back towards Cape Town as we head west out of Wilderness towards the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Overberg. We spend the day exploring the wetlands, fynbos lowland and the abundance of mammal, plant and bird species.
Day 6: Cape Town
We continue along the rocky coastline towards the Mother City. Fortune favours the brave as we head along Chapman's Peak to conclude our thrilling motorbike tour. Take to the open road and embark on an unforgettable adventure across some of the most beautiful landscapes in the region as you enjoy this fantastic Western Cape camping experience.
Feel the wind in your hair as you travel across endless winding roads, taking in the famous Western Cape scenery which includes vast open fields, green pastures, dense mountain forests, vivid blue oceans and even vibrant stretches of wildflowers during springtime. As one of the most stunning natural areas of South Africa, the Western Cape offers unsurpassed beauty and sights that are sure to awe even the most seasoned traveller.
Safari Description
This camping tour in the Western Cape is a motorbike safari that takes travellers across the region, covering some of the best bike riding roads in the country. Groups consist of a maximum of ten bikers, as well as a professional guide. A support vehicle and trailer which carries luggage and camping equipment also joins the tour to meet up with bikers at designated campsites each evening.
Bikers should have a certain level of competence to ensure that they get the most from the tour, and all bikers must be a minimum of 25 years old. Camping equipment will be provided, however all travellers are advised to bring their own protective clothing and crash helmets.
Motorbike Technical Data
You will be riding a BMW F 650 GS during your motorbike tour. Specifications of each bike are as follows:
- Length: 2175 mm
- Width : 910 mm
- Height: 1265 mm
- Seat Height: 780 mm
- Weight (dry): 175 kg
- Fuel Tank Size: 17 Litres
- Fuel Consumption: 4.3l at 120 km/h
- Maximum Speed: 170 km/h
- Engine: Single cylinder water cooled four stroke
- Engine capacity: 652 cc
- ABS Brakes: Standard with on/off switch
- Side panniers: One on each side 5 kg per side
- Rear Top Box: Standard, 5kg weight limit
- Gears: five forward
- Heated Grips: two settings
All motorbikes are regularly serviced to ensure that they are roadworthy and in an excellent condition.
Highlights
On this South Africa vacation with a difference, you will experience a wide range of attractions. Highlights included in the motorbike tour include some of the Western Cape's finest attractions. You will experience thrills such as wine-tasting in Franschoek, Route 62, the Cango Caves and ostrich racing in Oudtshoorn, the beautiful and remote Wilderness area, De Hoop Nature Reserve and the world-famous mountain road Chapman's Peak.
Group Size
To ensure a more intimate and exclusive tour, the Motorbike the Western Cape tour caters for small groups only. This creates a better tour experience for you and also allows for more flexibility.
Group size limits are as follows:
Minimum: four
Maximum: ten
Organise a tour for family or friends, or plan a romantic getaway for the special person in your life - this holiday in Africa gives you the chance to see the Cape as you have never seen it before!
Accommodation
This tour offers fully equipped camping. Accommodation on our Western Cape camping safaris consists of comfortable and spacious three-person dome tents sleeping two people. Tents are waterproof with built-in mosquito netting.
Price
- Prices for the Motorbike the Western Cape tour are as follows:
- EURO 850/ USD 1235 per person
- Bike Hire: ZAR 3810 per person for the full tour
Please enquire to confirm 2009 rates, or to speak to one of our travel advisers regarding information on our South Africa vacations.
Included
The use of full camping equipment, meals and activities as listed in the itinerary, camping and park entrance fees, experienced local bike guides, assistance in setting up camp and preparing meals.
Excluded
Travel and bike insurance, flights, pre and post tour accommodation, drinks (except tea and coffee), tips and bike fuel.
Tailor-Made Travel
This safari in South Africa runs on scheduled dates throughout the year. We can tailor-make a private safari to meet your departure date, time period, group size and budget. Contact us for further information.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cape Town, Bainskloof Pass
We depart in the morning from Cape Town on route to Franschhoek, where we visit a wine farm to sample fine local wine. We continue through the winelands over Bainskloof Pass to the mountainside campsite at Tweede Tol where you will enjoy dinner under the canopy of pine and oak. Bainskloof Pass opened in September 1853 and was built by Andrew Geddes Bain after whom it was named. Bainskloof Pass offers breathtaking views and stunning natural fynbos and forests.
Day 2: Bainskloof Pass, Barrydale
We start the day off early, heading towards the Overberg area via the scenic town of Swellendam, which offers a glimpse of the past with beautiful gables, homesteads and out-of-town hospitality. We continue along the N2 towards Barrydale, and then camp the night at Warmwaterberg spa resort.
Day 3: Barrydale, Oudtshoorn
After breakfast we head towards Oudtshoorn with its balmy climate, festive locals and famous ostriches. You will be able to explore the expansive and breath-taking cave system of the world-famous Cango Caves or even visit an ostrich farm and ride one of these giant birds. Oudtshoorn is a firm favourite on all holidays in Africa.
Day 4: Oudtshoorn, Wilderness
Descending the N2, we head for the coast of Wilderness, a town with spectacular ocean, forest and mountain views. We hike to Rus en Vrede Waterfall and enjoy the tranquillity in this peaceful setting. We then camp alongside the river in Wilderness National Park, and spend a peaceful night under the African sky.
Day 5: Wilderness, Bredasdorp
On the penultimate day of this motorcycle safari in South Africa, we start circling back towards Cape Town as we head west out of Wilderness towards the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Overberg. We spend the day exploring the wetlands, fynbos lowland and the abundance of mammal, plant and bird species.
Day 6: Cape Town
We continue along the rocky coastline towards the Mother City. Fortune favours the brave as we head along Chapman's Peak to conclude our thrilling motorbike tour. Take to the open road and embark on an unforgettable adventure across some of the most beautiful landscapes in the region as you enjoy this fantastic Western Cape camping experience.
Resort
Value-for-money fully-equipped camping. Accommodation on our camping safaris is 2 guests per 3-person dome tents, fitted with mosquito nets.
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