Motorcycle tour South Africa to the Tankwa Karoo

Motorcycle Tour · Sudafrika

Motorcycle Tour South Africa: Cape Route from Cape Town

This motorcycle tour of South Africa takes you from Cape Town along the coast to the Cape of Good Hope and onward into the vast Tankwa Karoo. Riding a rental BMW GS on guided stages, you combine tarmac and gravel roads past the Cederberg Mo...


Wie lange?
9 Tage
Wann?
Winter
Preis
€ 5.300 / Person

Motorcycle tour South Africa to the Tankwa Karoo

Your motorcycle tour of South Africa begins at Cape Town International Airport, where our team picks you up and takes you straight to the hotel. After a short break, you explore the city together with the group and, weather permitting, Table Mountain, before the actual motorcycle tour of Cape Town kicks off the next morning. From there, the guided motorcycle tour of South Africa leads over the Cape of Good Hope, through the Tankwa Karoo to the Cederberg Mountains and the West Coast, always with a support vehicle and certified guide at your side.

Highlights

Cape of Good Hope

Tankwa Karoo & Cederberg

Offroad Gravel Stages

Elandsbay & Wild West Coast

Cape Agulhas Turning Point

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South Africa

The entire motorcycle tour of South Africa runs around Cape Town, over the Cape of Good Hope, through the Tankwa Karoo and the Cederberg Mountains to the West Coast.

Day 1: Motorcycle Tour Cape Town – Arrival & Table Mountain
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Day 1: Motorcycle Tour Cape Town – Arrival & Table Mountain

The Cape Town motorcycle tour begins with your individual arrival: you are picked up at the airport and brought to the hotel. After a short break you explore the city with the group and, weather permitting, Table Mountain, before rounding off the evening together over dinner.

Day 2: Cape of Good Hope & Chapmans Peak
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Day 2: Cape of Good Hope & Chapmans Peak

Over around 150 kilometers, this Cape of Good Hope motorcycle tour passes the penguins of Simonstown on the way to Cape Point. The winding Chapmans Peak Drive follows, with a stop at Kommetjie Beach right on the Atlantic.

Day 3: Tankwa Karoo via the Bainskloof Pass
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Day 3: Tankwa Karoo via the Bainskloof Pass

Around 350 kilometers lead via Ceres and the Bainskloof Pass toward the Tankwa Karoo. Past the Tankwa Padstal and over the Gannaga Pass it gets increasingly dusty — the barren semi-desert reveals its rawest side.

Day 4: Gravel Days in the Tankwa Karoo
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Day 4: Gravel Days in the Tankwa Karoo

A calmer day of around 150 kilometers: plenty of gravel or deliberate relaxation at a lodge in the middle of nowhere. Nearby lies the site of the famous Africa Burn festival, which gives the area its special character.

Day 5: Elandsbay & Wild West Coast
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Day 5: Elandsbay & Wild West Coast

The West Coast motorcycle tour of South Africa today covers around 300 kilometers through Calvinia and Clanwilliam to Lambertsbay and on to Elandsbay, where the rugged Atlantic meets quiet bays.

Day 6: Citrusdal & Cederberg Mountains
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Day 6: Citrusdal & Cederberg Mountains

On the stage to Citrusdal, around 260 kilometers, you cross the Cederberg Mountains and ride the Cape Town enduro home track, a training route popular with local riders for its varied and technical terrain, before you settle into your lodge for the night.

Day 7: Cape Agulhas – Southernmost Point of Africa
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Day 7: Cape Agulhas – Southernmost Point of Africa

Around 330 kilometers lead via Robertson and Arniston to Cape Agulhas. This southernmost-point-of-Africa motorcycle tour marks the spot where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans officially meet, before you head back inland toward the coast.

Day 8: Hermanus, Hout Bay & Return to Cape Town
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Day 8: Hermanus, Hout Bay & Return to Cape Town

The final riding stage of around 280 kilometers leads via Hermanus and Hout Bay back to the Cape Town motorcycle tour's starting point. In the evening you round off the shared journey with a last dinner together.

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Day 9: Individual Departure

After breakfast it's time to say goodbye: your motorcycle tour of South Africa ends with an individual transfer to Cape Town Airport and the flight home, with plenty of memories of the Cape, Karoo and coast in your luggage.

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Leistungen

Alle Leistungen dieser Motorradreise auf einen Blick — transparent aufgeschlüsselt, was im Reisepreis enthalten ist und was nicht.

Im Preis enthalten

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  • 7 days rental motorcycle BMW GS 750 – unlimited mileage & insurance
  • English- and German-speaking certified tour guide on their own motorcycle
  • Support vehicle with satellite phone, technical support & first aid
  • Pillion seat available in the support vehicle
  • Luggage transport, max. 1 piece per person
  • 7 guided motorcycle tours through South Africa
  • 8 nights in double rooms in comfortable guesthouses & lodges
  • 8 x breakfast
  • 8 x lunch snack
  • 8 x dinner
  • Maps, routes & info package incl. daily briefing
  • Airport transfer on arrival and departure
  • Tour T-shirt

Nicht enthalten

9
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Return flights
  • Rider gear
  • Security deposit for the rental motorcycle
  • Fuel & road tolls
  • Drinks other than at breakfast
  • Personal expenses
  • Pre- and post-tour nights (extension available on request)
  • Anything not explicitly listed under services

Additional rental motorcycles such as the BMW R 1250 GS or R 1250 GS Adventure can be booked on request, subject to availability. The base rental motorcycle is the BMW GS 750, available when booking with your own roommate — solo travelers should also select the single room.

FAQ

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The tour is rated skill level 2 and is aimed at experienced riders with some offroad experience who can safely cover 300 kilometers a day.

The stages follow the same gravel roads that Cape Town enduro riders use on their days off — dusty, varied and far from mass tourism.

Yes, day 7 takes you all the way to Cape Agulhas, where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet and the continent's southernmost point officially lies.

Yes, on the second day you ride the winding Chapmans Peak Drive between Hout Bay and Noordhoek, one of South Africa's most spectacular coastal stretches.

A BMW GS 750 is included in the base price; other models such as the R 1250 GS or R 1250 GS Adventure can be booked for a surcharge, subject to availability.
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