Moto ADV: Planning Johannesburg, Botswana, Namibia Adventure!

Click here for a plan to ride from Johannesburg (Midrand) to Calvinia
OR  Click here for Johannesburg to Calvinia via Kang.
Click here for Calvinia to Johannesburg via Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Henley-on-Klip.

Two week ride: Approximately 3,000 miles. 75 hours on the bike. 13 nights. 6 hours per day. 3 hours AM and 3 hours PM. Total Cost £2,500.

Fly to Johannesburg. Hire motorbikes from Centurion near Midrand and Pretoria. Route north and west via Botswana and Namibia to Windhoek. Then south to Calvinia. Then north and east to Centurion.

TBA.

ADV South Africa 2014

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Proposed route for a pencilled-in moto 'adventure' to South Africa by the Derbyshire/Yorkshire/Staffordshire MotoMates in the spring - September 2014:

Boksburg-Vryburg-Kathu-Upington-Grunau-Springbok-Calvinia-Carnarvon-Kimberley-Bloemfontein-Clarens-Ladysmith-Barberton-Boksburg.

Total: 4,000km (2,485miles)/60h
10 days riding. About 400km/6h per day.
Route/itinerary flexible.
Accommodation TBA.

Alternative Route:

View ADV South Africa 2014. Barberton, Phalaborwa, Thabazimbi, Gaborone, Rustenburg, Boksburg. in a larger map

This alternative route is about 2,000km (1,242miles) and about 20 hours riding:
Boksburg-Barberton-Nelspruit-Phalaborwa-Tzaneen-Thabazimbi-Gaborone-Rustenburg-Boksburg.

Here are a few photos to help you make up your mind: