Namibia Motorcycle Tour: Cape Town to Windhoek

Individually booked departure flight to Cape Town, South Africa, usually an overnight flight. The start of your Namibia motorcycle tour begins with your arrival in the most beautiful city in the world, where our team is already waiting for you.

Arrival at Cape Town Airport, where we pick you up. We stay at the ANEW Hotel in Greenpoint, in the heart of the city. After checking in there is time for a city tour and a stroll along the Waterfront, before we head to dinner together.

After a briefing and motorcycle handover, we set off for the Cape Peninsula. Varied riding, with the world-famous Chapman's Peak and its 114 bends, takes us on this Cape of Good Hope ride past Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and the penguin colony at Boulders Beach.

Over the spectacular Chapman's Peak we continue to the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of the Cape Peninsula. Around 200 km of dreamy coastal road bring us to the whale-watching town of Hermanus, right on the sea.

On small gravel roads we reach Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa and the boundary between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Via the Franschhoek Pass, this off-road ride through the Cape region continues to picturesque Stellenbosch.

The spectacular Bains Pass leads us into the fruit orchards of Ceres, from where the Gydo Pass takes us onto this Cederberg and Namaqualand stage. On wonderful gravel roads we reach the large Clanwilliam Dam.

Bizarre rock formations shape this stage of South Africa's off-road passes. Many viewpoints invite you to stop, before we reach the wine-growing areas of the Olifants River and overnight on the Atlantic coast in Doringbaai.

We continue north, almost parallel to the coast. On lonely gravel tracks this Cederberg and Namaqualand stage crosses gently rolling, endless hills, passing abandoned farms to reach the Houthoop guest farm near the diamond fields.

On rutted gravel tracks past diamond mines we reach Port Nolloth to refuel. This Richtersveld enduro stage takes us through rocky landscapes before we cross the border into Namibia at the Orange River.

The longest stage: this Orange River ride first follows the winding river to Rosh Pinah, then continues to Aus. Around 120 km of tarred road bring us to the historic coastal town of Lüderitz Bay with its German colonial architecture.

After a cool night in Lüderitz Bay we leave the coast and ride inland into the Namib Desert. Over seemingly endless tracks we reach the desert town of Helmeringhausen with its Wild West flair.

Today's gravel-road stage through the Namib Desert takes us along the border between desert and highland – red dunes on one side, the bizarre Tiras Mountains on the other. Our lodge lies not far from the petrified dunes.

The last major stage climbs 1,000 metres up the Spreetshoogte Pass, giving a final view over the Namib. Through the Khomas Highland we reach the Windhoek Mountain Lodge, where we celebrate with a sundowner and Bushman fondue.

This day is free to spend as you like: a stroll around Windhoek, street cafés and craft markets invite you to explore. Your Namibia motorcycle tour ends with an organised transfer to the airport for your return flight.

The return flight lands in the early morning, for example in Frankfurt, with onward travel by train or flight if needed. This concludes this guided Africa motorcycle tour, full of impressions from South Africa and Namibia that will stay with you for a long time.