Namibia & South Africa Motorcycle Tour

After arriving at the airport, a transfer takes you to your hotel in Cape Town. To begin your Namibia motorcycle tour there is time to recover from the flight, enjoy a first South African beer and take in an initial impression of the city at the Cape.

After picking up your motorcycle you ride along the Peninsula Route via Boulders Beach to the Cape of Good Hope and back via the spectacular Chapman's Peak Drive – a perfect opening for this South Africa motorcycle tour, with an optional afternoon visit to Table Mountain.

Through the wine region around Stellenbosch, over the Bain's Kloof Pass and through the Cederberg Mountains, this individual Africa motorcycle tour heads today to Van Rhynsdorp/Vredendal, the last South African staging point before continuing north.

Through the semi-arid Namaqualand you cross the border into Namibia and reach Aussenkehr – from here red sand tracks and wide horizons define this Namibia rental motorcycle tour all the way to Windhoek.

Through the Aussenkehr Nature Reserve and the desert-like landscapes typical of Namibia, this stage heads west to the Gondwana Nature Park at Fish River Canyon, a highlight of any Fish River Canyon motorcycle tour.

Along the banks of the Orange River via Ai-Ais you reach Aus, home of the famous Namib wild horses that you may well observe directly along this Windhoek motorcycle tour stage.

Further north, the impressive dunes of Sossusvlei and Deadvlei in Namib-Naukluft Park await. Two overnight stays in the region are planned for this self-guided Namibia motorcycle tour to give you enough time in these extraordinary landscapes.

A day reserved for riding into the Namib Desert to visit the towering dunes – or simply relaxing at the lodge, recharging your energy before this offroad Namibia motorcycle tour continues toward the Atlantic coast.

A key stop on today's leg is the Tropic of Capricorn sign you pass on the way, before you reach the coastal town of Swakopmund on the Atlantic – a much-anticipated stop on any Swakopmund motorcycle tour.

Today you leave the Atlantic coast and ride inland toward the striking Erongo Mountains, one of the most impressive landscapes in the heart of Namibia with ancient granite formations and wide plains.

The shorter stage takes you further east through the Erongo Mountains to Erindi – and past the striking Spitzkoppe, the Matterhorn of Namibia, a must-see on any BMW GS Africa motorcycle tour.

A jeep safari in Erindi National Park brings you face to face with the spectacular wildlife of Namibia – a high point at the close of this self-guided Namibia motorcycle tour, with lions, elephants and rhinos in their natural habitat.

A little more time through Erindi National Park, then the route heads south to arrive in the capital Windhoek in the afternoon, where motorcycle and equipment from this Cape Town to Windhoek motorcycle tour are returned.

Depending on your departure time there may still be a chance to take in a final impression of Windhoek, the former German colonial city, before your Windhoek motorcycle tour and the full journey through two fascinating countries comes to an end.