South Africa Motorcycle Tour: Cape Region

Your South Africa motorcycle tour begins with arrival at Cape Town Airport, where our team picks you up and takes you to the Anew Hotel. The first day is all about settling in and getting an initial feel for the city, before you meet up for dinner together at a restaurant in the evening.

On this Cape Region motorcycle tour, day two takes you all the way around the Cape Peninsula: the legendary Chapmans Peak with its 114 curves, the coastal towns of Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Simonstown, plus the Cape of Good Hope and the penguins at Boulders Beach – all on fully tarred roads.

This stage of the guided South Africa motorcycle tour takes you from Cape Town over Sir Lowry's Pass and along the R321 through orchards to Elgin and Grabouw, then via La Rochelle Pass into the French-influenced wine town of Franschhoek, and finally over Helshoogte Pass to Paarl.

On this stage, with a typical South Africa gravel-road mix (70% tar, 30% gravel), you leave Paarl toward Wellington and Tulbagh, ride the picturesque Bain's Kloof Pass and Mitchell's Pass to Ceres, before the Gydo Pass and Blinkberg Pass bring you to Mount Ceder Lodge in the Cederberg Mountains.

This demanding Klein Karoo motorcycle tour takes you over Blinkberg Pass and Katbakkies Pass onto high plateaus with grand views, then along South Africa's longest gravel road, the R355, plus Rooihoogte and Burger's Pass through the Koo Valley to the Karoo town of Montagu.

This stage of the Swartberg Pass motorcycle tour takes you from Montagu through mountainous farmland and the imposing Seweweekspoort, a short stretch on Route 62 to Calitzdorp, and finally over the legendary Swartberg Pass with spectacular views down to Prince Albert.

On the rest day in Prince Albert you have a choice: relax by the pool, or take a ride for true Yamaha XT 660 Enduro fans to the notorious 'De Hell' pass road via Gamkaskloof, an isolated valley deep in the Swartberg gorges reached by a gravel descent of over 1,000 meters.

This stage of the tour takes you south over Meiringspoort Pass with its waterfall, past ostrich farms near De Rust, up onto Prince Alfred Pass through remote forests, and finally via Plettenberg Bay to Tsitsikamma National Park on the Indian Ocean.

This Indian Ocean motorcycle tour follows the Garden Route past the world's highest bungee jump at Bloukrans Bridge, over Grootriver Pass through dense primeval forest with views of the Indian Ocean, all the way to the tropical, green lagoon town of Knysna.

This Oudtshoorn motorcycle tour takes you over Phantom Pass and the scenic Seven Passes Route, past crystal-clear rivers, via Wilderness on gravel roads to Montagu Pass in the Outeniqua Mountains, and over Robinson Pass into the lonely expanse of the Klein Karoo to Lodge Mooiplaas.

On this stage, with more South Africa gravel-road riding, you leave the guest farm over the spectacular Rooiberg Pass, ride via Vanwyksdorp and Barrydale to Tradouw Pass into the town of Swellendam, and cross the Breede River on the hand-operated ferry at Malagas to the De Hoop Nature Reserve.

This Hermanus motorcycle tour starts with a detour to the white sandy beach of De Hoop, continues to Africa's southernmost point, Cape Agulhas, past Bredasdorp and Struisbaai, and finally along Walker Bay to Hermanus, where with luck you might spot humpback whales.

The final major stage of this Garden Route motorcycle tour takes you over Hemel-en-Aarde Pass to the artsy town of Greyton, then on gravel roads to Betty's Bay to see the African penguins, and along the stunning coastal passes of False Bay back to vibrant Cape Town.

The final day of your guided South Africa motorcycle tour is yours to enjoy at the hotel until around 10 am, before a shuttle takes you to Cape Town Airport depending on your departure time – a relaxed end to 13 eventful riding days.