Thinking of air freighting bike to cape town, riding to namibia, and then air freighting the bike back to London from Windhoek.
Anyone got any advice please?
You'll know it gets quite hot and that drinking water can be hard to find in some areas, not to mention petrol, that there are animals you should be wary of.
Thinking of air freighting bike to cape town, riding to namibia, and then air freighting the bike back to London from Windhoek.
Anyone got any advice please?
We did a 6 week trip in 2012. Rented bikes in Cape Town, up through Namibia and safari through Etosha. Then through to Zambia for Vic falls, Botswana - go see and stay in the Okavango delta - then down to the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa and back to Cape Town. Just under 5000 relaxed miles. It is mostly pretty easy going on good Tarmac or well graded gravel roads but we didn't really seek out any extreme off road. Living is quite cheap and petrol cheaper than here.
Bikes were an XT660R and an XT660Z tenere rented from Dual Sport South Africa and were like new. He (Craig) rents several brands and models. Rental was near enough £100 a day for both bikes which I thought was very reasonable.
I will post a link to my ride report in a few minutes.