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Cycling Tours & Bike Trips in Africa

Life is about the journey, not the destination and that couldn't be more true than on a cycling tour in Africa. Travel on countless routes lasting from 1 days up to 14 days, and with 58 Africa bike tours listed you're sure to find one for you. Click here to see all bicycle trips .

58 Africa bicycle tours with 267 reviews

• Christmas & New Year

Cycle Morocco

Pluses: This trip was excellent and would highly recommend it. Cycling had some challenging hills, some hot and windy days. Highly advise hydro pack, not just a water bottle. Culturally, very interesting. I did not find vehicle traffic an issue. We were there during Ramadan. There were less cafes and restaurants open than normal, and some cities and hotels did not have alcohol. Us westerners whined but managed and super enjoyed a cold beer when available! The guides were excellent, very friendly and good bike mechanics and organized great food and cultural experiences. Cons: bikes not serviced prior and a couple had permanent issues. Not everyone had high geared bike with suspension for steep hills so they worked hard. E-bikes ridiculously expensive compared to what you pay in Europe ( almost 3x’s more) and were older, heavy models. Need to upgrade bikes. Trip should start in Tangiers, not Marrakech. First day of riding was mostly a waste. Really fun cycle through the heat and bustle of Marrakech and Medina but had to check out of our hotel by 1:30. We were tired from the heat and no where to hang out. Evening cool and pleasant but catching train to Tangiers. Train was slow, noisy, stopped lots and very poor sleep. Arrived in Tangiers about 0800 but hotel rooms not ready and everyone had to change into cycle clothes, brush teeth etc. in hotel lobby bathroom. Cycling that day was very windy. We were there late March/early April.

Cycle Tanzania

The New Classic Cycling Mountain Range

My family and I recently embarked on a six-day cycling expedition in the magnificent Atlas Mountains with MTB Morocco, and it was an absolutely fantastic experience! From the stunning landscapes to the exceptional service, every aspect of our journey was filled with joy and excitement. First and foremost, the safety and comfort of our little child were of utmost importance, and MTB Morocco went above and beyond to ensure that. They provided us with a specially designed child seat and ensured that it was securely attached to the mountain bike, allowing our child to join us on this thrilling adventure. Their attention to detail and commitment to accommodating families made us feel at ease throughout the entire trip. The beauty of the Atlas Mountains left us in awe at every turn. The trails we rode on showcased the grandeur of the mountains, with breathtaking vistas of towering peaks, lush valleys, and charming Berber villages. The routes were thoughtfully planned, offering a mix of gentle rides suitable for our family, as well as more challenging sections for those seeking an extra adrenaline rush. The guides at MTB Morocco were not only experienced cyclists but also wonderful with children. They provided excellent guidance, ensuring that our little one felt safe and comfortable during the rides. Their knowledge of the local area was invaluable, as they shared fascinating stories about the culture, history, and traditions of the Berber people, enriching our journey with deeper insights. The accommodations arranged by MTB Morocco were delightful. We stayed in cozy guesthouses nestled amidst the mountains, providing a charming and authentic experience. The warm hospitality extended by the hosts made us feel like part of their family. We enjoyed delicious meals featuring local cuisine, allowing us to savor the flavors of Morocco. One aspect that truly stood out was the flexibility and customization provided by MTB Morocco. They tailored the itinerary to suit our family's needs, ensuring that the pace and distance of each ride were suitable for all of us. They also took into account our preferences and adjusted the routes accordingly, making the journey truly personalized and memorable. Our six-day cycling adventure in the Atlas Mountains with MTB Morocco created lifelong memories for our family. The combination of breathtaking landscapes, knowledgeable guides, family-friendly accommodations, and impeccable service made this trip truly exceptional. We would highly recommend MTB Morocco to any family seeking a thrilling and unforgettable cycling experience in Morocco.

Munali mixed Bicycling with Vehicle Guided Tour – (Lusaka to Livingstone (485 kms) for 13 Days)

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Cycling from Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean

Had an amazing time doing this 10 day trip. My partner & I were guided by Hillary, one of the founders of One Bike Tanzania, who was knowledgeable, helpful & great company. Everything was brilliantly organised with lovely accommodation, stops for drinks & snacks on picnic chairs, and a support car always nearby - we felt very well looked after from the moment Hillary met us at the airport. The scenery was ever changing & beautiful. On day one we saw lots of giraffes, zebras & antelopes then spent the evening with the Masai (even indulging in a bit of spear throwing). Then on to Moshi & great views of Kilimanjaro. The Usambara mountains provided another change with cooler weather & verdant terraced farmland (& monkeys) as well as some challenging climbs (it's well worth some pre-holiday hill training!). Finally palm trees, fruit trees and hot sunshine as we reached the coast. A wonderful trip that has left us many happy memories to treasure!

Cycle Namibia

if you like sun, sand, gravel, highest sand dunes in the world with adventure spirit, you cannot ask for more than Cycle Namibia. I passionately loved this trip!

Cycling Atlantic Grand tour

"Our Morocco cycling trip was the best vacation ever, and we travel a lot. Each day was a wonderful new experience. Cycling was an entertaining way to explore Morocco. Our leader Lahcen was incredible in taking such care of each and every one. His leadership, knowledge, and…"

Cycling the Drakensberg & Kruger

Transportation - should have been a bigger vehicle for the amount of people. Every seat was taken and we were packed in like sardines. Better windows that slide up and down (disappear)as your going through Kruger National park. If you open one window it blocks the person behind you. Terrible for for safari in Kruger. Itinerary - Update it as monkey sanctuary was not there anymore. Start bike rides in the morning instead of driving first. Biking in the heat of the day after sitting for 4 hours is no fun. Africa is hot between 2 and 4 in the summer. Guides were excellent. Very helpful with bikes and easy to talk to.

Cycling from Kilimanjaro to Ngorongoro Crater

This was our first trip to Africa, and the OBTZ team was fantastic and took care of every detail, patiently answering all our pre-trip questions and tailoring an expanded, customized 11-day itinerary to our needs. Hillary was an incredible guide! His wealth of knowledge about the country, the culture, the landscapes and the wildlife was like traveling with our own personal encyclopedia and translation service. Immanuel made sure the support van was always right there behind us, no matter how rugged the terrain or how far off the beaten track we'd cycled. Both were so kind, caring, and good-natured that every day was a joy and by the end, we felt like a family. When we travel, we like to find environmentally and socially conscious tour companies that are having a positive impact on their communities. One Bike Tanzania is all that and more! If you go to their website, you'll be amazed at the work they're doing to improve the lives of their community. I HIGHLY recommend this company if you want to truly experience the real Tanzania!

• Mountain Bike

Mountain Biking in the High Atlas

Mountain biking was a great adventure for us during our visit of Moroccco. It was an extremely terryfying and challenging. However, we had an amazing experience riding through amazing trails while enjoying the beauty of the Moroccan landscape. We explored the Berber villages and experienced their culture.I'm a foodie--so the best part was eating the delicious typical Berber food. As much as we were pretty tired, it was such an amazing biking experience from Trek In Morocco.

Cycle around the base of Mt.Kilimanjaro 360° | Oclaa Adventures

Top, family friendly, cycling experience with wildlife and culture!

Cycle Morocco - Atlas to the Sahara

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• Hiking & Trekking

Mountain Biking Mount Kilimanjaro 8 days (all Accommodation & Transport are included)

My ascent and descent of Kilimanjaro by mountain bike was nothing short of amazing. It’s one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences which will remain with me for ever. Make no mistake, it’s very physically demanding, but Brian and the Click Expedition team looked after me extremely well. I’m certainly not the strongest mountain biker - particularly at altitude, nor am I (at age 63) in the flush of youth, but I had Sanke, a real expert, with the patience of a saint, guiding me up and down the mountain and a great team of porters, cooks, waiters and camp staff who went out of their way to ensure our success. Brian, one of Click’s owners, monitored the whole trip closely and was on hand, either in person or via WhatsApp, to ensure that any questions were answered. I have nothing but praise for the way that everything came together and would certainly use Click again.

• Book With Flexibility This operator allows you to rebook your dates or tours with them for free, waiving change fees.

Kilimanjaro 360° Bike Tour

Cycle Kili to Lake Natron Bike Adventure | Oclaa Adventures

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From start to finish, I was thrilled and impressed with the Moroccan cycling tour. As a pretty avid cyclist, I was hesitant about booking the trip due to what I considered as low cycling mileage on the itinerary. I decided, however, to go with the trip because for me, it was more about seeing and experiencing Morocco than cycling (which I can do a lot of at home). I'm so glad I did! My particular tour had a main guide, Mohamed, and a guide in training, Rachid. The two alternated lead and rear positions, enabling faster riders to ride ahead of the group at an adequately challenging pace with one and slower paced riders could take their time (and lots of photos) with the other. It was perfect! Plus, with a bit of travel lag and all of the other activities on the itinerary, the amount and length of rides turned out to be just right. I especially appreciated how the guides provided Strava route information for the rides, as well as a daily itinerary summary at the beginning of each day. In the trip itinerary literature, It was recommended to take a sleeping bag for winter season trips. I took one and was extremely that glad I did. All hotels had heat and extra blankets but for me personally, I needed more to be comfortable. I used my sleeping bag plus wore Mountain Hardware Ghost Whisperer pants and jacket to sleep in. Perfect. For daytime activities, I had a light jacket, a fleece vest, and a down-filled puffy vest which was great for layering. On the bike, I wore arm warmers, a base layer, a jersey, and a wind vest. On a couple of days, I also wore an additional light wind/rain jacket. On the bottom I wore cycling shorts covered by ankle-length cycling leggings. I took fleece-lined leggings as well but those weren't necessary. Short and full finger gloves a must, as well as thicker socks, and a neck/head covering beneath the helmet. Two cycling kits were adequate - there was enough time to wash and air-dry articles of clothing when needed. If in doubt, take more rather than less warm outerwear. With regard to food, there was always more than plenty of it and it was absolutely delicious! Generous amounts of snacks and beverages were also provided during rides. In addition, the guides provided excellent suggestions for reasonably priced places to eat meals that were not included in the trip. I cannot recall one instance during the entire trip in which I desired more or different food options. Overall, I enjoyed every second of the trip. The guides were young, fun, respectful, flexible, fit and well-organized. They went out of their way to get medicine for people who needed it, they arranged for me to get my delayed luggage from the airport two days after my arrival, and they even treated our group to incredible hospitality at their family's home for tea and dessert. Our driver, Mohamed, was also extremely safe at all times and the bike workers worked very efficiently to keep all cyclists on the road with minimal down-time. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! An absolutely wonderful experience from start to finish!

My family and I recently embarked on a six-day cycling expedition in the magnificent Atlas Mountains with MTB Morocco, and it was an absolutely fantastic experience! From the stunning landscapes to the exceptional service, every aspect of our journey was filled with joy and excitement. First and foremost, the safety and comfort of our little child were of utmost importance, and MTB Morocco went above and beyond to ensure that. They provided us with a specially designed child seat and ensured that it was securely attached to the mountain bike, allowing our child to join us on this thrilling adventure. Their attention to detail and commitment to accommodating families made us feel at ease throughout the entire trip. The beauty of the Atlas Mountains left us in awe at every turn. The trails we rode on showcased the grandeur of the mountains, with breathtaking vistas of towering peaks, lush valleys, and charming Berber villages. The routes were thoughtfully planned, offering a mix of gentle rides suitable for our family, as well as more challenging sections for those seeking an extra adrenaline rush. The guides at MTB Morocco were not only experienced cyclists but also wonderful with children. They provided excellent guidance, ensuring that our little one felt safe and comfortable during the rides. Their knowledge of the local area was invaluable, as they shared fascinating stories about the culture, history, and traditions of the Berber people, enriching our journey with deeper insights. The accommodations arranged by MTB Morocco were delightful. We stayed in cozy guesthouses nestled amidst the mountains, providing a charming and authentic experience. The warm hospitality extended by the hosts made us feel like part of their family. We enjoyed delicious meals featuring local cuisine, allowing us to savor the flavors of Morocco. One aspect that truly stood out was the flexibility and customization provided by MTB Morocco. They tailored the itinerary to suit our family's needs, ensuring that the pace and distance of each ride were suitable for all of us. They also took into account our preferences and adjusted the routes accordingly, making the journey truly personalized and memorable. Our six-day cycling adventure in the Atlas Mountains with MTB Morocco created lifelong memories for our family. The combination of breathtaking landscapes, knowledgeable guides, family-friendly accommodations, and impeccable service made this trip truly exceptional. We would highly recommend MTB Morocco to any family seeking a thrilling and unforgettable cycling experience in Morocco.

Had an amazing time doing this 10 day trip. My partner & I were guided by Hillary, one of the founders of One Bike Tanzania, who was knowledgeable, helpful & great company. Everything was brilliantly organised with lovely accommodation, stops for drinks & snacks on picnic chairs, and a support car always nearby - we felt very well looked after from the moment Hillary met us at the airport. The scenery was ever changing & beautiful. On day one we saw lots of giraffes, zebras & antelopes then spent the evening with the Masai (even indulging in a bit of spear throwing). Then on to Moshi & great views of Kilimanjaro. The Usambara mountains provided another change with cooler weather & verdant terraced farmland (& monkeys) as well as some challenging climbs (it's well worth some pre-holiday hill training!). Finally palm trees, fruit trees and hot sunshine as we reached the coast. A wonderful trip that has left us many happy memories to treasure!

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Claudia Dippold

Khartoum to Cape Town

Rider Khartoum to Cape Town

Hi, I am Claudia and - YES!! - I will start to ride through Africa just having become fourty on the second day of the tour! I will for sure NOT be the fastest rider, since one of my biggest hobbies is photography. I am sure that one of my problems will be lack of space on the hard drive.. To be honest, my even more favourite sport before cycling is inline skating. Yes, I did already skate in Africa. Egypt. Luxor. The Valley of Kings... but since the streets of Sudan are said to be worse than in Egypt, I will also bring my bicycle! Looking forward to meet you all in Cairo!

Jennilea Hortop

Seeing the world is one of my passions in life. I have been living in Bangkok, Thailand for the passed four years. I could not resist the opportunity to tour across one of the most amazing, inspiring continents in the world. I am taking a year off from teaching to travel and bike through Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and across Africa. Let the year of adventures begin!

Mbeya to Victoria Falls

Rider Mbeya to Victoria Falls

I am a 60 year old retired geophysicist, living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have been married to Katie for 33 years, and we have 4 kids and 4 grand kids. I was born in Tabora, Tanzania, and this trip will be my first visit to the country in 50 years.... My experience in extended mileage bike touring is limited, although I have been participating in Triathlon for the last 20 years.

Erwin Attenberger

Khartoum to Nairobi

Rider Khartoum to Nairobi

Hi, I´m Erwin, already 69, retired. My first long tour was TDA 2014, where I went from Khartoum to Nairobi and on my own through Uganda, back to Kenia and from there down to Southafrica, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique. Meantime I´ve been on several TDA-Tours including South America, Silk Route and Trans-Himalaya. Looking forward to meet you on the next tour with TDA.

Steven Coventry

Gondar to Cape Town

Rider Gondar to Cape Town

I'm Steve. I live in Vancouver, Canada, and try to spend a lot of time on my various bikes - mostly mountain biking, with some road riding and a healthy dose of commuting/puttering around town thrown in for good measure. I first heard of the TdA early this year, and immediately put it into that 'wouldn't that be awesome to do some day' category. As I thought about it more and more, I decided that there is no time like the present, so 'some day' morphed into 'right now'. I'm ridiculously excited about this upcoming adventure, and can't wait for January!

Michel Hendrix

Nairobi to Cape Town

Rider Nairobi to Cape Town

I am 68 years old and in summertime I do cycling together with my wife and friends in winter speed skating. In 2014 I was participant 0f TDA from Nairobi to Cape Town. I enjoyed it very much, all those impressions and the nice people I have met on the Tour. Cycling through some beautiful countries of central America will be my next goal.

Mike Jakeman

Bike and travel.....it's a retirement thing.

Amanda D Cowley

Ina de visser.

31 year old Dutch living in Germany. Fanatic road cyclist. Enthusiastic but inept mountain biker. Looking forward to combine my passion for cycling and my love for Africa!

Ross Mallinson

Australian living in England. Slow plodding cyclist - falls off mountain bikes - quite good at getting lost.

David Crane

I'm a student from Lawrenceville, NJ. I'll be biking this year to raise money for Conservation International.

Birgit Hermann

I am an enthusiastic, active and adventure-seeking individual. I will leave the corporate rat race for a while to cure my long running travel bug - by the time we cross the finish line in Cape Town, I will have travelled, lived and worked in some 50 countries. It has been a childhood dream of mine to spend an extended time in Africa and I can't think of a better way to start this journey than by bike. Originally from Germany, I have lived in New Zealand for the last 8 years, enjoying the great outdoors. I am a keen surfer, runner, snowboarder, rock climber, scuba diver, mountain biker and photographer. A mtb-er by heart, I will have to get used to the long daily road distances of the TDA - but can't wait for the challenge! Look forward to celebrating my birthday with all of you like-minded, similarly-mad people in Khartoum on Day One on 10 January!

Peter Hargreaves

In 2014 my wife ,Anne, & I having been married for 30 years .in celebration,(desperation) undertook the Tour d' Afrique , on the basis that if we deferred the trip we might never go. We completed some 4,700 kilometres through Sudan, Ethiopia & Kenya, when just over the border into Tanzania I was hit by a truck resulting in 6 cracked ribs & unconsciousness, which meant I was forced to withdraw from the ride. I have decided to join the 2017 TDA in Arusha , where my TDA ended in 2014 . So assuming (fingers crossed) I complete the journey to Cape Town this will complete my personal TDA . Anne hopes to join us at Victoria Falls & ride from there to Cape Town. .

Hi, I'm Ian and I'm a British veterinary surgeon. My family are South African and lots of them are still based there, so I've been lucky enough to visit a few times. I've only ever seen the bits in between from the air though, so the Tour should be the ultimate trip to see the cousins!

Jessica Morris

Addis Ababa to Nairobi

Rider Addis Ababa to Nairobi

Hi Everyone! My name is Jess Morris and I am from Toronto, Canada (but born and raised from Vancouver, Canada). I have been working in finance for the past two years after graduating from business school in 2011. I needed something exciting to look forward to and my colleague mentioned Tour d'Afrique. I have never been to Africa but have traveled quite extensively across North America, Asia, Europe and South America. Africa has been top of the list for me for some time and biking has been a recent passion over the past couple years. I am really looking forward to this trip

Michael Lazzara

Hello everyone! My name is Michael, and I am from Florida. Just finished up college at the University of Miami with a degree in Neuroscience. I love traveling and adventure as I'm sure you all do. I had the opportunity to do the race this year, so I won't let it slip by!

Alessandro Mauri

Hey! My name is Alessandro, I'm 22 years old and I'm half german and half italian. I study mechanical engineering in germany and I will ride with you from Cairo to Cape Town. My motivations vary from the search for adventure to the need of a time-out from my exhausting study path. I'm looking forward to get to know all of you and I'm more than happy to participate in the Tour d'Afrique 2014 with you! P.s.: I'm racing the Tour d'Afrique just for fun :-)

I'm 23 years old from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I just finished my Masters in chemistry, focusing on rechargeable batteries. I heard about the TDA as a teenager, and always thought back to it as the coolest adventure possible! I love cycling (my feet barely ever touch the ground), but I am in no way a cycling purist. I started out riding a fixie, then an old English three-speed, then a few vintage road bikes. The bike I ride now is a rusty POS, but hopefully fixing it up over the summer will give me lots of practice for what's to come:)

Sally-Anne Dunn

After riding Nairobi to Cape Town in 2014 I'm coming back to finish it all off. Much less physically prepared this time, but I'm really keen to get started!

Erica Otten

Hi! I'm Erica and I'm from Anchorage, Alaska. I've never been to Africa and am excited to experience new places and cultures. The longest bike ride I've been on was two weeks and it wasn't long enough. I'm looking forward to some time away from work just enjoying an epic adventure. I will unfortunately have to miss most of winter in Alaska, but I'll dream of skiing and maybe even shoveling snow while I'm sweating it out on the hot desert days. I look forward to meeting you guys in Sudan!

Martyn Wells

I've lived in Kenya as a child and in Cape Town a few years ago so as soon as I came across TDA I wanted to link them and see Africa from a different perspective by riding from one to the other. Then there are brothers-in-law to visit in Windhoek and Cape Town and my birthday on the day we finish. Looking forward to joining you in Nairobi.

Bina Trahan

Ahhhh, first person bios! Here goes....Hello! My name is Bina and I currently live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband, Justin. I graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelors Degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences. I am the Event Director for the Philly Bike Expo and also do some marketing for my dad's bicycle framebuilding company, Bilenky Cycle Works. I enjoy cycling, gardening, being a tea snob, playing with cats (any animal really) and traveling. Looking forward to meeting you all on Tour d'Afrique!!

Sharita van der Merwe

“The thing I love most about my job is watching the social dynamics unfold.”

For as long as I can remember I’ve been stripping, fixing, and riding bicycles. As well, I knew from a young age I wanted to explore, travel, and see the world—my dream at one time was to fly airplanes. However, it wasn’t long before I realized that flying in a straight line from point A to point B wasn’t for me!

When I left school I had no direction, no idea of where I wanted to be or what I wanted to do, once my dream of flying died. In 2003, I saw a magazine ad of a bunch of cyclists lined up in front of the Giza pyramids and I became hooked on the idea of doing that but I had to choose between taking a four-month cycling trip across Africa or going to Warriors Boot Camp to get educated. I chose Warriors and the programme equipped me for life by giving me a solid foundation. There, I was free to discover and explore who I was and to test physical and mental endurance. Having my attitude and my comfort zone constantly pushed readied me for all sorts of real-world challenges. I stayed at Warriors for three years, then cycled solo across Africa when I was 22 years old. In 2009, I landed the job as TDA’s assistant tour director on the Cairo to Cape Town trip—and the rest is history.

Ever since, Africa has been my baby and my favourite. I’ve worked on other tours—the Silk Route, the Bamboo Road, Ruta Maya, Magical Madagascar—but Africa is my full-time project and has lately included TDA’s complex tour of West Africa.

I’m based in beautiful Cape Town; when I’m not here, I’m scouting, exploring, problem-solving somewhere in the world and revelling in the adventure of being alive.

TDA has taken me to 80 countries and my most incredible off-the-beaten-track expedition was the West Africa scout in 2017, especially Guinea—I’d never been to a place so remote, rough or wild. I fell in love with Africa all over again on that trip. The stories are epic and endless!

There’s never a dull moment with TDA, because you absolutely never know what’s going to happen next.

Alex Percival

This will be my 4th TDA tour, having done the Silk Route and the Tour d'Afrique twice now. I will be doing my best to keep everyone's bikes on the road. Looking forward to this next adventure!

Justin Trahan

"I live in central Pennsylvania with my wife. I was born and raised in Texas about an hour west of Houston. I graduated from Texas A&M University and have been with the same service company since graduation in 2006. I look forward to everything the Tour has to offer. Some of my passions include cycling, photography, fly fishing, and working in our garden."

Stephen Jonathan Kimaso

Safari Guide

Yanez Novoa

Hi Everyone. This is my second tour in Africa and am very excited to be part of this trip and especially excited for those who are first timers as you are in for a treat. My job is to keep you fed so that you guys don't eat each other as that tends to ruin the experience... See you in Khartoum!

Hannah Klepacz

Tour Medic (Nurse) Raised in the Great British countryside, I love nothing better than being outdoors. I am never happier than when I am halfway up a mountain and have completed many adventurous expeditions in the UK and abroad, including those on 2 wheels. I’m also a qualified nurse, and have specialised in emergency medicine. I have spent the majority of my career elbow deep in trauma working in a busy emergency department. I have also been lucky to use my nursing skills abroad in Africa and with the Royal Air Force. I hope to combine my love of the great outdoors with my nursing capabilities and look forward to joining the TDA 2014 as an expedition medic.

Chris Wille

Gondar to Nairobi

Rider Gondar to Nairobi

"The very core of man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun" Chris McCandless Into the Wild Extremely happy and grateful to have participated in and cycled the equivalent of twice around the world on some 10+ incredible TDA trips, Coast to coast, all EFI, on 6 of the worlds 7 continents. First rider to have completed all & of the TDA 7 Epics. Special thanks to the TDA and their amazing, dedicated staff for making such trips,. and the quote above, possible- there is an incredible amount of work that goes into scouting, logistics, bookings, vehicles, staffing food, etc etc. Nobody does it better than the TDA, No one runs tours like they do on roads less travelled. It's a wonderful lifestyle, Eat, Sleep and Ride. Learning lots every day from wherever we are on the planet. " The world is my classroom, I am it's student and class is in session" Thanks also to the many wonderful, strong willed fellow riders who have helped shape each unique journey and make it special. From ages 25 to 78+, you are all very inspiring and show us what is possible, proving that age is just a number. Super inspired on the recent Journey to the East tour where over 50% of the riders were between 70-80 years young! Thanks also to my dedicated and understanding wife Linda, Together we started a charity in 2008, Bicycles for Humanity Victoria. Since inception we have collected, shipped and donated over 6513 good used bikes and spare parts to 4 African countries, Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi in 15 Containerloads. Our work has paused for now after 15 years due to wife's health issues., .

Menno Arendz

Victoria Falls to Cape Town

Rider Victoria Falls to Cape Town

Having done Cairo to Vic Falls in previous years, in 2014 I will do the last bit to Cape Town. Looking forward to join you all in Livingston!

Gillian Millett

Hi I'm Gillian & I'll be your Race Director/Assistant Tour Leader. I've caught the travel bug and have been lucky enough to visit over 50 countries (so far). Bikes and travel are the two things that rule my life so this is a great way to combine them. When it comes to bikes I've always thought it's that you ride not what you ride. Keep an eye because there are some great bikes around Africa (and tree-shaded repair stop-shops). In the past I've worked as a tour guide and as a race/events coordinator in North America, Australia and Europe so it's possible I've been in your area before! Looking forward to meeting all of you and experiencing the everything of TdA 2014.

Erma de Boer

Hi, I'm Erma. Having seen the documentry "Where are you go" about the Tour d'Afrique at the Amsterdam bicycle filmfestival in May 2010, it was my dream to participate in the Tour d'Afrique. Three years on I have signed up for this big challange: I'm going to cycle from Nairobi to Cape Town and I'm looking forward to meet all the other participants and biking trough this beautiful continent.

I work in Kingston and when I can get away, I like to do adventure travel. Laying on a beach at an all inclusive isn't for me. I ran into the Tour in Nairobi about 6 years ago and have had the trip in mind ever since. The problem is, I was never really an avid cyclist. I've been working on it, riding after work and all day on weekends but I'm not gonna lie, it kind of scares me as the start approaches. Save some supper for me cuz I'm sure I'll be the last one to arrive in camp each day.

Pier Spinazze

Hi there I am a 28 year old doctor finishing up my year of community service in surgery at a large public hospital in Johannesburg. Traversing Africa has always been high up on my bucket list and what better way to do it than on a bike. Unfortunately due to time constraints I will be leaving the tour in Nairobi and continuing down by car to get to Cape Town by the end of March. Looking forward to all the good the bad and the ugly of the tour and making new friends along the way.

Anne Davenport

I am the "other half" of Peter Hargreaves. Excuse the confusion as, despite 29 years of marriage, I insist on keeping my passport in maiden name. This trip will be an opportunity to see parts of Africa I'm unlikely to get to see again so when Peter proposed this trip I thought I'd better come too. Having read some of the blogs etc now I'm not so sure! It will certainly be a challenge so I look forward to meeting you all soon.

Khartoum to Addis Ababa

Rider Khartoum to Addis Ababa

Gondar to Addis Ababa

Rider Gondar to Addis Ababa

Paul ten Brummelhuis

As former participant in the Tourdafrique ( in sections) and the Silkroute (2016) and the first section to Calgary together with my daughter Lieke, and Westafrica en Velo 2018, I will do now the last two sections again .

jos malherbe

This will be my 5th tda trip. So i must be addicted to tuna sandwiches and camping, especially bush camps. See you all in Cartagena. Please support the charity i will be raising funds for. Visit http://www.childwelfarechallenge.co.za

Scott Carmichael

So I'm an latecomer to the trip, having signed up November 18, so I've got a lot of catching up to do, paperwork wise! I'm a Calgary, Canada native, who despite big dreams of leaving and living abroad, still lives here! I spent 10 months in New Zealand, and though it was nice to come home, my dream of adventure lingers.. I've been thinking about doing this trip since hearing about it earlier in the spring, I think while TDA 2013 was on... I haven't done a lot of bike touring, but the one multiday tour I went on was a blast and I longed for more.. so why not go all the way, right?! I was training hard the first half of the year to do my first half ironman at the end of July, but my real passion is running! Sadly, doing an 11000+ km running tour is pretty much out of the question right now, so it's time to get back on the bike and rebuild those saddle "muscles" for the long rides ahead! I look forward to meeting everyone in Sudan (SUDAN, everyone! I can't believe it...), anticipating an amazing 4 month adventure with you all!

RANDY PIELSTICKER

after 5 years without a PVM bar, I've started to develop a twitch? I have to go back!

Klaus Michael Jensen

I'm 70 years old. I have done Africa-tour and South America Epic.

Helen Salvestrin

Khartoum to Victoria Falls

Rider Khartoum to Victoria Falls

Oops, 32 days and counting till we go! Talk about a latecomer :) I'm a slightly bonkers Aussie, with a little extra time on my hands. I've done a wee bit of mountainbiking, a wee bit of touring, a wee bit of work in Africa, so what fantastically better way to mix them all up than TdA! It's great to see so many other slightly-bonkers people ready for some African fun and games. Ooh, and I can order a coffee in Amharic - my biggest asset to the Tour :)

Bradley Cossitt

I am 27 years old. I took the year off working to travel. I have been to Thailand, Malaysia, Climbed to Base Camp of Mount Everest,Paris, Italy and France. Following that I went to Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, and Machu Picchu. I have just returned from a bike tour from Seattle Washington to San Francisco. Several years ago I rodethe Alaskan Highway.

Tobias Wolf

Victoria Falls to Windhoek

Rider Victoria Falls to Windhoek

Oliver Lange

Lilongwe to Windhoek

Rider Lilongwe to Windhoek

Hi to all of you! I love to MTB in the European Alps! I do that for more than 20 years! I also have been many times in Africa! The combination of my hobbies(MTB, Mountains, climbin and so on) and the African continent: This really sounds to be a very good combination :-) I really look forward meeting you all in Malawi (at Lilongwe). There is just only one more thing I want to ask you: You have a very special person riding with you: She is my very and only sweetheart! The only person that makes my heart jumps! She rides with you the whole TDA14 (from Karthoum to Cape Town): Claudia! Please do me a favour and take GOOD CARE OF HER!! She is only borrowed! She is needed back at home! I love her! Cheers, Olli

Nairobi to Victoria Falls

Rider Nairobi to Victoria Falls

I'm starting out on a year of independent travel. I found TDA when researching for activities / challenges in Africa. I was immediately obsessed with the idea of seeing Africa from ground level over so many miles!! Unfortunately, the whole tour would have been both unfeasible and as I only found about the 2014 TDA on the eve of it's departure in January, I had to look down the line to some of the later stages!! I had always planned to base myself around Tanzania and Malawi on my travels in Africa. So when i saw that the tour passed through Tanzania and Malawi and on to Victoria Falls I new that the TDA was the perfect challenge and start to my world exploration. After the tour I will be heading back to Malawi, an old school teacher of mine set up an orphanage there where I wish to volunteer.

Amy Klepacz

Windhoek to Cape Town

Rider Windhoek to Cape Town

Hi, my name's Amy,I'm 25 and the twin sister of your tour medic. I'm also a nurse, in the Royal Air Force, so my boss has had no problem letting me off for another crazy adventure! Think she may have a psych assessment done on me when I return as this is my idea of a fun thing to do in my leave! Looking forward to some fun times, wild camping, punctures and seeing my sister again, even if shes does inflict pain popping my blisters!

Isabella de la Houssaye

I am a former lawyer and banker, mother of five, and a partner in a retail store/auction house/restaurant in Philadelphia, PA called Material Culture (www.materialculture.com). I love anything and everything to do with adventure, travel and exercise and do a lot of swimming, climbing, biking and ultra running all over the world. I will be riding several segments of the Tour d'Afrique to support my son, David Crane, who is riding the entire Tour, god willing :)

Lilongwe to Victoria Falls

Rider Lilongwe to Victoria Falls

Dag Brattli

From Tromsø, Norway at 69 degrees north. I'm married to Vibeke, and have 2 boys, Kenneth (18) and Eric (22). Work as a software engineer for Cognite. Ride my bike all year. In the summer I love to ride my bike around Malangen, and in winter I use my fat-bike on the snow. Btw. also the lucky winner of the 2014 Squirt Lube TDA competition, so I have cycled this section before (2014, 2017) with a fat-bike (twice). The goal is to use a "normal" bike this time around.

Brian Hoeniger

There are few experiences in life that compare to riding my bike through beautiful landscapes in faraway lands. Beyond working for TDA as Accountant and Tour Support, I've been a client 7 times now. All these journeys have had their magical moments. Spinning through Iran - pinch me, I'm dreaming!, across Turkey - where east meets west, down Chile's remote Carretera Austral, and into the canyonlands of the American southwest, to name a few. Completing the Tour d'Afrique is another. And of course, meeting our amazing clients from around the world and the "salt of the earth" local people along the way. I rode Hanoi to Bangkok 2 years ago and now its time to carry on down the Malay peninsula from Bangkok to Singapore. See you in November!

Cameron Odro Kilgour

I recently retired from teaching in the Toronto District School Board in the secondary panel. I began teaching in Bhutan as a volunteer with World University Service of Canada. At the time of my two-year contract in Bhutan, I was practising immigration law in downtown Toronto. I am a lifelong traveller and cyclist. My family consists of my wife Cathy, a teacher, our daughter Michelle, an artist-entrepreneur who runs a fair trade clothing business called the Fairies Pijamas, and our son Josh, a university student at Guelph. We have spent two years in Melbourne, Australia on teaching exchanges. In the lead up to the Tour, Cathy and I will ride in the Great Victoria Bike Ride (a 600 km. ride along the Great Ocean Road from Mt. Gambier to Geelong). My connection to the Tour is through Brian Hoeniger, a friend who does logistics for the Tour and has done it in two halves. I know Henry through Brian as they have a shared history working in Africa with CPAR. I am very keen to cycle top to bottom and learn as much as I can along the way. And the scenery promises to be inspirational.

Catharine Daly

After doing the Tour d'Afrique in 2014 I was hooked. I had to ride another. When the Journey to the East opened I knew that that was for me as I have never visited Korea or Japan....can't wait.

Christopher Clyde

Looking forward to cycling Korea and Japan, seeing a few old friends from TDA 2014, Hippy Trail 2019.

David Grosshans

Jambo! I have quit my job selling Solar systems to experience something totally different. I am a keen road cyclist and mountain biker who loves travel, meeting people and learning about different cultures. Having ridden my bikes in Australia, New Zealand and the European Alps - I felt I needed something more challenging. Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya were some of the most challenging rides I have done. Take my advise, don't ride a cyclo-cross bike with 35mm tyres through the Sudanese desert...... I hope I can avoid all mishaps to achieve EFI. It has been a great experince so far and I have met like minded people (= slightly crazy) on the tour and shared some great moments and some great bike riding. I am looking forward to more unexpected surprises Africa has in store.

David Wolfendale

Looking for a challenge that will help train my mind and body. I am a fire fighter and help maintain three hotels in my village. Looking forward to experience new culture and meet friends. I've traveled a little and this will be a great adventure.

Diederik Heisey

I'm 26 years old from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I've been cycling casually as a commuter for most of my life. Several years ago a friend mentioned the TdA to me and I looked it up. I was intrigued, but didn't really think of it as something I would do. It never really escaped my mind though. Every now and then it would pop up again and I would read another blog or check out a book someone had written about it. Eventually I was hooked and registered. I then realized that while I did love cycling, I had never done any long distance cycling and might end up hating the tour after a few days! I remedied this by cycling across Canada this summer and can safely say I am very excited for the tour. Looking forward to meeting all of you in Khartoum!

Henri Beunders

Sitting too much behind this desk, 24hrs if I have to, and this picture is 4years old! So, in the saddle for 12 hrs? We'll try, love travelling, love Africa. going to join you in Nairobi, and will wave you goodbye at Victoria Falls, if you are not in Capetown by then. We'll see, looking forward to it!

Sigrid Mogard

Hi! I am a 29 year old girl from northern Norway, and I work as a management consultant. I'm really looking forward to having a break from my everyday life, and to have the adventure of a lifetime on my bike through Africa! I love to ride my bike, but I don´t have advanced experience with long-distance cycling. I have never competed in a bike race before. My motivation for attending the TDA 2014 is primarily to experience the African culture and nature up close, with a diverse group of cyclists. And I also look forward to test my mental and physical strength during the trip. I am looking forward to meeting each and everyone of you!

Sonia Davies

Hi everyone, I'm from Geraldton Western Australia. Currently managing a 24/7 Gym and Personal Training. I am a bit of a Hiker and a Biker having completed a few of each around the world. I heard about TDA just after a hike in China and thought Wow that is the next on my bucket list. My friends think I have a pretty crazy bucket list. I'm counting down the days to Khartoum and meeting you all.

Tim Chaning-Pearce

Hey dudes, Im a kiwi in need of adventure. Haha And so I choose a bike ride in Africa and land up in Northern Germany to do some training. So if you think you wont have done enough training, dont worry I would have done less. I work overseas for 10 months of the year. I enjoy going for a ride, and my friend dared me to enter this challenge. I entered and she declined to enter herself. So I guess I win. Not sure what to write, but all advice will be much appreciated I

Cairo to Addis Ababa

Rider Cairo to Addis Ababa

Hi folks, I'm John Swart form Fonthill, Ontario, Canada - the home of Steve Bauer. I'm a cycling advocate, a humour columnist for Pedal Magazine, our national competitive cycling rag, and I enjoy cycle touring and a challenge. It's been a couple years since my last cycling adventures; a solo ride from Puerto Montt to Villa O'Higgins along the Carretera Austral in Chile, and the End-2-End Sportif across Cuba. TDA has been on the list for a while, and hopefully the two northern sections will be an introduction to the culture of Islam, which will be totally new to me. I'm pressing the top end of the age limit, so looking forward to making this the year!

Jaap Brasser

Cairo to Cape Town

Rider Cairo to Cape Town

My name is Jaap Brasser from the Netherlands, I’m 60 years old and I signed up for the Tour d’Afrique for an adventure of a lifetime as well as the ultimate psychical & mental challenge. 

I've never been to Africa before and for me this is a great way to get to know and truly experience this continent, all these beautiful countries, landscapes and cultures from a perspective normal travelling would never allow you to see. 

I’m quite a sport fanatic and have been cycling through France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy before with highlights such as the ‘Tour de Marmot’ and ‘Liège-Bastogne-Liège’. Furthermore I have been speed skating for over 20 years and completed speed skating matches such as the ‘Elfstedentocht’ and the ‘Weissensee’. 

However, none of these achievements will compare with the Tour d’Afrique and I think that is what excites me most about this tour.

Neil Kennedy

My name is Dirk Pater, and I am 61 years old. I'm married to Nellie and we have four children, three daughters and one son. Their names are Dicky, Hans, Rosa & Anne. I grow vegetables by profession. Together with my family and work, excercising is also very important to me. I've been training all my life. When it comes to sport or something that is connected with competition, I'm very fanatical and enthousiastic. Though, in daily life, I'm a calm person. I see the Tour D'Afrique as the ultimate challenge and I hope that I will have lots of fun.

Johan Versluis

Catriona lyle.

Hi I have wanted to make the journey from Cairo to Cape Town for a long, long time. A friend, Ingy, told me about the TDA about 8 years ago and I told her I thought it was a mad idea.......then I read the book "The EFI Club" by David Houghton which confirmed my thoughts that is was indeed a "mad idea". But a seed had then been sown in Neil's (my lead-out man) head......and the more he talked about it the more I started to believe I could do it and the more excited I got about the idea. So now after many years the stars have finally aligned themselves so that we can do the southern half of the trip and we hope to make it back to do Cairo to Nairobi another time. I'm from Swaziland and have been very lucky to visit a couple of the places we will travel through - very excited about heading back to these places and of course about discovering new places! Really looking forward to meeting all of you and not being "on call" (I'm a vet) for 9 weeks!!!!! See you in Nairobi - hope you're all still going strong by the time we meet you!!! Cats

Karen White-Smith

Hi. I am from the east coast of Canada (Halifax, to be exact). I am 60 and retired for 1.5 yrs from a job as an environmental scientist. A retirement gift from myself was the TDA tour of Africa...I finished unscathed (for the most part). I love to travel and ride my bike but I hate packing for these trips and trying to fit everything into too small a space. I had enough cycling through desert in Sudan, so I will join you in Adelaide. I am looking forward to meeting the new cyclists, as well as, meeting a couple of familiar faces from other TDA tours. It will be great! Right?

Timothy Illes

Hello! I am Tim, from Cairns, Australia. I was born in Cape Town south Africa, and I cannot wait to cycle to my birth place from Egypt! I am a fanatical cycler and I ride every day. In terms of long distance riding, 2 years ago I cycled the east coast of Australia, with a 400$ bike from a second hand shop and some Cheap panniers and loved it! Hopefully 4 months will be just as fun! An experience like the Tour d'Afrique seems so ridiculous, that naturally it is something I need to do! Sorry mum… I am also raising money for a medical-grade distiller in Ethiopia, so that the hospital can have sterile water and make IV fluid. I'm loving my training for the event, and I can't wait to get started in what will probably be the most amazing and tough experience of my life

Savannah van Vliet

I'm Savannah, from northern Canada. I have never done a long-distance tour before although I am no stranger to rough camping. I love the outdoors and a challenge. Most winters I attend university but wanderlust has gotten the best of me. I am so excited for this adventure and am absolutely counting down the days until I leave for Cairo.

Andy Brookstein

Hello all, my age is 65 and I am presently a retired ex civil construction contractor. Schooled in Durban 1967 Married to Maureen (ex TDA 2015). Three children Peter, David and Lara from a previous marrage. No great sporting achievements other than great enthusiasm in rugby, cricket, hockey, tennis, squash, cross country, road running, walking and lastly cycling. I completed TDA 2015 and feel the need to revisit the tour. It was great.

Justus Bornemann

Hi, I am Justus I am 19 Years old and from a little town in northern Germany called Leer. I just finished school this summer and now I am going to have an adventure this Year before I will go to university. I want to study medicine but it is very hard to get a place to study this in Germany. Last summer I visited Kenya for running-training and this holidays made me very interested in Africa and that is why I am here. To prepare for the TDA i will travel through south east asia in November and December (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia) - of course by bike. When I am not riding my bike I like to play the Guitar or the Ukulele or to do other sports. Hopefully we will have a very nice time together in the most beautiful continent on our earth - AFRICA!

Kendall Alford-Madden

I am from Durham North Carolina. This will be my fourth trip with TdA and the most adventurous one to date. I can't wait to re-unite with old friends and meet new ones. I am scared I'll admit, but I will singing and laughing down the road hopefully.

Will Rafferty

I am from Tasmania, Australia and completed the Tour d'Afrique in 2015 as a rider. I enjoyed the experience so much that it compelled me to seek work with TDA Global Cycling. I have since worked on the Trans-Oceania & Oh Canada Tours and am looking forward to what i expect to be the best trip yet! I look forward to getting to know you all :)

David Snell

I have been living and working in Norway since 1992. After many years dreaming of travelling through Africa and later reading about TDA, I finally have the trip of a lifetime planned. I cannot wait to get my gear together, meet everyone in Cairo and get on the road, this will be a fantastic experience. I have always had a passion for cycling and the experience it gives to all your senses as you pass through cities, towns and countryside. The fact that this tour is also helping Africa is a bonus and I hope that everyone reading about the 2015 expedition will contribute generously.

Sergio De Arrola

Im Sergio de Arrola, a spanish film photographer. My last long distance travel was from New York to LA riding alone in the end of 2013. Now I´m editing a book about the trip. Mi intention in the Tour d'Afrique is the same. I want to capture the people, the landscapes and the details of Africa from my point of view. I want to ride the 12000 km with a smile in my face! I know its gonna be like that!!

Mary Jane Winch

I am doing this trip to celebrate my 50th birthday. It will be my 7th continent. It's been a long time since I did a supported trip. It will be nice to know I will have a camping spot and a meal waiting for me every night.

Hey folks. I'm Ben and I'm a runner and wannabee author from Guildford in Surrey UK. Currently sitting in an office writing my dissertation for my MA in Creative Writing and dreaming about cycling the world. Can't wait to actually do it! I've cycled over the Alps and US West Coast, but have never been to Africa and not sure how to put up a tent - the tour is going to push me well out there! Looking forward to meeting everyone else brave/crazy enough to get on board.

Mark Peterson

I'm a 62 year old family physician from Juneau, Alaska. I'm married with 3 adult children. I currently do locum tenens work (temp work for doctors) all over the world. This has provided some great adventures on all our globes continents over the past few years. I completed the TDA Africa tour in 2015 and never thought I would want to do another expedition ride, but the rides "get under your skin" so I'm back looking to cross my third continent on a bicycle.

Cairo to Khartoum

Rider Cairo to Khartoum

Vince Moores

I'm a semi retired entrepreneur, now running a Luxury Lodge in Te Arai, north of Auckland, New Zealand. I completed the TDA Tour D'Afrique 8 years ago and the Trans Europa ride last year. Looking forward to meeting fellow riders & tackling the challenging climbs on the Viva Italia !

Marek Poplawski

Hi, I’m Marek from Canada and this will be my third tour with TDA. I started cycling in 2014, and signed on for my first trip with TDA in 2015, through Africa. I cycled 10500km of the over 12000km trip. It was an incredible experience; definitely a trip of a lifetime. Then in 2016, I completed five hard weeks of cycling, through the mountainous terrain of Central America, with stops in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. I climbed 41061m in elevation, and cycled the total distance of the tour, 2600km. In doing so, I achieved the illustrious TDA EFI designation; meaning I rode Every F#&!ing Inch of the journey! It was challenging mentally, physically, and tested one’s endurance and equipment. I’m happy to say that my bike and I, met all the demands of that test. The experience was incredible, and I will treasure the memories forever. Now I look forward to meeting the people on the Bamboo Road tour, and making new memories.

Jonathan Hemp

I am now retired after a varied career in civil engineering, shipping, aviation and property asset management. I have been happily married for 43 years to Marje, and we have a daughter, a son and two grandchildren, all living in Cape Town, after spells working abroad. I have been cycling most of my life, and Marje and I share this, as well as interests in birdwatching, travel, reading and learning. We have travelled widely, including to several of the African countries the TDA traverses.

Michael McCabe

I just completed the Tour d'Afrique Cairo to Capetown epic adventure this past May. I did a cross America bike trip the previous year. These trips have turned me into a restless traveler. I looked up what the next trip would be as I have become restless again. This Ruta Maya came up and there was a cancelation so here I am.

Very eager to cross the continent again. Once just wasn't enough. Also looking forward to making new friends and enjoying great adventures along the way.

Life long tech geek traveler inventor, so looking forward to exploring Africa. Currently enjoying an amazing healthy new adventure in Hong Kong and rides in Taiwan (toroko gorge is amazing) as prep for TDA Distance runner, hockey goalie (yes the teeth and nose rebuilt), triathlete, skydiver, pilot. Have lived traveled and worked in North America, Europe and Asia. Favorite meal 3am thai food on the streets of Bangkok with my GF. Life philosophy - "Live to Play Another Day"

Nathaniel Freeman

I've spent the past year in South Africa working at the Constitutional Court and I'm thrilled to be following that experience with a bike ride across the continent. I look forward to meeting all of the riders and staff who will be taking part in this adventure!

Liam Mitchell

I'm 32, work in London and have been looking with envy at the riders taking on the Tour d'Afrique for over 10 years now. I travelled by truck in 2005 from Nairobi to Cape Town and have tried to head back to the continent as much as I could. Unfortunately work and finances allow me to do only the one section so I've opted for the one that seems most challenging and interesting, The Gorge. I've completed a few long distance trips on my own such as Lands End-John O'Groats and most recently London-Rome which should stand me in good stead for this section of the tour. Though i'm concerned that even London's roads won't prepare me for the condition of those in Sudan and Ethiopia! Plus I'll need to keep training through winter which i'm not looking forward to. As I write this my main worry is whether to opt for a cyclo-cross or splash out on a nice new mountain bike. Look Forward to meeting everyone on the trip. Liam

Sue Shuttleworth

Aged 60, retired veterinary surgeon. Married and live in Lancashire, UK. Cycled Africa 2015, South American Epic 2015 and Trans Oceania 2016 plus various long distance cycle camping epics in the past with my husband. In 2015 Nairobi to Arusha took us 2 days to cycle. Really happy that I'll get to cycle Nairobi to Arusha now via Uganda and Rwanda. Looking forward to seeing the gorillas, and revisiting Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Also catching up with friends from previous tours.

David Paterson

I am 69, retired, and live in the Okanagan Valley of B.C. Canada. Really only cycle to travel. Went on tda trips in Africa and India and the Himalayas.

Carolyn Pearson

I'm excited to cycle from Paris to Budapest with my husband, Doug Pearson and all of you! I started cycling in April 2011. Four short years later my husband asked me to participate in the last month of the 2015 Tour d'Afrique. After much consideration, I said yes. I enjoyed one of the most challenging, scenic & cultural experiences of my life! This time the trip was my idea : ) I am looking forward to experiencing a variety of European cultures, food, history & sites along the way. See you in July!

Laura Harris

Cairo to Victoria Falls

Rider Cairo to Victoria Falls

I'm currently on a career break from working and living in Sydney and so excited to be joining the tour and visiting Africa again. The aim of my break has been to learn, be physically challenged and to give back to the community I'm working in and the TDA ticks all the boxes! I need to to learn how to actually maintain my bike, no doubt this will be the most physically challenging thing I've done and I'm giving back by raising money for the tour foundation, the cardiomyopothy association and I'd love to give some yoga classes to help stretch those tired muscles.

Ivan Zimmermann

Creative, adventourous, good sense of humour.

Hi I'm Jodi and I'll be the medic on tour

Adrian Wood

Hi, My name is Adrian and I will be working on the 2015 Tour D'Afrique. I couldn't be more excited. I will have just finished my final year at university and couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than meeting new people who share a common passion.

Tallis Wessels

Been working as a cycle/safari guide in southern Africa for the last 7years. Extremely passionate about nature and cross country cycle..

Andreas Pakenham

As a tour leader, I love the daily challenges, and ever changing worlds we are all so lucky to travel through. Getting a diverse group of cyclists, with different backgrounds, and goals across a continent is a rare thrill that makes life at home feel a bit pedestrian! The best feeling on tour is making a tough day go smoothly, and to surprise the riders with something unexpected or memorable along the way.

I live on the west coast of Canada, in Victoria, a quiet town which can seem like an extreme contrast to many of the places I tour with TDA. In the past I have done a number of solo cycling trips, as well as exploring by motorcycles when time was more limited. Over the years of travelling though, I've realized how much I enjoy the camaraderie of travelling with a group to share experiences and make memories with. My future goals for personal travel at the moment are a bit different, and are based around the sea. In the next couple years I want to go by boat to the extreme north of Canada, in the hopes of exploring places impossible to reach in any other manner.

It's hard to nail down a single memorable experience from all my trips with TDA, but I most often think back to the experiences of Central Asia, and discovering the beauty of the Pamir Mountains for the first time. At one particular high altitude camp in Tajikistan, I remember taking a hike with a group of riders up a steep 5000m peak adjacent to the camp. As we neared the top, we found ourselves unable to safely make it past 5000m due to a loose rock scramble for the last 20 meters. Disappointed, we turned around and witnessed a flock of Marco Polo Sheep running along the ridge just below us, making time before the sun set.

If I were to make a single suggestion to a future TDA rider, it would be to slow down, and keep a camera close at hand. The best stories at the end of the trip are not normally those of the speediest cyclist.

Terry Scheikowski

I am a retired lecturer in Food Science living in Melbourne and have been cycling as an adult for 40+years. I completed Cairo to Cape Town with TdA in 2019 albeit in stages having started back in 2013. I have previously cycled across Canada with Tour du Canada. some years back I rode with two friends from the north to the south of the UK (John O'Groats to Lands End) taking a wandering route and enjoying English and Scottish B&Bs and the odd pub.

-My First Travel Experience was when i was 18, I travelled China. -My Second travel experience was Thailand (south), Malayisa, Singapore and Indonesia when i was 19. -My Third and final trip to Asia was Thailand(north), Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos when i was 20 -I traveled to Australia when i was 21 to do a Year Work and travel, i met my fiancé in Hobart, Tasmania. -When i was 22 i traveled the Americas with my fiancé for 1 year visiting, Canada, USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Hoduras, Nicaragua, Cost Rica, Panama, Colombia, Equador, Paru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina & Brazil When i was in Tasmanin Teaching Scuba Diving i met a nurse that told me that she had been on the Tour d'Arique

My name is Rosa Pater, I'm 23 years old. I live in Waarland, a little village in Holland. In daily live, I'm a professional speedskater, therefore I'm quite used to heavy trainings and making many hours on my bike. Nevertheless, I still feel it as a major challenge to cycle 1913km from Windhoek to Cape Town. My father, Dick Pater and his friend Jaap Brasser are currently cycling the whole tour. I'm already very proud of them and I thought it would be such an unforgettable experience to join them the last part of the tour!

Emily Currie

“‘Happiness is only real when shared’: I think this counts for a whole spectrum of experiences and emotions—pain, hardship, excitement, joy, for instance—and explains why sharing an adventure or journey with a group makes it so very real!”

Who would have thought that growing up on a farm and a career in rural healthcare would prepare me for a job like my job at TDA? I always had the desire to travel and even though I thought working here would be too good to actually come true when I sent in my job application, here I am, six tours and 28 countries later. I’ve learned more about the world and myself then I ever expected.

With so many incredible memories—and so much food shared, so many friends made along the way—it will take me years to process everything I’ve experienced courtesy of TDA. Highlights of my travels so far include finishing the North American Epic (NAE) in Mexico City on the Day of the Dead, cycling Central Asia’s Pamir Highway, Abdul’s pilaf in the parking lot, Colombia, pan con chicharron, Patagonia, a massive thunder storm in Zambia, Hami melon, Madagascar, Samarkand, walnut and honey spread on fresh bread and topped with whipped yak cream, eaten in a warm yurt… and the list goes on! It’s amazing to realize that everything I experience with TDA will have an impact on my life long after these adventures are over.

One adventure I don’t expect to have again is the one I had in Mexico, when we discovered Hurricane Patricia was heading right straight at us. Monitoring the storm’s progress through the night—from stage 4 to stage 5—seemed so unreal. By 5:00 a.m., CNN was calling Patricia the strongest hurricane ever measured on planet earth. A few hours later, we loaded all bikes, riders, kit and crew onto an extra van and bus … and took off, tails between our legs, because Patricia was shaping up to be a beast! By nightfall we were safe and sound in the heart of tequila country, and, as Patricia lost most of her fury at landfall, the party at our lodgings ramped up.

There are so many wonderful aspects to working with TDA but key amongst them are travelling with purpose, meeting people from all over—and the food!

Caroline Anderson

Lilongwe to Cape Town

Rider Lilongwe to Cape Town

Hi! I'll be joining the group in Malawi to finish off the last three legs of the TDA 2015! Have been following the fun so far via instagram… which has made me both excited and nervous! I'm from Canada but have been living abroad since 2002 - and in Switzerland for most of that time. Not a seasoned bike expert to say the least…but an active girl who likes a good challenge so fingers crossed I survive.

Kimberly Kaestner

I've traveled the world in my career and now I want to travel the world for fun.

Marcel van Kesteren

Marcel is the name, and cycling has always been part of my life; I am born in the Netherlands. But (cumulated) distances as on TDA.....? Tour d'Afrique for me is a break in between jobs. Great opportunity to be sporty, enjoy Africa and be amongst fellow riders. Together with my girlfriend Gunilla we ride Livingstone to Windhoek. After that she goes back home and I continue to Cape Town. We are very much looking forward to the journey!

Gunilla Verbeke

Hi, I'm Gunilla, once an actress, now a mathematician / consultant. I love sports, did a lot of gymnastics when I was younger, also played some tennis. I have a racing bike since two years, not a hardcore biker, but I'm proud that I've climbed the mount Stelvio. Now the challenge will be in the distance, something new to me.

Nairobi to Mbeya

Rider Nairobi to Mbeya

Maureen Collins

I'm from Ireland; moved to Zambia in my twenties and then to South Africa. Love the country, the bush, photography. I've ridden bicycles and horses since I was a kid. I had my own consulting practice in Johannesburg for 20 years but segued into retirement when I met Andy Brookstein in the middle of 2014. Andy did the Cairo to Cape ride in 2015 and I joined him for one of the sections. Now married, and retired, we rode from New Delhi to Mumbai on the Hippie Trail in 2016. I've registered for the Odyssey in 2017

Franci Joubert

I am a lawyer, practicing and living in Knysna :) I love riding my bicycle!

Doug Pearson

Hi All! I am 63 years old and live in St. Louis, Missouri, USA with my wife, Carolyn. I have two grown children, one living in Houston, Texas and the other living in Seattle, Washington. I completed the Tour d'Afrique in 2015 and the Garden of Eden Section of the Silk Route in 2016 and the Orient Express route from Paris to Budapest in 2019. Looking forward to hotels every night; Great new friendships; A fun relaxing time; Exploring with my wife and being with all of you!! Cheers!! Doug

Hi, I'm Paige, currently from Jordan Station, ON. Also know as the exit on the QEW with the Pirate Ship, or the place peaches come from. People often ask if I am crazy, I ask why? Doing Tour D'Afrique or getting married in Oct 2015? I am excited to see Africa, (mostly Cario and Cape Town), meet new people, create friendships, and test my abilities (physically and mental). One of the biggest challenges I foresee is going 150km without a stop at Tim Hortons! See you in Cario!

Shanny Hill

Look forward to meeting everyone in Alaska. I have worked for TDA for over 10 years now and every trip is a new and challenging experience. I have been fortunate to have traveled all over the place, but North America ironically I have not explored much. It should be great fun (except maybe for the mosquitoes). Happy pedals...

Max Chiswick

Super excited to start this adventure and to meet everyone

Stephanie Thornton

Hey Everyone, I am looking forward to traveling & supporting you on your tour across Italy. This will be my 5th TDA tour. In between tours, I do all sorts of other work spanning from Fighting forest fires to working with Doctors Without Borders. Can't wait to ride bikes with all of you and eat gelato when we aren't!

Craig Thomson

Living Life | Endurance Athlete | Inspirational Leader | Red Socker | Enjoying the Journey |

Katja Steenkamp

I grew up in the eastern part of Germany in the beautiful baroque town Dresden. I traveled to Cape Town/South Africa in my early 20's and was spellbound by the breathtaking landscape, delicious wine and food, and especially the active lifestyle. Given Cape Town's location the outdoors can be occupied the full year around. A great advantage for an outdoor enthusiast and adventure seeker like myself. Now, 10 years later, I am well settled in this part of the world, found myself a wonderful husband and planing my next big adventure. Tour d'Afrique has been a dream of mine for a long time and am very excited to experience this extraordinary adventure in 2016.

Graham Whelan

Hi, I’m an electrical engineer and serial dreamer! Have wanted to do the TDA since I left uni in 2008 so now is the time to stop procrastinating and do it!!! I’ll be turning 30 on the tour so what better way to celebrate than riding across Africa. Can’t wait to meet you all at the start line. Now, where did I leave my bike???

Len Colbert

Having been introduced to the tour by a fellow rider, I have become inspired by those that have completed it. I will be 60 when I arrive on the tour, its is time to step outside my comfort zone and this will push my limits, so let the fun begin..... I look forward to a very unique experience.

Douwe Cunningham

Looking forward to experiencing the spirit of Africa...!

Michael Hobin

I'm retired and in the 60+ category. I enjoy cycling, golf and hiking. Currently I spend my winters in Arizona and will start spending my summers in Camlachie, Ontario. I've done a few long distance rides including the TDA in 2016. Looking forward to seeing western Canada on bike.

Jason Metcalfe

I am an alumni of TDA 2016 and 1st place finisher of pub stops along the way from Cairo to Cape Town. I'm joining the tour this year in Nairobi and quickily finishing in Kigali. My goal is to make sure Rupert Dixon (4th most km for men last year) slows down and enjoys the tour this year. Cheers, Jason

Larry MacNeill

I'm 62, live in Colorado, and have done some cycling but nothing on the scale of the Tour d'Afrique. Avoiding every chance of failure can be dull. After planning and training, adventure and serendipity await.

Steve Chatterton

Hello to All I have recently retired and am interested in exploring the world by bike. I have been bicycle touring on my vacations for the last 20 years. They have all been self-supported in the United States or Canada so, this will be my first excursion outside of North America. I am curious to see if anyone is interested in organizing a short safari into Serengeti National Park. We will have a three day rest in Arusha, Tanzania and this would be our opportunity to make a side trip into the Park.

Cohen Hocking

I've recently finished my undergrad in conservation and now work in forestry in B.C. Canada. For a long time now I've been fascinated by Africa. Along with my dad, I'll be riding from Cairo to Addis Ababa - from the cradle of civilization to the cradle of mankind! Can't wait to meet everyone and take to the road!

Dave hocking

51 - self employed - living in BC - Biking is a new passion for me - my son has convinced me to join him on the first leg of this incredible journey - training hard - "if you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?" ~ T.S. Eliot

Robert Hart

Hi I'm Rob, I live and work in London. Looking forward to meeting you all in Cairo and to an epic few months together spinning through Africa!

Hi I'm Neil, I am 44, and live in Corfu (Greece) with my wife. Taking a break from work right now, so this seems like a good way to pass the time. We used to live in Angola, but didn't see much of Africa, something I'm sure will be addressed on this ride.

Rupert Dixon

Hey Guys, I attempted the TDA this year (2016) and had my EFI intact all the way to Namibia when I unfortunately fell off twice in 3 days! On the second fall I stupidly broke my collarbone in three places and had to have a plate fitted in Cape Town which annoyingly ended my tour...check your pedals and cleats regularly! I was initially planning to only ride the last two weeks from where I fell off just outside Windhoek but given the 2017 tour is taking a new and unexpected detour around lake Victoria through Rwanda and Uganda, countries I've really enjoyed travelling before, I've decided to start in Nairobi. Africa's landscapes are so beautiful, varied & changeable i'm confident I can get just as much out of the TdA second time around. I'm going to be taking things a lot more leisurely this time, many more coffee stops in the morning and beer stops in the afternoon! Enjoy Egypt and particularly Sudan and I will see you all in Nairobi in mid February. P.s I've just noticed there is still a link to my blog from last year here, having just read a little back its all a bit emotional but you will know how I felt back then in 6 months! If you want to get an idea of what last years tour was like take a look here..

Emma Houterman

Hi. I'm Emma. I am 29 and live in Amsterdam. I very much look forward to cycling from Cairo to Capetown.

Paul Taylor

Cairo to Nairobi

Rider Cairo to Nairobi

i live and work in England. I am a sports person taking part in many competitive events from triathlon / ultra running and cycling, road , Cx and MTB . i have been on 11 big climbing expeditions including the summits of all of the 7 continental summits on first attempts including carstenze pryamid. I have two daughters 18 /22 years. just normal really !

Keith Hazeldine

I am 68, married 45 years to Ethel, with 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren. Retired engineer from Michelin Tire Corp. Snowbird: summer in Nova Scotia, winter in Florida. Kayak. Biked across Canada summer 2011. Sections 1-3 of TdA North American Epic 2015. Really looking forward to this major ride next spring.

Catalin Pricoiu

Clive smith.

London based rider, done a fair amount of traveling on a bike including the Indian Adventure in 2011., segments in Europe and Cairo to Addis, Africa 2016. Plan to ride more tours in the future.

Özgür Karataş

“Working outdoors is phenomenal.”

When TDA need local support for translations in Turkey in 2014, I entered the picture. Before TDA, I lived year-round there, in Izmir. Now I live on the road eight months of the year; the rest of the time I’m in Turkey, either applying for visas or rock-climbing.

Sometimes on a tour our failures are as incredible as our successes. Being defeated as my tour attempted to climb a new route on Koca Sarp, a rocky mountain in central Anatolia, is an experience I’ll always remember.

I’ve seen so much of the world with TDA. My favourite place I’ve been so far is Meteora, Greece. Probably the greatest pleasure of cycle-touring for me is never spending more than two days in a row in the same spot.

Overland and cycle guide since 2009 Looking forward to another TDA experience!

Martina Kroos

Martina Kroos Hello All, I'm looking forward to enjoy Africa from the seat of my bike and to meet all of you in Cairo.

Mike Voisin

Looking forward to a grande bike adventure with the added benefit of raising funds for ALS and MND.

Kevin Johansen

I like to be outside... biking,hiking, skiing and river running. Looking forward to seeing new country, riding with my friends Gil and Troy Gillenwater and Mike Hobin. Mike is doing the whole ride as we are doing the "short" version of the Afrique Tour.

Jean Kapala Brown

Powell "gil" gillenwater.

I love adventure and I love to travel. My brother Troy (who will be on this ride) and I discovered Tibet’s fabled "Lost Falls of the Brahmaputra” in 1997. I have been on 6 expeditions into the Himalayas of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Ladakh. I am a weekend warrior when it comes to riding bikes having coordinated multi-day, fundraising bike rides in Sonora, Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. I am the founder and president of the Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation, Inc. and I am really looking forward to this ride. A good friend, Mike Hobin, will be riding the entire Africa tour. He convinced my brother Troy and friend Kevin Johansen (a college football buddy - we are now both 61 years old) to join him on the final leg. We road across Poland and Slovakia with Mike on a Tour d'Afrique adventure last year and had a fantastic time.

Mike Carter

Khartoum to Lilongwe

Rider Khartoum to Lilongwe

Currently living in Victoria, BC, Earth. This is my Fourth trip with TDA and my second time cycling in Africa. I'm looking forward to meeting you all on the trip! Cheers, Mike

Juliana Nunes de Andrade

I'm Juliana; aka Ju. I'm originally from Brazil, where I am at the moment, but Australia has been my home for the last 10 years! I have been flirting with this journey through Africa for over a year. I'm very excited with the prospect of getting to know a little bit of the continent that has always fascinated me for so many reasons! Doing this from the height of my bike saddle has got the experience I'm about to embark on heaps more exciting! Here to many meaningful path crossings!!

steven lewy

enthusiastic amateur cyclist, looking forward to my April adventure.

Adrian Starkey

Hi I'm Adrian and I live in Singapore. I have always enjoyed cycling but have never taken part in a serious challenge like the Tour d'Afrique before. Relishing the opportunity to meet like-minded adventurers whilst I'm currently between jobs in the energy sector. I'm a professional engineer and love travel, photography, and outdoor sports: cycling, scuba diving, skiing, etc. Been to Africa a few times, mainly on safari, and expect to see a lot more of this beautiful continent on this trip! Looking forward to meeting the rest of the Peloton on stages 7 (Elephant Highway) and 8 (Rainbow Nation) of the 2016 tour.

Eric Brandenburg

Greetings from Mogadishu. I am a Senior Security Sector Reform and Maritime Officer working with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. Prior to my service with UN field operations, I served in the US Navy for 22 years and retired as a Commander in June 2004. The cycling event from Windhoek to Cape Town will be an extraordinary opportunity to see another part of Africa.

Mimi Viviers

I'm an avid mountain biker & love being outdoors appreciating nature. I have done many multi-stage races in SA, Namibia & Kenya & joined the 2016 Td'A team for the last leg from Windhoek to Cape Town (my home town). On this trip I met my partner Dave and we are keen to do the full West Africa tour together.

David Jones

My wife and I are so excited to experience Japan with the TDA Team.

Michael Treloar

Retired Geotechnical Engineer, who enjoys long distance cycling, currently residing in the Great Karoo, RSA. "When it comes to traveling, it's not the destination which matters, but how many different beers you get to taste, before you get there" (Apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Judith Treloar

Retired High School Teacher and Sports Coach. Previously a PA in corporate business. After completing Tour d'Afrique 2017, I cannot resist joining Michael on another tour. - otherwise I am going to suffer from FOMO!

Paul Farrow

Left the work force to become full time cyclist, geocacher and fisherman. Problem is the pay sucks! Second trip with TDA having done Tour d Afrique.

Wendy Farrow

Wendy's my name And cycling's my game, And has been for many a year. I'm a roady at heart Most days I take part, Except when the weather's not fair. Seeing the world by bike Is the thing that we like And we’ve done quite a lot of trips This has been on our list But Covid”s a bitch At last we can give it a tick. When I’m not on my bike I’m a mother and wife And now a grandmother as well. I still work 3 days To earn us some pay As a nurse at the hospital. Some other things I enjo- yoga, reading, cross-stitch, crosswords, geocaching.

Muluken Tesfaye

Muluken will be helping drive up one of our vehicles to Cairo with our transit team and during the tour he will be helping in the kitchen and camp. This will be the fifth time that Muluken has worked with us on the Tour d'Afrique.

Niklas Frisk

20 year old bartender from Kinna in Sweden, just outside Gothenburg. I work at O´learys at Gothenburg Landvetter Airport as a bartender/waiter. The Tour d'Afrique will be the trip of my life and i'am hoping that I will remember it for the rest of my life. I also hope to raise awerness and rasie money for O'learys Meal4Meal programme, a part of the United Nations World Food Programme. Meal4Meal - Food becomes knowledge http://www.olearys.se/se/meal4meal

I'm super-excited to be going on such and incredible ride in Africa! I've been to the start and end (Egypt and South Africa), loved both, and am greatly looking forward to seeing what's in-between. I went on cycling tours in my teens and have ridden road and mountain bikes ever since. I've raised two kids in Boulder, CO and (with fingers crossed) they should be happily attending college while I'm away.

Anmei Goldsmith

Looking forward to meeting y'all in January!

Arusha to Windhoek

Rider Arusha to Windhoek

I am a mother of 3 sons, Andrew aged 17, Matthew 22 and Richard 25. I am wife to a man in a million ... Tim, my rock and most ardent supporter of all the crazy ideas that I dream up! I live in Cape Town, in a home filled with laughter and love ... and on any given day resembles Waterloo station at rush hour. Most of my friends also enjoy cycling, and weekends generally involve cycling expeditions of some kind, both mountain and road biking. I am a Registered Nurse, and have specialised in Advanced Wound Care. I work as a Private Nurse Practitioner, from a Wound Care Clinic in Claremont. We have formed 'WoundNet', which is an umbrella network of Advanced Wound Care Practitioners practicing across the Cape Peninsula, and as far as Pringle Bay. We also boast an ACE administrative team. We believe that we can make a difference in the lives of our patients, rich and poor alike. 'Save a limb, save a life' is our credo. I am currently a member of The Grove Toastmasters and am busy working my way through the ACB manual. I enjoy taking Oil Painting lessons with Mad Annie at Frank Joubert Art Centre. All in all, I have a very full life, filled with innumerable passions and interests. It would be remiss of me, however, not to mention Greg Walpole, my business and life coach, who helped me believe that I could achieve this BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL!! Five years of saving my money, and now I am ready ... Tour of 2017 here I come :)

Andrew McFallon

48 year old father of two. Taking a break from the workforce for a few years to pursue some adventures and consider what sort of career comes next.

Linda Affolder

Mark borsuk.

Independently caught both the cycling and travelling Africa bugs last summer. Came across TDA and thought, why not? Cannot wait for the adventure to begin!

Thomas Baar

I am 44 years old and I love sport and travelling. So it is a good combination to do the tour.

Gurpaul Atwal

Punjabi. Engineer. Mba student. On the quieter side of life. Get bored fast. Mildly eccentric

Murray Burr

I am looking forward to doing the Pub Ride in 2024. It will be a great experience to once again sample other cultures, tastes and flavours from the other side of the world. I'm hoping to get to Paschendale whilst there to see where my Grandfather and 2 of his brothers fought during WW1. Having done TdA2017 I am confident the ride will be well organised and with great crew. Meeting new friends and a few fellow alumni will add to the adventure.

Alexandra Pastollnigg

I love travelling and developed a new passion both for physical challenges as well as Africa. Want to see and experience more. "Everything is possible"—this is pushing my boundaries and I can't wait to get started, meet all the other tour participants, and experience where this adventure will lead us. . .

Bernd Beigl

Ohhh......to tell about me is a bit bulky...and that is very extensive. first: my english is terrible...and I would like to improve in four months :-) Actually, I wanted "to give" myself on 15.10.2017 to my 50th birthday the Ironman on Hawaii. However, the preparing is currently a little bit too stressful and too uncertain after a business Insolvency and divorce again. Therefore, now is the hour of Tour d´áfrique; i want to come back to myself.

Roman Zinner

Hello, my occupation is application specialist for high end scientific microscopes in an optical Company. I am cell biologist by education. I live in Munich with my wife and two Kids. My Hobbies are travelling, sports (mounatineering, Cycling and making Music) and of course spending time with the Family. Looking Forward to the Zambesi Zone and meet you all there, kind regards Roman

Natalie Jacobson

What can I say, I just like to ride. I've done a couple of tours in Aus and NZ, but this will undoubtedly be the most challenging physical and mental thing I have ever done. I've always wanted to go to Africa and I can't think of a better way to experience the continent than on bike. I can't wait!!!!!!

Simon Holmes

Nairobi to Kigali

Rider Nairobi to Kigali

Keen cyclist. Don't race as such but done a few big sportives ( eg Marmottes, Dragon Ride , White Rose Classic ,Crystalp etc). Some touring--eg 2 TDA trips in Africa -2017 and 2019; Raid Pyreneen; crossed the alps with kit a couple of times, cent cols, round Corsica, Tour de Mont Blanc etc; rode to Istanbul with camping kit; regularly ride across Wales etc 5 bikes. Racing bike, Specialised Atheos; MTB Specialised Camber full suss 29 er; Winter bike-Kinesis Tripster (bought for 2019 TDA trip in Africa); shopping bike; and old racer on turbo trainer (little used!) Enjoy riding all types of bikes whether it's an Uber bike in London; velibre in Paris or a bike with no brakes in Ethiopia (they are optional aren't they in Africa?).

Cairo to Windhoek

Rider Cairo to Windhoek

I was fortunate to retire early several years ago and since then I enjoy spending my free time staying fit and active. I've done multiple other long distance bike tours including a ride across the US then up to Alaska, TDA's Transeuropa, South American Epic, the Silk Route, and part of Africa, and the first half of the North American Epic. I’m looking forward to sharing this adventure with old friends and meeting new people.

Andje Borojevic

who is andje? mmmm...that’s a good question. given that i’ve run out of pages in my passport, i think it’s safe to say i love to travel and experience new & different things. for me, it’s about adventure, challenges and getting out of one’s comfort zone. even though i’ve been thinking about tour d’afrique for 13 years - this will definitely be my most challenging adventure yet and well beyond my comfort zone. for my dad - who fought a long hard battle with cancer and never gave up, for my mom - who is currently fighting now and refuses to give up, for all the cancer survivors and everyone who has been touched by cancer. “what would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”- unknown

Thomas Lais

I love to bike tour. I did the North America Tour and ThetourdeAfrique

Erin Miller

Nairobi to Windhoek

Rider Nairobi to Windhoek

I am a physiotherapist living in Toronto. I did multiple sections of the Tour D'Afrique in 2017 (from Nairobi to Windhoek) and the final section of West Africa 2018 from Freetown to Cape Coast. I have also done some solo touring in Canada. Looking forward to this next adventure!

Philip Davies

I love Africa and cycling with friends so what could be better than going on the Cairo to Cape Town tour. Taking a career break after 28 years, now is the opportunity!

Charles Butler

Born in Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa and now living in Australia. Can't wait to return to Africa and see the continent in the best way possible - on a bike!

Peter Hodges

Kiwi who enjoys getting out and exploring. (tda veteran)

Catherine Hodges

I love adventure in all its forms. I'm stoked to have another cycling trip to look forward to!

Hanne Renland

Cairo to Lilongwe

Rider Cairo to Lilongwe

Michael van den Berg

Farmer Mike is now a dairy farmer in Greytown in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Have always loved being on my bike and it is the best way to tour and get to know other countries. Michael Treloar, also once known as Pretty Mike? and myself (Clever Mike?) have known each other since student days and I will be joining Judy and Mike for the final leg from Windhoek to Cape Town. We started cycling in 1996, to honour a wager made after a couple of bottles of excellent South African red wine.

Deborah Mulcahy

I like cycling.

Peter Mulcahy

Excited about this adventure. Where are we going?

Will Franken

Quoting a Dutch writer Jelle Brandt Corstius: "I don't know why I like traveling so much. I don't even care about the destination. The fun part is being on the move. The only thing to expect is the unexpected. You left something behind and don't know where you will end up. Traveling by plane, train or bicycle, I don't care, as long as I'm traveling. It's the only moment I'm not pondering". So I like to travel :-) But I also like endurance. Did some triathlon, most recently the Celtman in Scotland in 2015. Unfortunately I can only do 2/3 stages at a time but I'm very much looking forward riding with you guys!

Helen Gertig

I'm a GP based in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland. Love an adventure by any self-propelled means. I have previously been medic for the (fabulous) Tour d'Afrique, Silk Route and Trans-Himalaya TDA expeditions. Looking forward to joining you all for this joyful two-wheeled scamper!!

Wynand Bezuidenhout

Suzy leveille.

Nairobi to Arusha

Rider Nairobi to Arusha

Went on a section of the tour in 2013, Khartoum to Ethiopia, and just want to continue other tours, meeting wonderful people, discovering amazing countries while being out of my comfort zone. My son will also be part of the tour. What a great way to travel!

Bridgette Watts

love long distance cycling. I am looking forward to meeting new people and exploring a new continent

Arusha to Victoria Falls

Rider Arusha to Victoria Falls

Kigali to Lilongwe

Rider Kigali to Lilongwe

Self Employed Travel Agent which makes things slightly easier by being able to have a mobile office. Can we ensure the WIFI is great on this leg please? I've managed to do sections of Ruta Maya 15, TDA 17, and now this. I have also signed up for West Africa. Ticking sections off slowly Now to get a new bike. I'm sick of the mountain bike! Cyclo cross is where it's at.

Maxime Dionne

"Travelling, moving, waking up every day in a new place means I have a thousand memories of different homes all around the world."

I used to work in an office developing softwares in Quebec City and one day I decided to quit that lifestyle. Being able to take only a trip or two per year wasn’t enough anymore—I needed to travel full time. In 2013, I bought a bicycle (that's right, I only had one from Canadian Tire at the time, but I quickly concluded a Surly LHT would better fit my needs) and went on my first bike tour, solo, starting from home and riding through Canada, the US, and Haiti. A year later, I was in Vancouver looking for a job and someone told me about TDA and their recruitment ad for Australia. I applied, bought an airline ticket to meet TDA in Adelaide, and the following month I was enjoying my new outdoor office from the saddle of my bike!

An incredible country I've cycled through is Haiti. The scenery is stunning and every 100 kilometres is an adventure, but best of all is the local folklore. I have many stories about this mysterious country and one of my favourites is about the werewolf living on the island. The Haitian werewolf is a shape-shifter able to impersonate any animal. It transforms at night—any night, even if there's no moon—and is always looking to feast on human flesh. The only way to avoid an assured death at this creature’s hands is to sleep in a house with a roof. I like to bush camp while cycling and Haiti was no different. I would sleep out in my sleeping bag in the mountains or on the beach, sometimes in my tent, sometimes under the stars. Every night the locals would warn me about the werewolf, genuinely worried I’d be eaten as I slept. Some invited me into their homes, and once a group of five friends volunteer to check on me every hour of the night. People were surprised every morning I woke up alive and some started to believe the werewolf didn't have an appetite for strangers.

There are a few reasons I like to travel so much: for one thing, I always want to have new adventures and face new challenges. And I love discovering new things—food, stories, places, people, cultures … you name it! With TDA, any and everything can happen—we’re constantly exploring the globe and we introduce fresh tours every year. As you can imagine, scouting and leading tours fulfill my desire for the new to perfection.

Errol Venter

Hi im Errol. Some of you will know me from TDA,ill be joining as cook on this tour ,hope there wont be too many challenges but that would be unlike a TDA tour.

Thomas Eldner

german/swiss Citizen Living in Lucerne

Cairo to Arusha

Rider Cairo to Arusha

Rick Harwood

This will be my 5th TDA tour. I did the last month of Tour D’Afrique in 2017, Trans Europa (efi yes!) 2018, the new final stage of the Trans Europa from Barcelona to Gibraltar in 2021, and the Bamboo Road in 2022. I’m excited to be going back to Southeast Asia!

Australian 25-year-old journalism graduate whose only priority is getting out and seeing as much of the world as possible! I'm passionate about travelling, socialising, and writing (usually about travelling and socialising).

Solange Ricioli

Marie-helen wessling, valerie dosiere.

Looking forward to this trip! I love both cycling and traveling.

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

Eric secher.

65 yrs old, married, two grown up daughters, general surgeon in Stockholm. Have been biking in Europe, Nepal, Sri Lanka and did first part of Tour d´Afrique 2007 and one section around Victoria Lake 2017.

Greg Roberts

Kigali to Victoria Falls

Rider Kigali to Victoria Falls

I enjoy cycling, spending time outdoors, and visiting other countries and cultures, so this has to be the perfect combination, right? In between holidays I'm a hospital-based pharmacist/researcher. Looking forward to meeting a few of the locals at the various stop-overs, having a few beers with the other cyclists, and hearing a few tall stories.

Anthony Butler

Arusha to Lilongwe

Rider Arusha to Lilongwe

57 Year old MAMIL who started cycling late and wished he'd started earlier! Live in St Francis Bay in South Africa but originally from Zimbabwe.

Arusha to Cape Town

Rider Arusha to Cape Town

Vic Falls here I come! Africa part 2. RDV with my husband Peter for final part of the Epic ride. New riders, new scenery, new tent.

Justyna Tarwid

I joined TDA for the last leg of the Trans-Oceania tour last year and now very much looking forward to cycling through Namibia and South Africa :)

Christina Bouchard

Hi! My name is Chris Bouchard. I recently made the jump to consulting, but prior to that worked for the City of Toronto as the Planner leading their Cycling Network Implementation Plan. I'm with IBI Group now, as the Project Manager for a similar exercise being undertaken as part of the Regional Transportation Plan. I love riding and have ridden to most of the cities and small towns around southern Ontario using trains or just riding directly, plus a number of great trips in Quebec. Over in Europe, I did a self-supported ride up from Paris, across Belgium and the Netherlands to Germany. I'm into exploring, backwoods canoe camping, good food, good friends, art, culture, design, meeting new people and the unexpected. Can't wait to discover a new continent, and meet everyone else on the tour!

Peter Bonnell

Kigali to Cape Town

Rider Kigali to Cape Town

This trip is my therapy for leaving my job, which I had for 28 years. It is a big change in my life and I want to open my horizons to make sure my next steps in life will be fulfilling.

Nelson Lacharity

I am from Vancouver, BC, retired June of 2012. I discovered bicycling when I was 42 and long distance cycling when I was 59, so I had to retire to make time for the touring. I have been on six other TDA tours (Amber Route 2010, Bamboo 2013, and South American 2015, TransEuropa 1016, Tour d'Afrique 2017, Silk Route 2018 and North American Epic 2019) as well as several other long distance rides. For me cycling is mostly about the bike, but the chance to see new places and new cultures is right up there, along with one of the biggest pleasures, which is the people - meeting new ones and meeting up with ones from previous rides.

Martin Arrell

Life is about the adventure along the way not the final destination. I'm sure this is going to be one hell of an adventure.

Erin Hamayda

Addis Ababa to Cape Town

Rider Addis Ababa to Cape Town

I'm a leisure cyclist with my local cycling club in Dundalk , Co Louth , Ireland. This isn't my first big cycle overseas. In 2015 I took a six week tour of Spain and Portugal. I enjoyed the history and culture every bit as much as the cycle. I stayed always in hotels. The tour d'Afrique camping probably will be a bigger challenge than the cycling. Can't wait - roll on January 2018

Addis Ababa to Victoria Falls

Rider Addis Ababa to Victoria Falls

Looking forward to meeting everyone in Addis Ababa. Cycled from Beijing through Mongolia and into Sibera with the 2016 Silk Route... phenomenal trip with some amazing folks. Hoping the TDA 2018 is more of the same! Climate Change policy analyst from Victoria BC.

Addis Ababa to Lilongwe

Rider Addis Ababa to Lilongwe

Emma Oliver

David grassham.

Did the 2018 Tour D'Afrique. Looking forward to the 2nd tour.

Frank Wichlo

I have done 5 TDA trips and I plan to keep doing them as long as I am able, or the money runs out.

Bill Wilson

This will be my 12th trip with TDA, as I've previously ridden all or part of the Trans Europa, the Orient Express, the Hippie Trail, the Bamboo Road, Magical Madagascar, the Tour d'Afrique, the Trans Oceania, the Odyssey, the North American Epic, the South American Epic and the Great American Roadtrip . I retired eight years ago, after more than 35 years prosecuting criminal cases for the Ontario government, and spend the bulk of my time cycling, golfing, reading and travelling. I am looking forward to getting together with some old friends and making some new ones.

Gary Hoffman

A retired guy from Washington DC who really enjoys biking and meeting new people on these TDA trips.

Maureen Stone

Looking forward to seeing how the mud roads of West Africa en Velo compare to Tanzania! Cairo to Capetown 2018 was amazing beyond words, will be so good to hit the road with TDA again. So.....that didn't happen - Now excited for Morocco instead!

Bob Kieckhefer

Geophysicist, cyclist, swimmer. I currently live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where there are plenty of hills to climb. I rode Cairo to Cape Town in 2018/19/20/23 and several other TdA tours. I look forward to exploring Morocco!

Katherine Haimann

I'm an engineer and enjoy cycling in my free time. I have done a few short cycling tours and this is my first long distance tour, I'm very excited for the challenge!

Alistair Reid

With a mixture of excitement and trepidation I look forward to both my biggest cycling and travel expedition yet. On a break from a career in local government, I have travelled extensively but not in Africa. I have tackled and enjoyed some of the major cycling challenges that Europe has to offer. I have no doubt that the TDA will present my biggest challenge yet!

Martin Krebs

Martin Krebs is employed with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and has an assignment as Deputy Head of the Environment and Sustainable Development Section of the Directorate of Political Affairs. He studied law in Bern, Amsterdam, Den Haag and Thessaloníki and is a member of the bar. Before his present assignment he worked in different capacities with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP. As a former member of the parliament of the city of Berne, he has a vast experience in local governance. He is a member of the board of administrators of the zoo of Berne. Martin Krebs acts as President of a Staff Union of the Swiss federal administration. He likes rackets and bikes.

Jenna Mehre

Richard schingler.

I love to travel and see the world from the seat of a bicycle. This will be my fifth tour with TDA.

Tom Woodard

Time for another adventure, (veteran of Tour d'Afrique 2018, South American Epic 2022 and Trans-Himalaya 2023.) Looking forward to meeting a group of like minded people to share the experience.

Don Holshuh

I participated in the 2018 Tour d’ Afrique as a proud certifiable non-EFI (every fucking inch) rider. I am also the president and founder of the 2018 Tour d’ Afrique Wimp Club where our motto is “ When in doubt, hotel it out” and “ We didn’t come to Africa to do our own laundry”. Looking forward to meeting a new group of riders.

Anton Tasic

Jordan kadelbach.

Seasoned Bicycle Mechanic and Enthusiast. I like coffee,beer and long smooth descents. Mud,Snow,Gravel and Road. I love it all.

Dylan Penney

Chris penney.

I’m glad to be returning to TDA for another adventure.Victoria BC is home for the past few years. So many good memories and friends from the 2011 tour have lured me back for this ride to Gqeberha.Very excited to share this trip with Amy my sweetheart.

Morris Scott

I am a 60 year old guy looking to get out of my comfort zone and connect with like minded people.

Harriet Burn

Hi, I'm a doctor from the UK who loves to cycle tour and I'm very excited to be joining you as the team medic from Cairo to Cape Town. Feel free to ask me any medical questions at any point. Looking forwards to meeting you all!

Aedo Hoekstra

Hello there, the Tour d'Afrique has been a wish for a long time. And 2018 seemed like the right year to finally do it. I'm very excited and look forward to this adventure together with a group of like-minded people!

Craig Tingle

Looking forward to another trip with TDA and meeting up with my very old Canadian friend.

Alain Gauvin

I like sports and travels, lots of both, so this is perfect for me.

Mitchel Bulthuis

Lesa and I have been traveling since 2016. Earlier this year we purchased a Tandem Bicycle in the UK and have riden from Nordkapp Norway to Italy. Now we plan to extend our trip through Africa. For you NZ folks do you recognize the tree we are standing in front of???

Lesa Shields

After I was retired in 2015 I decided to partner up with Mitch Bulthuis, and travel the world. Mitch and I are currently riding our tandem bike around exploring the world. I am fairly new to bicycling. We have seen parts of America, Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, and Sweden. I enjoy meeting new friends and seeing new places. I love the JOURNEY.

gregg Lethbridge

hi, i like bike touring, i have biked in west africa , sierra leone,ghana. morocco. east africa tanzania summited kilimanjaro and rode though ethiopia, . i have rode across the usa 3 times. i am 60 years old and retired.

Alexandra Ruch

After having cycled the Tour d`Afrique 2018 and Hippie Trail & Canada 2019, I am Looking Forward to another Cycling Adventure, this time in Westafrica.

Trixie Wagner

I am a German citizen but live and work in Switzerland. After having survived Ruta Maya, parts of the Tour d'Afrique and West Africa, I am looking forward to the next cycling challenge!

Steph Barker

Looking forward to the tour!

karen robyn

Film worker by trade. I took up cycling in 2015 to do the Bamboo Road, Shanghai to Singapore. Followed by 14 months working in Shanghai, without the bike. In 2018, Cairo to Capetown ended for me in Lusaka due to illness, and I’ve been trying to get back there to finish it ever since. These tours are as tough as anything I've done, but they're also full of magical moments. Look forward to sharing it with all of you...

Ryan Matthews

It's my honour to take responsibility for the Lunch Truck for the 2018 Tour d'Afrique, working closely with the Tour Director and the Head Chef to provide a well-earned oasis of rest, sustenance, and hydration partway through every cycling day. As a life-long world traveller, cyclist and logistician, I often seem to spend more time abroad than in my hometown of Montréal. This is my fifth extended stay in Africa, and my first tour with TDA.

Dominik Ruch

Joost Kramer

Hi, I am about to embark on my fifth TDA (sectional) tour and as excited to do so as was the first time. Being Dutch I was raised using a bicycle to get to places, and I still do. What always will be a challenge is the uphill parts as those we lack here in The Netherlands.

Sophie DeGroot

When I’m not leading day cycling tours in Alaska, I seem to find myself out and about with TDA. This will be my third trip - after having crewed both East & West Africa in 2018. As your ATD I look forward to getting to know you all while we ride (and eat!) our way through SE Asia.

Albert Rundel

Steven degroot.

From Seattle. Rode in Tanzania last year. looking forward to some sun!

Mbeya to Lilongwe

Rider Mbeya to Lilongwe

mulawarman mulawarman

This is my 1st tour I will have.

Graham Hughes

I am aged 61 and semi-retired. Now running my own sports timing business, based on the Isle of Man. I have been a cyclist since my teens and ride Mountain Bike, Road and also love long distance touring: Land's End to John O'Groats; Circumnavigation of Ireland; Pyrenees Traverse Spain & France. Raid Alpine x 2, Raid Dolomite x 2. I have done several seasons in the Alps, Pyrenees & Dolomites and numerous sportives, long-distance day races etc.

Rhett Barker

Born & bred in Johannesburg South Africa. I was schooled at Rivonia Primary and moved to King Edward VII for high school. I finished my bachelor of commerce degree at the University of South Africa. I married the love of my life Tessa in 1993 and We have three children, Steph & Gabbi who are both studying abroad and Josh who has just started high school in Johannesburg. I started working for Barker Insurance Brokers in 1989 and work alongside my wife, brother, sister in law and my parents in our family business. I adore my family, love adventuring outdoors and passionate about sailing, cycling, running, swimming & endurance events.

Andrew Batty

Hello Looking forward to joining the TDA tour in Mbeya. I'm an Architectural Technician from Exeter, UK.

Hi Everyone! Really looking forward to joining Bamboo Road 2022 as your Tour Medic. Saddle sores happen--I'm here to help, and we'll get through it. :) A bit about me: I've been an ER Nurse for 20 years, and now I do travel medicine and remote primary care. I love running amok outdoors on a bike, a snowboard, a boat, or my own two feet. Colorado is home base. I'm curious about the world, so I go on lots of expeditions, explorations, journeys, and trips. If you ask "Hey wanna come visit me in Siberia," I am that person who will show up on your doorstep. This is more or less how I started working with TDA. My last tour was Magical Madagascar in 2019, and I'm super excited to do another. Ok, see y'all soon!

Scott Cornish

A cyclist since I was 17, I took off on my first solo adventure at 18, touring across the French Alpes, getting in as many cols as the legs could manage! I wasn't fast, but the experience set my love for discovery and adventure on the bike. I took to stage racing at the age of 34 after getting 2nd in a local 12hour solo race, with the 3rd edition of the Cape Epic being my 1st stage race! 10 years and a few podium spots later I have gone full circle, back to crossing mountain ranges with a loaded bike, sometimes as a ride, sometimes as a race. As an ambassador for Gore Wear and Squirt Lubes I am lucky enough to get to test out new products under all weather conditions and the TdA will be the perfect testing ground, for the distance and the terrain. As a recent resident of Chamonix, high in the Alpes of France, winter training has consisted of ski touring and riding the fatbike across snow covered trails and in sub zero temperatures!

Medic Cairo to Cape Town

I’m delighted to be the medic for the South American Epic 2020, having previously been the medic for the Tour d'Afrique 2019. I completed my MBChB in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and before that read Geography at the University of Cambridge. I currently work in Trauma and Orthopaedics and I am studying for a Masters in Global Health at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm this year. Outside of medicine I love cycling, the outdoors and art. Sporting highlights include winning the Cambridge vs Oxford boat race, representing Scotland, racing in the Zambezi International Regatta and cycling the Etape du Tour in the French alps. I have run the Sierre Zinal mountain trail race in the Swiss alps five times. Very much looking forward to meeting the team and preparing for the expedition!

Tour Leader Trainee

Tour Leader Trainee Cairo to Cape Town

Bike Mechanic

Bike Mechanic Cairo to Cape Town

Is there a more challenging, charming, or humbling way to travel the World and discover it’s people and treasures? If there is, I haven’t come across it yet, and perhaps I wish not to. I have been a bicycle mechanic for over ten years and it has led me towards new adventures and friendships. Here’s to clean and lubed chains, straight wheels, and a comfy saddle! See you on the next adventure!

Laundon Peacock

Communications

Communications Cairo to Cape Town

Freelance filmmaker lucky enough to be documenting the Tour d'Afrique for TDA. I'm excited to capture the journey of those game enough to cycle across Africa, and find out what drives them. Loads of awesome content to come.

I see bike touring as an opportunity to slow down and bring yourself back to the essential things in life. Food, water, shelter, love, connection, space in your heart, space in your mind, movement, exploration. I believe that travelling by bike is the best way to discover our beautiful planet because of the pace of travel. It's fast enough to cover ground and cross continents, as we do with TDA, but it's slow enough to be able to truly soak in the destination you're in and everything that comes with it. The vulnerability of being alone on a bike, dressed up in bright lycra in the middle of nowhere makes you approachable and sparks curiousness and interest in the locals you meet on the road. As a tour leader with TDA, I am grateful to have the opportunity to facilitate these experiences, moments and connections.

I'm originally from Montreal in Canada where I studied business and tourism, but I have recently moved to Barcelona where cycling is unreal, even over the winter months. For the past few years, my career has been a collection of different projects and opportunities such as working as a TV host back home in Quebec, guiding with TDA and other outdoors companies as well as running my own vanlife conversion business. I've always loved getting around on two wheels, for some years, my focus was to go as fast as I could while I raced Ironman triathlons as a semi-pro. Nowadays, I still enjoy riding my bike, but a little slower, and looking around much more.

My best memory on tour is without a doubt when both my parents joined the 2019 Tour d'Afrique as riders to cycle the last two sections of the tour, from Vic Falls to Cape Town. It was such a precious privilege to be on sweep duty and get to ride with both of them through the namibian dunes.

As a tip for future participants, I think the best mindset to come onto a tour with is one of gratitude. We are all so privileged, both staff and riders, to be on these trips that being grateful for this life we get to live is an attitude we must cultivate.

See you on the road!

Tour Leader

Tour Leader Cairo to Cape Town

Chef Nairobi to Cape Town

Chef Cairo to Nairobi

Driver Cairo to Cape Town

Colleen Gordon

Chef Khartoum to Cape Town

I just love Africa. I love introducing Africa to people that have never been here or have never done anything like this. You can just see their eyes open, and all of their prejudices drop as they ride through it. The bike is just such an amazing way to do it, I’ve done tours in the past where the passengers are in the vehicle with me, and it’s just not the same. [On a TDA tour] you stop at coke stops all the time, and are constantly interacting with your environment. You often rely on locals for something like water, that interaction is absolutely essential to the tours. In the end, it’s one giant road trip with people that become your family. I love camping. You get addicted to the camping lifestyle, to see the sunrise and sunset everyday. You’re in the mix, you’re hearing the hyena’s and the owls. The amount of times I’ve had elephants come through our campsites in Africa, it’s magic.

I have been leading tours in Africa for over a decade, but I started at TDA as a chef. I love shopping at local markets in Africa, the interactions with the mama’s, and just buying everything they’re selling in bulk.

I love the behind the scenes moments. Everything it takes to keep the show on the road. Trucks getting stuck, and us having to try and pull vehicles out with help from the locals and their tractors. I remember another time on the North American epic, on the Arctic section, we had such a hard time trying to source water, that we sent up the drone to find the local water tank in a little First Nations village. It’s stuff like that that I love, the behind-the-scenes challenges. I like the spontaneity, the natural chaos of Africa.

[As a tip for future participants of our expedition tours], get comfortable with all your camping gear. Set up your tent first, maybe even sleep in it for a night or two in your apartment. Test your mattress, take it up and down a couple of times, because you’ll be doing that a lot. People don’t always realise this. You’ll be coming into camp after a long ride, and having to set your tent up and then tearing it down again in the middle of the night, just day after day after day, it’s relentless. So packing well and being comfortable with your set-up is absolutely essential in my opinion.

Lezinda Rossouw

Driver Khartoum to Cape Town

Namibian born who grew up on a farm. This will be my 3rd trip with TDA. Looking forward to seeing something new everyone day and meeting new people.

ELISHA OPINDE OGOGO

Driver Cairo to Addis Ababa

Leonard Bayliss

live, work in new westminster canada,do solo non supported bicycle tours ,so far perth to albany WA around the coast, west to east sicily,lisboa to granada spain,parts of Jordan bicycle trail

I am a retired Postal Manager aged 70. In 2019 I completed the Tour de Afrique, and so enjoyed the journey that I cant wait to do another TDA tour. Cycling from Dublin will be grat fun.

Retired Paediatric Critical Care MD; Volunteer with MSF and other NGOs; remain active in teaching Rode Cairo to Cape Town 2019 Rode Trans Caucasus 2022 Rode Golden Buddha 2023

Mats Wennerholm

Life is so simple on my bike. Just have to keep my balance and my legs going, meeting new places and new people. Looking forward to another turn in this way of life.

Wolfgang Meyer

I am 67 years old and live in Germany near Magdeburg. I have ridden several long Bike rides on my own in recent years. I am a bike technically well versed and can help myself. In africa I have been in some countries already, but not by bike. I speak unfortunately not as good english, only a little.

Paul Bullen-Smith

Back in 2019 I took a sabbatical to do the Tour D’Afrique with TDA, which was absolutely amazing. Now I have finished full time work and booked this! I love coast to coast, and end to end touring and this trip looks like another amazing tour. Looking forward to the journey, cycling, talking and meeting you all Now it is just planning.....

Celebrated turning 65 by riding South American Epic. Loved the experience. I was warned these trips become addictive and was home for only 2 weeks before signing up for Africa epic which was also extrodinary. Felt a real contentment during these trips.

Frederic Antille

And here we go, after dreaming of joining this tour since many years, it will now happens. So excited to have the chance to merge my love of biking with my love of Africa !

Scott Burton

I am lucky enough to travel the world working on TV documentaries. I've been to Africa a number of times for both work and pleasure. I've climbed Kilimanjaro and been on Safari. This trip will make Kilimanjaro look like a "walk in the park" (Which technically it is!) :)

Frederick(Fritz) Renger

In the 1970’s and 1980’s I did several self-supported long-distance bike trips – Europe, the Americas, East and South Asia, North Africa. There is nothing like discovering new lands on a bike! On one of these bike trips, I ended up getting stranded in Taiwan, and have now spent 30+ years living and working in Greater China(Taiwan, Hong Kong, the PRC). I retired a couple of years ago, and am now living on Hainan Island where I either bike or windsurf every day. Cairo to Cape Town should be the right challenge I’m now looking for, and I won’t have to carry my own baggage!

ASHLEY DACE

Keen cycle tourist having completed Rwanda (self) in 2018 and TDA in 2019. I've been working in Africa since 2014 and really like the look of spending some time in Madagascar. Not only because of its beauty but also because of its geology! - guess my profession. I'll be joined by my partner and fellow TDA'er Lisa who decided she liked a fatigued, moody, sweaty, partially blinded and sunburnt cyclist in Southern Africa.

rochelle davidson

My husband Jeff and I are very excited to be returning to Africa after being part of the 2019 Tour d'Afrique (Sections 7 & 8). We live in beautiful Vancouver, Canada and get to ride almost year-round. I've been able to ride on every continent, and Africa was my final continent (ask me about Antarctica!). Jeff and I met riding 14 years ago while training for a 400km one-day ride that raises money for cancer research. A breast cancer survivor myself, I love that I can combine my love of riding with my commitment to creating a future where nobody dies of cancer.

jeff davidson

Hello, I'm a 57-year old avid cyclist from Vancouver Canada. Married to Rochelle, also on the trip, and have two amazing spaniels.

Alexander Harling

An occasional cyclist who has swum more than cycled over the last ten years. I love the ability of a bike to immerse you in nature, the local culture and bring you closer to people. I caught the Tour D'Afrique bug when I saw their very cool poster in Newton Bike Shop, Kansas, whilst cycling the American TransAm coast to coast route in 2015. This time, I've taken a sabbatical from work and managed to drive up into the Arctic Circle in a camper van and around northern Europe and the southern part of the British coast.. I might need to get a job again, after Africa.

Jérôme Blais

Romy berntsen.

I've always lived in The Hague in the Netherlands, but I'm currently living in Ha Long in Northern Vietnam. I work there as a consultant for a large Dutch engineering firm. Working in Vietnam can be challenging and sometimes even frustrating, but this frustration is properly compensated by the time I get to spend on my bike :-) It is very nice to see the amazement in the eyes of the locals when I pass them on my bike. And it is heartwarming to see that I can cause this immense thrill among them by saying hello, by smiling to them, or simply by waving... It makes me very happy that I can make someone else so sincerely happy, with just such a small gesture. One of the many beautifull things of being on a bicycle... I'm really looking forward to Africa!

Mike Mossing

Retired professor - Biochemistry / Molecular Biology. Bike commuter since college, recreational rider for the last 30 years. Bicycle and pedestrian advocate at the campus, city and state level. Tour D'Afrique Alum. Spent the pandemic years helping to coordinate Covid testing, ready for a new adventure!

ANDREW BRINK

Karl siebert.

Haven't been to S.E.Asia since my backpacking days in 1986.Time for another visit. Trip number two with TDA. Hopefully more to come.

Lisanne Caron

My name is Brad Gray. I live in West Vancouver BC, Canada. I recently had the pleasure of completing the 2019 Tour d'Afrique. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and the experience. I'm getting tired of life in a Covid world and hope that I can emerge from the past year, get back on the bike and attempt a new challenge. Brad

Kaye Hudson

Previous tours Trans Europa 2012, South America 2015, NZ section Trans Oceania 2016, Oydessy 2017 (Auckland to Queens Town) Bosnia to Amsterdam, Pub Ride 2018, Africa Kenya to Capetown 2019, and Oydessy 2022 (Adelaide to Melbourne). Looking forward to catching up with riders from previous rides and meeting new riders.

Clement Rouleau

It will be my second tour with TdA Global Cycling, having completed the 2019 Tour d'Afrique. Looking forward to cycling another continent!

Veronica Ruddenklau

Love cycling and want to be an interesting Granny so signed up for TDA! Now I’ve read some bulletins and I’m thinking crikey it’s a long way!!

Phil Ruddenklau

Married to Veronica, 4 kids, 8 grandkids. Ex sheepfarmer from Southern New Zealand, now living in Auckland. Pretty keen road biker and tourer and always looking for an excuse to get a new bike.

Steven Gordon

Hello, My name is Steve. I am a teacher in San Diego, California (USA)who works with children with special needs as a Adapted PE teacher. During the summer months when I am on break as a teacher, I enjoy touring the world on my bike. My goal is to tour every continent. I also enjoy riding a tandem bike with people who are blind. Before touring, I was into racing Ironman and ultra distance races. Now my focus is away from competition and more towards seeing the world, learning about different cultures, and discovering the highest levels of personal growth through my experiences in life.

Yvonne Waalewijn

Nationality: Dutch Gender: Female Occupation: retired/dive instructor Passions:diving, biking, travelling the world and looking forward to another adventure

This will be my third TDA tour and so far I have only been able to do sections of the tours due to time limits. I live in Toronto, love to travel and like the challenge of the riding and meeting new people on the TDA tours.

Lisa O'Donohue

Looking forward to bicycling through Africa!

Richard Morneau

I am looking forward to this great trip which should provide various beautiful landscapes, and, perhaps, meet again friends I made on previous TDA’ trips.

Daan Vossers

Nairobi to Lilongwe

Rider Nairobi to Lilongwe

Dutch Cyclist living in Khartoum. I'm going to cycle from Nairobi to Lilongwe

Jackie Silverberg

I’m a retired high school teacher . Im very fit and love riding my bike . I have done a few vehicle supported trips . I have ridden in Patagonia , the Atlas Mountains , Rwanda and Uganda , Laos, Thailand ,and Borneo .Road Egypt and Sudan., southern US and Transoceania with TDA

LENORE LEWIS

Hi there I am a retired accountant from Montreal who took up cycling about 14 years ago. An Adventure Cycling Association trip in Utah was my first introduction to cycle touring and since then, I have had many adventures on bike exploring places near and far. After completing ACA’s leadership training course, my husband and I designed and led a couple of tours of our own. In 2019 we were fortunate to have completed TDA’s epic Tour d'Afrique prior to the travel coming to an abrupt halt. With life returning to something near normal we are looking forward to seeing more of the world once more on two wheels.

Tom Perlmutter

This will be my fourth TDA tour. The first was in 2019, Tour d'Afrique, the last full one before Covid. It was exhilarating and somewhat addictive. After a year and a half of confinement I was happy to jump on a bike and do TDA's inaugural Great American Road Trek. I did North America in 2022 and looking to complete the hemisphere with the South America tour.

Loraine Heckenberg

Just a regular gal with big cycling dreams. I currently live in Washington, D.C. and I’m looking forward to an amazing adventure.

Vikas Patel

I've been lucky enough to have been able to travel quite a bit, but have never had a chance to see Africa. Cycled across Canada in 2007 and am hoping that I remember how to ride again.

Jonas Barter

I am a fit, healthy, and experienced cyclist with a fondness for gravel roads and reasonable single-track mountain biking. I toured Kyrgyzstan by bike in 2014 and SE Asia in 2015. I have trekked in Nepal four times, most recently on the Annapurna Circuit in 2017. I'm a professional Technical Writer and Editor and an amateur composer and musician. I'm ready for the big one.

Gerald van der Weyden

I am always eager to travel, especially on the seat of a touring bicycle. My wife Lenore and I are looking forward to this doing this epic trip together. Go big or go home.

Baldr Schrage

Dutch cyclist with too much time on his hands.

Eduardo Matos de Brito Junior

Sean fanning.

Haven't realized how time has passed since I became a part of the TDA fam. 6 years later and few trips down, still have lots to explore. Glad to be a part of JTTE - and eager to meet all you fantastic people!

Ingela Ekdahl

After quitting my 9 to 5 desk job, I was looking to go and travel the world for a while, when I luckily stumbled upon this tour. I am not a super experienced cyclist (hope to be so at the end) but in general like sports and the outdoors a lot. I'm looking forward to meeting you all and discover africa by bike with you.

Melissa Casey

A wondering wanderer who can't quite seem to sate her profound thirst for adventure and exploration. Currently bouncing between random gigs like working to live on farms, translating books and teaching yoga wherever in the world the opportunities arise.

Sylvie Vachon

Hello fellow TDA cyclists! I was looking for a special bike adventure to celebrate my 50th birthday and I think I found it with TDA! I will be joining the last two segments of the tour from Victoria Falls to Cape Town. So, I will be training in the Canadian snow before I meet you in the desert!

I’m 31% dad, 19% IT Project Manager, 16% skier, 2 % Kitter, 5% swimmer, 8% sailor, 19% good-friend and 100% cyclist. Looking forward for my second TDA trip with my son. Alain

Vincent Poliquin

Jérôme Blais tried to convince me to join for the last leg... it took two Old Fashioned.

Irena Kharazova

Coming to cycle just short part of the trip from Ethiopia to Kenia

Clint Cooper

Ekaterina molodtsova, christine bierling.

Addis Ababa to Mbeya

Rider Addis Ababa to Mbeya

For living, I try to optimize the financials as a management accountant. For fun, I try to optimize the time I spend outdoors. I’m currently on a sabbatical. Tour d’ Afrique is one part of a long and active journey through different parts of the world. I’m excited about it.

Alexander Kling

I am an actuary. In my daily business, I am used to deal with risk and I am usually on the safe side. I’m joining the last part of North American Epic 2022. I hope I will be able to enjoy while trying to survive. I did my calculations, and I can say that the chances for both, enjoying and surviving, are pretty good.

Brett Lanham

I’m an ex seafarer, retired now for 10 years, fortunate enough to have been able to get away on a bike tour with TdA every year since 2011, until 2020 that was! I look forward to catching up with friends from past rides and meeting new ones and sharing this great adventure with a beer, or two.

Daniel Frye

Hello, I'm a retired oceanographer and I've taken up cycle touring as a replacement for running and backpacking, which I'm no longer able to do. My wife and I have done several previous trips with TDA (Orient Express, TransOceania 2014, the South American Epic, and Tour d'Afrique, among others) and we're looking forward to another interesting and challenging experience this year in Australia and New Zealand. Looking forward to meeting all the riders and seeing old friends.

Shirley Frye

Have enjoyed many TDA trips and hope to do many many more. After health issues and Covid, back on the road again. Slower for sure but so looking forward to a part of the world I've never been but hear so many great things about.

Tim Millikin

I love travel and more importantly travel by bicycle. It brings the freedom and adventurous spirit that any other way of travelling cannot match. I love that I am able to share this with our guests and show them the world in the best possible way.

I currently live in Oxford, UK but have had a relatively nomadic lifestyle from my mid-twenties. Call it an early mid-life crisis! I am best known for a three-year, mostly solo, 46500km bike ride from Reading, UK to Reading, USA. It was truly transformative and gave me a motivation to pursue a life of travel and adventure. It also saw me leave my career in television for one in cycling, and I haven’t looked back. I have also written a book about this adventure, available in all good book stores!

TDA for me brings the beauty of bike travel with the ease of some support, but that does not mean it is easy. For me, my favourite days are the ones you will remember forever. The Blue Nile Gorge day in Ethiopia is a real stand out. Beautiful scenery and rough roads as you descend 1800m into the Blue Nile Gorge before then climbing 1800 back out of the Gorge on the same rough roads, with children running past you, cars honking, each rider riding their own battle against the gradient. The beer at the campsite on the top never tasted so good! Roads and stories like this happen on each and every TDA tour and that is what is so special. No matter where in the world you are going, you are going to have epic, mementos days.

My best tip for any future TDA rider is bring a positive attitude. It is the most important tool in your kit bag. This will keep the spirit of adventure burning throughout the tour, which can be up to five months for some. It will ensure you are able to see the beauty in the world around you even when you are tired. It will mean that the hard moments pass quickly and the memories will last a lifetime.

Chelsea Conry

Chef Cairo to Cape Town

Sarah Fonger

Content Creator

Content Creator Cairo to Cape Town

I am a Videographer from Ontario, Canada. I will be joining the trip as the content creator and will be documenting our adventures along the way!

Tour Support

Tour Support Cairo to Nairobi

Mara Scallon

Annegrete Warrer

Starting doing my first TDA trip back in 2011 and doing quite some more along the years I am so happy to be back there after a far too long Corona pause. First time cycling with you in Europe is exciting - a bit more comfortable than my third world camping expeditions.. Fits me really well! And about time to learn the more charming stretches of Germany after pendling between Austria (where I live) and Denmark (where I come from) for over 40 years. This will be wonderfull: to meet you all and doing a full supported tour again!

Greetings from Greg Giles. I am an artist/art teacher where I have been practicing my trade in international schools, two of which have been in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Of course I love being on the bike and ride any chance I get. Due to work constraints, I am new to the epic cycling variety and I am looking forward to the adventure of meeting new people and seeing new places.

Fernando A L Silva

Tenho 57 anos, casado e pai de gêmeas. Faço atividades físicas regularmente. Pedalo de montainbike geralmente finais de semana. Nos últimos anos fiz algumas viagens de cicloturismo de no máximo 4 dias com distâncias de 80 km diários. Tenho certeza que farei o tour completo e para isso estou fazendo um treinamento específico para tal.

ian priestner

I joined the Africa 2020 tour in Nairobi and three riding days later the Tour was over due to Coronavirus. In that short time I became addicted despite not being in a tent since my 20s. I also cycled the 23 TDA sections from Arusha to Lilongwe. I'm sort of retired with family commitments though occasionally I'm allowed out.. Hopefully see you all later this year

If my cycling life were a day I would have set out on a steel clunker at dawn on lanes around the English Midlands before being more adventurous and getting further afield through breakfast time, leading to a circling of the globe before elevenses. A long lunchtime preoccupied by fathering two kids finally brings the luxury of more me time for longer rides and bigger cycling challenges in the warm glow of the afternoon now work is over. In the 1980s I worked for two years in West Africa and am excited to be returning to the continent.

Robert Keyes

Just a good old boy from Alberta.

Catherine Macdonald

Hello! I'm excited and (very) nervous to embark on my first long distance cycle between Nairobi to Victoria Falls. I'm a complete newbie distance cyclist and will be cycling alone. I'm ready to throw myself into the challenge of the TDA and can't wait to meet my fellow cyclists. The cycle will form the beginning of a year off work so there's lots to prep and plan. I welcome any advice or guidance the more experienced cyclists can offer!

Peter Michaelson

I'm 63 years old. I live in Portland Oregon with my wife. 3 kids in their 20's. I have stopped buying and restoring old buildings and just sort of in maintenance mode. I have not been cycling as much as I did a few years ago when I used to do CycleOregon but I do go on a couple of supported 2 week bike tours each year, sometimes with my son. I am somewhat intimadated at the prospect of this tour, but it is so attractive and compelling to me that I will do what it takes. I saw the 1980 new year arrive in Juba, then part of Sudan. It was a 4 month Encounter Overland tour, camping all the way. But instead of cycling, sitting in a bouncing truck most of the day. Still, the experience was amazing and one I would love to repeat. I used to go for a run, ahead of the truck, most mornings - that was interesting! There were nights with lions roaring, or maybe one lion, circling the campsite. That's probably enough.

Mayumi Stroy

55 year old who enjoys bicycle touring, traveling, hiking, and downhill and xc skiing. Lives in Soda Springs, CA. This will be my forth trip with TDA - 2020 Tour d’Afrique, 2021 Great American Road Trip, and 2022 Bamboo Road. Down time activities includes cooking, eating, listening to music, watching futbol, and reading. This trip is the top of my bucket list and I can’t wait to explore that same areas that Genghis Khan and Marco Polo traveled. What adventures we will have!

Erika Lindquist

Retired biology scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Toni-Anne Pease

I am determined to live life to the fullest, taking risks and smiling.

Paul Barnes

Not too much to say really i've just been very lucky.. have been married for 41+ years, have two wonderful kids and a passion for doing various things which includes cycling.

Fiona Barnes

Maurice walch.

I am a cancer survivor who values every day I have and don't want to waste any of them. I'm a husband to a wonderful woman who puts up with my need to drive myself physically and two great kids who teach me things almost every day. I'm turning 60 in 2020 and have wanted to go to Africa and camp under the African sky since I was at least 6. Totally pumped about this expedition.

Milan Jansen

Ingrid vlaar, rita tellerman.

Hi! My name is Rita and I am a retired Public Health Nutritionist living in New York City. I can’t wait for the next TDA adventure. Since I started cycling at 49 and doing lots of bike trips to see the world, , I have ALWAYS and continue to be the oldest woman on each and every tour. My message to anyone who might consider it a barrier… don’t … just do it and you’ll have the time of your life.

Brigitta Varadinek

Made Cairo to Arusha in 2020 - we got stuck because of covid; went from Victoria Falls to Cape Town in 2022. So now I plan to go from Kigali to VicFalls in 2025!

Pixy Elliott

Completed several solo self supported bike tours in the US and Canada.

Jolien Faber

Cycling enthousiast. Selfsupporting [ with tent ] long distance bikeholidays

Neil Warren

Blighty blonde who loves an adventure, Africa & a day in the saddle! The bucket list has various memorable ticks against it & the TDA is one I've been keen to do since it ignited my wanderlust cycle touring streak a few years back. We're (my other half Neil & I who've been spinning our legs on the South Downs, practising our tent pitching & cursing the headwinds in training)dipping our toes in to do Section 7 'Elephant Highway'; in the hope that we'll be able to tick off the whole tour in the future. The thought of ride, eat, sleep, repeat in the vast Botswana delta, under the wide skies, catching the rhythm of Africa as you spin the pedals is very exciting, yet equally terrifying to join all the speedy TDA full timers on their penultimate stage! We're hoping we a) keep up b) see an elephant c) still smiling after the 132 mile day! Happy pedalling & see you in Vic Falls!

Michiel van Walsem

What better way to turn 60? I love Africa, cycling and photography. Four months without my wife, family and friends will be one of the biggest challenges (next to some cycling and sleeping in a tent). Making new friends and having an unforgettable experience will be the reward. Looking forward to the TDA2020 and catching a glimp of Table Mountain.

Francis Heyrman

Love Africa and biking!

Enrique Gonzalez

New to biking, I started cycling with a Citi Bike this summer in Central Park, loved it and in September, found TDA Global Cycling and decided to join the Tour d'Afrique until Khartoum. Got my bike October 11, trained as hard as I could in Central Park and Riverside Drive to be able to join the adventure. Looking forward to land in Africa to join the group.

Martha Chertkow

I am a lawyer based out of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada's Arctic. I have a passion for adventure, challenge and travel and am excited to finally embark on part of the TDA.

Rachel Costello

I started the Tour d'Afrique in 2020 and I will finish it in 2023! I look forward to sharing it all with old and new friends!

Fred Stanton

Of interest might be: I bicycled to every place I ever worked, not every day but every place. I live near Chicago so winters can be challenging. My Facebook page has very brief summaries and maps of my prior international bicycle trips.

Christopher Brown

Australian Actuary. Live on the Sunshine Coast Queensland. Love adventure travelling. Keen cyclist, surfer, triathlete. Have done a few cycling trips in various countries including some of the TDA 2020 before it was cut short due to COVID. Time to try again !

Marcel Cornelis

LIKE TO EXPLORE THE WORLD BY BIKE WITH PEOPE ALL OVER THE WORLD

Sixty years old. Kiwifruit Orchardist from NZ Looking for adventure Have ridden Tour d Afrique and NA Epic Epic Should be experienced, sure don’t feel Iike it !!! Very excited and challenged to be doing this !!!

Gillian Purkiss

I was raised in South Africa and Married an amazing Canadian. We have loads of kids. I am a traditional chef turned Raw Food Plant Based Chef. I teach plant based foods and wellness coaching on line and privately. Cycling is what we both agree on as an activity so we are embracing it and look forward to the adventure

stephen blackler

I am a regular visitor to Africa and I am looking forward to experiencing the journey on two wheels across this incredible continent. Whilst I enjoy many outdoor pursuits I am relatively new to cycling. I have participated in several long distance events including the recent Ride London 100. The physical challenge does seem daunting but I am very excited in the knowledge that I will be experiencing the journey as part of a like minded group.

Eva Hoekstra

“One minute I'm reading about a country I never knew existed and the next I'm on the phone with a potential rider chatting about bike selection and saddle sores. My days are never boring.”

When I first heard about Tour d'Afrique I was working in the cycling department at MEC in Toronto, a member came in and said he was doing this wild ride from Cairo to Cape Town. It wasn't long after that when I convinced a friend to join me for my first cycle tour. The two of us left with bad gear, old bikes and no idea of where we might sleep along the way. I learned a lot on that tour and it wasn't long after when I started planning the next one. I tend to learn things the hard way and will sign up for anything if I think I might get a good story from it.

My dream job has always been to do something that excites me and something that allows me to travel and write. I've had a few interesting gigs and solo travels along the way and have many stories written down. Lucky enough my stubbornness paid off while I waited for the right job to come along, searching the word "cycling" on job boards with the hope that something might come up. Then one day, a post appeared that TDA Global Cycling was hiring for a Customer Service position. In the interview they asked me a few key questions - if I was good with talking to people, if I knew how to change a flat, and if I enjoyed travelling and writing - I knew I found my place.

I really love it when someone emails or calls with questions about our tours, I get to be the one to help inspire them to make their choice! A friend said to me once that a job is called a job for a reason, it's not supposed to be fun. What can I say, I disagree.

John Purkiss

As a family man staying active is so important for me. Adventure is a highlight. Whether with my wife, kids, or grandkids, "we always have a great time!" I live and work in the cottage country of central Ontario. As a 2nd generation business owner and tradesman I find great satisfaction in leading my team through the demands of our industry to provide the best of service. Family, community, work, music, and cycling. Doesn't get better than that!

Mbeya to Cape Town

Rider Mbeya to Cape Town

Jacqueline Nel

"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle." Ernest Hemingway

Kenny Balfour

Britney charme.

Hi, I’m Britney! I am based out of the southwest region of the US where I spend my time cycling in the red rock desert, riding alpine single track and exploring the Colorado Plateau.

Five years ago I made the decision to pivot away from my career as an event planner and become a cycling guide in some of the most remote and beautiful landscapes in the world. Working in the adventure cycling industry has allowed me to blend my love of bikes with my passion for facilitating experiences that allow people to connect and create memories. I believe there is a lot of value in getting outside of our comfort zone and stepping away from our everyday lives in pursuit of adventure.

In my opinion, there is no better way to explore this planet than from the saddle of a bicycle. Biking is a sensory experience that allows us to savor the sights, smells, sounds and flavors of the world that we live in.

Some of my favorite moments on my bike are watching desert bighorn sheep in Canyonlands, crossing into Mexico from Arizona for tacos & Modelos and bantering with the locals cycling alongside me in East Africa while on the Tour d’Afrique.

I encourage everyone that joins a TDA tour to ride their own ride. As the day to day sets in, it is easy to lose sight of what brought you on the tour to begin with. Set an intention at the beginning of the tour and check in on that intention throughout the trip. This will allow you to stay present and grounded throughout the experience.

I also encourage riders to interact with locals, wander through markets, enjoy the coke stops and eat all the roadside food you possibly can. Get outside your comfort zone. Engage your senses. Savor the experience.

A bit of practical advice? Dial in the fit of your bike before the tour begins. Practically everything on your bike is adjustable- the angle of your saddle, stem length, the angle of your handlebars, the reach on your brake levers and shifters, etc… If you are doing test rides and something doesn’t feel right, it will be exasperated on the tour. It is worth taking the extra time to get it right while you are still home.

I look forward to seeing you on the trails!

Chef Cairo to Khartoum

Mitchell Kadelbach

Something of a British Canadian mongrel, raised in Toronto and currently awaiting judgement day in the UK's Southwest. I first cut my teeth as a chef in Toronto's fast-paced restaurant scene, specialising in Italian and Mexican cuisine. But really grew in to my own, after I started traveling, seeing drawing connections, conjuring up my own fusions, and getting to grips with real french cuisine in France. In 2018, I completed the Silk Route tour with TDA as the tour chef. and then returned to the region in 2022 on TDA's Trans-Caucuses. Working for TDA is truly a dream come true, as I never stop savouring the opportunity, overland across continent, tasting cuisine, drinking in the sights and sounds, learning languages and laughing with locals. I hope to engaged more openly with my travels by, recording and photographing the outlandish and irregular natural and cultural communities, eventually capitalising on my journalism undergrad.

Douglas Percival

Bike Mechanic Victoria Falls to Cape Town

There is a great sense of satisfaction seeing a Rider finishing their day with a smile on their face, and that Day by Day, we have Taken someone safely to a place on this planet that Most People will never see, and all whilst by Bicycle.

I am a South African that has lived a life of itchy travel feet, and found myself Living in Sweden. Being a passionate cyclist in my teenage years, my Bike Mechanic Brother, taught me to fix my own bicycles, a vital bit of knowledge not only for a teenager trying to save money on bike repairs, but how it would shape my working career.

I've worked in all corners of the Bike industry,... shops, import and distribution, race teams, and even now for the Swedish Cycling Federation, as well as personal Guiding for a huge mix of private clients. They have all added up into helping me grow my knowledge of a bicycle, and how I can make one operate even in the worst environments with rider abuse,....which then played into the hand of being a confident TDA mechanic.

Guiding and Leading Tours came organically through my knowledge of Traveling, mixed with my knowledge of fixing bikes, thrown into the pot of being a passionate cyclist, and large desire of being on the Move.... Quite a mix.

TDA tours have the ability to provide one with a gift. It is a gift that keeps on giving...and that is: just when you think you have seen it all, there is always something else to surprise you with! From sleeping inside the Great Wall of China, to swatting flies off your sandwich in 49celcius Australian outback, or watching stars in the Sudanese Sahara, to Sipping Expresso's in an Italian cafe. From the Orderly bike lanes of Denmark to the chaos of Freetown, Sierra Leone.... There is so much that happens daily!

For any future rider that is wondering how to make their experience better. Set your expectations reasonably, ask questions, And come prepared... and Know your equipment!

Know how your bike feels, make sure it has arrived on tour Fully serviced. Know how to put up your tent if you're not confident with it.

And Figure out your bag packing! I have watched too many people lose an hour of their precious day (and some everyday for 4 months).. because they don't have their equipment organized.

Cheers..and happy riding!

Mats Fredrix

Content Creator Nairobi to Cape Town

I remember the first time I had tears of joy running down my cheeks on a descent. The day after I was screaming every syllable of 'Paradise by the Dashboard Lights' to endure the pains of a full day in the headwind. These might just be some of mine, but you'll experience plenty, beautifully weird 'joys of riding' of your own. When those happen, I'm your man. To tell your story, your adventure. Or you might just want a cool looking picture of you and some mountains. See you out there, Rouleurs!

Dehon Ninon Cedric Ainarime

Tour Leader Trainee Nairobi to Victoria Falls

From a very remote village in Madagascar, live in Madagascar. Got lucky to be part of TDA family, I would never thought that one day i would be able to visit foreign countries "en vélo". Looking forward to meeting you all and having a great time.

Samuel Covins

Medic Nairobi to Cape Town

UK-based doctor working in emergency & expedition medicine and previous tour medic on the Tour d'Afrique. Looking forward to cycling around Asia with you all on the Trans Himalaya and Golden Buddha tours later this year!

Content Creator Cairo to Khartoum

An adventure loving guy from Colorado now living in Hawaii. I fell in love with travel and adventure at an early age where I got hooked with exploring new places, cultures, and experiences. From that urge to explore, came my passion for storytelling which I loved to share through the creative mediums of photography, videography, and writing. Another form of travel that I like is through music as I love all kinds. I get excited about the morning as it involves sunrises, coffee, tea, and especially breakfast! I'm an outgoing guy who genuinely loves to learn from others about their passions and goals in life along with hearing the stories they have to share! I hope to continue traveling, exploring landscapes, cultures, and experiences, while creating long lasting memories and friendships along the way! Excited for this next journey!

Gaelle Bilhant

Medic Cairo to Khartoum

Cassidy Vail

Hello all, I will be a tour medic on the Nairobi to Cape Town section. I am a Paramedic specialized in remote and austere care. I have spent lots of time in Africa professionally and recreationally, and am looking forward to spending more time there with all of you. See you soon!

Tour Leader Cairo to Khartoum

Sharon Audley

Looking forward to the adventure and challenges on the tour. There are many unknowns ahead, which is a big part of the attraction; so much information is available online today, and we are in some mostly uncharted areas.

Alexandra Findlay

I love to travel and find new adventures. Looking forward to challenging myself, experiencing new places, meeting new people and seeing some amazing sites.

Jasper van Hulst

Living in The Netherlands with more bicycles (23 million) than inhabitants (17 million), it is not strange to be an enthusiastic cyclist. In addition to daily use for shopping and commuting, I often ride my road bike or mountain bike on weekends. Once a year I cycle abroad with my friends for a week on the road bike and in recent years also on the mountain bike for a week. Cycling is said to be an individual sport practiced in a team. That is also what I expect from the TdA. We will all have to do it ourselves, but we won't be able to do it without each other. It is a challenge that I'm looking forward to.

David Williamson

Aussie on my first TDA tour - first visit to Africa. Very grateful for my family supporting me to do this.

Greg Duncan

Craig saunders.

77 year old Cardiac Surgeon, retired. Athlete most all my life, played a little football, did a fair amount of running and climbed a few mountains. Took up cycling 5-6 years ago. Do some writing in my spare time. Was signed up for 2022 tour but separated my left shoulder in a training accident less than a month before departure. I'm too private to have a significant social media footprint but just started Facebook in prep for Tour de'Afrique

Yosef Bernstein

I am a retired commodities trader, born in Israel but raised my family in NY (with my wife) for 35 years. We now live in Miami and I am a grandfather of three.

Margaret Simon

Born and bred Australian, I am a lifelong adventure seeker who settled in the United States 40+ years ago. I am a proud grandmother to 6 beautiful grandchildren. I travelled extensively in my youth but never by bike. I started riding in my late 50s and fell in love with it. Now my life revolves around cycling. I have ridden across the US as well as many other multi day tours but this will be my first cycling adventure out of the country. I have never been to this continent and I can't wait to see it by bike! Looking forward to riding with all of you!

After tour d’Afrique, I didn’t expect to take part of a new adventure so fast. But as life can sometimes take unexpected turns, this is definitely one of them. I’m looking forward to this adventure. See you all very soon!

Jose Itarte

I am 57 years, Spanish of origen and have lived in Spain, US and Mexico. I love to travel by bike. Every year I do a 1/2 week trip with my girlfriend. Highlights: Chile (patagonia), Bolivia (Uyuni to Licancabur), and the Pyrenees. We have also done some competition such as the Cape Epic. When I saw the Tour d'Afrique promotion, I said, I have to do this, so I talked to my partners at work, at home and got the OK, so I signed up!!!

Now that I have completed the Tour d'Afrique, I am looking forward to an adventure tour with hotel stays in Asia, another continent to be explored. After reaching Bangkok, I am plan to ride through Cambodia, then south to the island of Koh Samui to visit friends and explore the islands off Thailand's coast and possibly continue south to Malaysia and Singapore. Fingers crossed that it will all work out.

Christopher (Kit) Campbell

Transecting Africa remains an unfinished project, but we'll plan for '23 to complete if the body allows. Like many others in the TDA diaspora, we're all eager to get back on tour.

Patrick Nettesheim

Erik hoenisch.

A 60 year old - born and raised in the Yukon - not much long-distance cycling experience other than a few fully supported tours with 50 - 75km max per day. Reasonable good shape for my age. (I hope!)

An African proverb goes, "If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together". I will go so far as to accompany my husband from Mbeya to the Victoria Falls.

Carolyn Bennett

Adventure traveller on land and sea.

Stephen Owen

Cycling since school age chasing buses to school, and now aged 57, I have stepped up cycling in the last 10 years with weekend rides and endurance 300/500km rides in 24hrs, wisdom/body is now telling me that multi-day riding is more fun... More recently cycled across Atlas mountains North Africa, Sri Lanka, and recently TDA Madagascar. The Tour d'Afrique 2023 trip will be exciting and push me to the limits and beyond, TDA Madagascar May 2019 recharged my batteries for a few years and this trip is long overdue and will scratch the itch again. It always brings a smile to my face once I've sat down at end of the day with coffee in hand and consider how lucky I am.

Vlademir Daleffe

I am an electrical engineer, I am 61 years old and worked for 32 years in an electrical power distribution company where I retired as CEO. I'm not a sportsman but I really like adventure travel. I cycled 1,200 km through the Patagonia region, cycled 6,400 km across Europe and covered 1,047 km on foot along the Israel National Trail. I participated in the Tour D'Afrique 2023 but had to interrupt it due to an accident I suffered on Kilimanjaro.

James BARKER

I am a 51 yo resident of Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, working for the Australian Government in Canberra on environment issues. I late 2019, I rode across Australia by myself, thinking it would be a one off, then went for a charity ride across Tanzania in February 2020. I have been a long term bike commuter and sporadic bikepacker. Am on the mountain bike most weekends or bouldering at the local climbing gyms. I am married with 2 university aged kids (who I can never get to come riding with me...).

Harald Hälbich

I was riding the 2022 Tour de Afrique from Livingstone to Cape Town, looking forward to join the tour again.

karen barber

I'm very excited to join my first expedition tour. I discovered the joys and freedom of cycling 10 years ago when moving to Australia from England. I'm enjoying the training for Africa, still a way to go, more hills to climb!! Really looking forward to meeting everyone for this amazing adventure. Cheers, Karen

Rachel Hill

Age 53, Male, Some experience bike touring but mostly on-road with classic tour bike.

Mary Beall Adler

I love adventure yet I'm not the most experienced by any stretch of the imagination! I love cycling and meeting folks and things along the way. I am a wife, mother of six grown kids via a blended family and 2 grandson's and a granddaughter on the way. I own Georgetown Bagelry. I make artisan bagels and enjoy small business. Being resourceful is second nature to me after all the years and ups and downs of business. I'm also a Creativity Coach and Human Potential Coach. I am big into 'biohacking' and meditation. I am one of Dr. Joe Dispenza's advanced meditators. I actually became somewhat of an expert as I prepped for Tour d'Afrique the year the pandemic hit. I decided to get off all meds, and learn to heal myself and become the healthiest and best team person in prep for Tour d'Afrique. The preparation has changed my life! I still have a lot of prep to do....logistical stuff and practice putting my tent up etc. yet the heart warming stuff I'm hoping I have wrapped in my dna.

Emily Kasper

A COVID biker, there's no time like the present for a stretch goal. I registered exactly 365 days before the Tour starts, and hope to spend most of that time determining what I just did (i.e., training). It's also a milestone birthday (50) present to myself; life is pretty good, right? Exploring other cultures and countries is a privilege and passion for me. Very excited to return to Africa (photo, Cairo Oct 2021); to be physically/mentally challenged; and of course, to meet such an international/interesting group for an adventure of a lifetime ... See you in Cairo in a year!

A serial cycle tourist always keen to escape winter in the UK and keen to stay active!

David Odonnell

53yrs old, from Manchester UK. TDA tour no 5. Looking forward to S E Asia. C U all soon. Cheers. David.

Michiel Schonk

31 years old living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Passionate about the outdoors, love to go hiking, skying, and cycling. Have done previous trips by bike along the Old Silk Road, Pamir Highway, and through Iceland. Now very much looking forward to the next adventure, taking on this great challenge as a group!

Steven Orie

I live in Colorado, USA and I am a long time cyclists. I have led several tours for Adventure Cycling Association to include the TransAm and Southern Tier cross country routes as well as routes in Florida, South Dakota, Alaska-Yukon and Montana-Alberta. I also enjoy hiking and skiing. I have a background in logistics and aircraft maintenance.

Peggy Schrieber

Bernd sydow.

I did my first self-supported bicycle tour together with a friend when I was 16 years old. Since then I have crossed countries, mountain ranges and deserts in many countries on my bicycle. At the beginning of my professional career I cycled Sydney to Perth together with my wife and I always wanted to ride a very long tour again. I never found the time for it and now I’m very much looking forward to the TDA! Thanks for accommodating me in the 2023 group.

Peter BOLAND

I'm retired, and love cycling - be it road cycling, MTB or touring. My home is Australia and it offers a great variety of roads and trails. Over 20 years ago while I was in my local bike shop I chanced upon a brochure from TdA and after reading it I brought it home and said to my kids "One day I'm going to do that ride through Africa", but life always seemed to get in my way. Now that my kids have all grown up and I no longer work I have the opportunity to finally commit to this epic challenge. (I just wish my legs were still 20 years younger). I've enjoyed riding across Australia and Canada and I've toured through Europe several times - most recently from Paris to Berlin. I'm really looking forward to this next ride as I'm sure it will be worlds apart from my previous riding experiences. I'm also looking forward to sharing the ride's challenges and highlights with like-minded pedal pushers. We're a strange mob.

I'm a nomad and spend as much time as possible traveling. With TDA I've done the Tour d'Afrique, Magical Madagascar and the Orient Express. I’ve become a TDA junkie and am signed up for lots more trips. Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones on the next tour!

Retiree who likes to travel and can ride a bicycle.

Nick Thorpe

After a career in central Australia with remote Indigenous communities I retired to Adelaide two years ago. I sometimes run marathons but nothing as daft as this.

I'm an MD that does research most recently in Fort Collins, Colorado. I'm crazy about birds and I love to photograph wildlife and landscapes. I started mountain biking in 2019 and have since been obsessed by mountain, road, and everything in between.

35 years old. Diplomat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the past 18 months. Interested in politics, cultures, languages, sports. Have cycled for almost 20 years. Read about Tour d‘Afrique 10 years ago, been dreaming about participating ever since.

Joseph Louchheim

I’ve been an avid cyclist for most of my life and enjoy adventure, new experiences and pushing my limits. The tour d’Afrique checks all those boxes. Having recently sold my business, packed my kids up for college, and gotten a big thumbs up from my wife, how could I say no! I am eager to explore Africa. And in my experience, there is no better way to really get to know the nooks and crannies of a place and its people then at ground level on a bike. When not out cycling, I work as a Paramedic for my local fire department and spend much of my free time in my cabinet shop building furniture.

Julie Stinson

I love adventures. When I was a baby, I crawled out of the house, out the door, onto the road where a log truck driver stopped and picked me up and returned me to safety. I haven’t stopped being curious about what’s around the next corner since then. Now that my kids are launched and I jumped off the corporate ladder I am spending my summers in the Yukon Territory and the rest of the year traipsing around the world.

Paul Van der wal

Well I am from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) or near... and I hope to cycle this last part of the journey (Windhoek - Capetown) and accompany my very good friend Jasper who started in Cairo....

I'm looking for the next adventure and new places. And I look forward to meeting and traveling with my fellow travelers and sharing this adventure. See ya soon!!

Bas Bolomey

28 year old living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with a big passion for cycling. After doing road biking for a couple of years I've expanded to Mountainbiking and gravelbiking. This year I've done some bikepacking trips and was looking for a longer adventure.

Montse Arauz

Hi!! I'm Mon from Spain. I'm very happy to start this big aventure with you. I am passionate about cycling and I love to travel using the bicycle as a means as transport. Africa is a continent that I am always like to visit but not without a organisation. I am delighted to get to know a part of the continent with you.

Hristina Srbinoska

I love animals, sport and adventure, TDA meets all of those requirements.

Kathie Knell

Looking forward to meeting you all - have completed the Vic Falls to Cape Town and will be cycling Cairo to Khartoum in 2023. I'm interested in journeys and recently wrote a cycle guide - the toughest cycle in the Uk called 'The Way of the Rings' a cycle ride which traces the route of Neolithic people as they travelled from the Lake District to Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer and Winter Solstices. Have completed mountain marathon events, and enjoy mountaineering. will be missing my three children and two border collie dogs.

John Prendergast

18 years old, just left school in Scotland.

I retired in 2008 and recently turned 70. I love the outdoors and am always looking for a new adventure. One of my sons introduced me to cycling in 2013 and I found it fun and fulfilling. In 2014 my son and I cycled across SE Asia from Bangkok to Saigon. My first TDA tour in 2016 was the Hippie Trail in India and I then went on to complete an unsupported tour of the U.S. West Coast as well as a U.S. transcontinental west to east. I live in Northern California, have been married for over 30 years, and have 2 sons in their early 30's. Travel by bicycle is a great way to meet the people of a country and experience the food, music and culture. I look forward to new adventures with TDA.

Benjamin Levin

Hi! I am the content creator for the 2024 Tour d'Afrique and am thrilled to share this incredible adventure with you all. I am a wildlife photographer and videographer from San Francisco, CA with a passion for adventure and conservation. I have a bachelors of science in Zoology from University of California, Berkeley and am especially excited explore the ecosystems of central and east Africa while sharing my knowledge of the flora and fauna with you all. Feel free to reach out with any questions about the digital media side of this trip. I look forward to meeting all of you!

Rachael Newstead

I will be returning to TDA as a medic for a second tour, I am a doctor in the NHS and am looking forward to stretching my legs in the fresh air, seeing more of the world, and helping keep our cyclists on the trip happy and healthy through the ride. I have done a number of cycle tours over the years including the Trans-Caucasus with TDA as a medic in 2022 which was an incredible experience, and I hope to keep our riders safe and smiling for our trip through central Africa!

Jason Roussel

Canadian bike mechanic and ski tuner.

James Macharia

Chef Kigali to Cape Town

Born in Kenya .worked in tourism for 13 years a close africa.love changing people's lives and love what I do and do what I love.

John mwai Murigu

I am kenyan citizen aged 46 years with great passion in tourism,haven traveled in more that fifteen countries in Africa,working as a chef and guiding at the same time. I am a family man too with four kids and one wife,two boys and two girls.

Josiah Skeats

Assistant Tour Leader

Assistant Tour Leader Victoria Falls to Cape Town

In 2015, I pedalled from my home in England intending to cycle to Australia, a journey I naively believed would take one year. Three years later I eventually reached Sydney having discovered a passion for slow travel and adventure. Since then, I've cycled across southern Africa, sailed across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, and spent the covid pandemic stuck on a one-kilometre island in the Arctic with a fisherman, an artist and a trumpet player - sounds like the start of a joke, right? I particularly love sharing this love of adventure travel through writing, photography and expedition leading. I can't wait to begin my next TDA adventure, and meet you all along the way!

Lorna Eaton-Brown

Malcolm juring.

Assistant Tour Leader Cairo to Victoria Falls

What I love most about being a Tour Leader is traveling the world, riding bikes, and meeting new and interesting people on every trip. What more could you ask for?

I started working at bike shops and as a bike courier while at university. The income from these jobs allowed me to plan my own cycling trips during school breaks. Following university, I spent two years working with an aid organization in Guinea, where I was surprised to see a TDA tour passing through rural West Africa. Several years and one pandemic later, I found myself guiding bike tours around the US, dreaming about even greater adventures.

One of my most memorable experiences from a TDA tour was in Tuktoyaktuk at the start of the North American Epic. I went for a swim in the Arctic Ocean and I remember thinking "Would I ever have this chance again?" But when I waded into the water, I realized something wasn't right: the water wasn't cold. It felt like a heated pool and it ended up being an unpleasant swim. My mind was occupied with what I had read about rising sea temperatures while every inch of my skin above water was attacked by mosquitoes. But I remember the visceral feeling of "so, this is what the Arctic Ocean really is."

My advice for anyone planning to join a TDA tour is to read a book, fiction or nonfiction, set in your tour's destination. Also, try learning a few phrases in the local language, and don't forget your towel!

Kelly-Anne Speight

Medic Cairo to Nairobi

I'm a GP working in Scotland. Prior to relocating back to Scotland, I spent 4 years living and working in Australia, predominately working in Emergency departments. Outside of work, I enjoy the outdoors and going on adventures; by bike/ kayak/ running. I enjoy bikepacking and spending time in the mounatins. Some memorable bikepacking trips include the NC 500 in NW Scotland and the wild Atlantic Way in Ireland. I also compete in Adventure racing.

Madeleine Bell

I'm a junior doctor living in Bristol currently working in the Emergency department

Owen Hayter

I'm a London-based Paramedic who spends several months of each year travelling. The outdoors is what makes me happy; camping, climbing, cycling, trekking and generally roughing-it in beautiful places. I have done a fair amount of motorcycle / cycle touring in most continents, but this is my first time with TDA and in Central Africa.

Driver Kigali to Cape Town

Driver Kigali to Victoria Falls

Assistant Tour Leader Kigali to Victoria Falls

Kigali to Nairobi

Other Kigali to Nairobi

A long time ago, I had a ten minute conversation on the beach with Steve who had been on a TDA tour through Africa. I didn’t know it then but it planted a thought in my head that would soon change the course of my life.

It seemed that everything I had done before had in some way prepared me for this. A life in hospitality and a few years at sea - from some grand establishments to some very inhospitable vessels and anything in-between.

There were a variety of less stimulating occupations I had explored before I landed at TDA. I think this is what has kept me here for so long, the almost overwhelming stimulation that one gets from daily life on tour, which is miles apart from my quiet country life in South Africa.

That, and the other people. There is always such a variety of people from all walks of life and from all over the world that I would otherwise not have met.

After starting trekking at the age of 50, I have spent some 2 months every year on skis, pulling sledge, carrying rucksack or kayaking. Most recently also cycling. My greatest affections are polar expeditions and long/ultralong treks both alone and in a group. Challenging shorter-duration treks here and there. Cycling experience is still modest but growing Himalayas Lhasa-Kathmandu, Pamirs Dushanbe - Osh, Vietnam Hanoi - Saigon, Vietnam's northern mountains, Trans-Europe, round Finland, round the Baltic Sea, western half of Silk Route, 2024 tour d'Afrique

I’m basically a journey runner playing with other toys. Love endurance and adventure projects of all kinds. Function on lots of coffee.

Others have described me as being a "Free Spirit". I am a retired nurse and live in the Colorado mountains with my "Knight in Shining Camper". We love the outdoors and one of my greatest passions in life is bicycle touring. I have been looking forward to our Africa journey for years!

David Hunter

Recently semi-retired and the TDA was one of the bucket list of "things to do". Worked for 20+ years in banking (zzzz) but last year moved to South Africa to become a farmer - some change! Currently living near Cape Town, so will effectively be cycling home from Cairo. Likely to be the slowest cyclist here, but hey.....whats the rush :)

Joanne Snow

Hello. I am a rehabilitation medicine physician taking time off to realize some cycling goals. I am looking forward to a new adventure by bike.

Tony Harris

I'm a retired sheep and beef farmer living in Wanaka, New Zealand. A relative novice to biking I have been riding the South Islands trails for 3 years. i enjoyed the animals in Botswana and hope to see more. My son Richard is riding with me.

Andy Baldwin

I started doing triathlons in 2008 as a complete novice and quickly became 'addicted' to them! Completing various races and distances all over UK and did an Ironman in Austria in 2013 and another in Mallorca in 2015. In 2016 my wife and I gave up our jobs and went travelling for a year. As part of our year travelling we biked packed Lands End to John O'Groats in the UK and then The Great Divide from Canada to the Mexico border USA, back packed through South America and then flew back to Canada and trained to be Ski Instructors (Just to become better skiers). Since then we've done another end to end bike packing trip from Cape Reinga to Bluff in New Zealand. The TOUR D'AFRIQUE has been on my radar for some time so can't wait to Explore Africa by bike with other like minded people.

Anna Baldwin

Having been involved in sport all of my life, my husband persuaded me to take up triathlons back in 2010 as he had become 'addicted' to them! We then both became 'addicted' and competed all over UK and did an Ironman in Mallorca in 2015. Since then we have both now retired and have started bike packing, taking things a bit slower and exploring places with our bikes and a tent. We have done a few end to enders; Great Divide, Lands End to John O'Groats, Cape Reinga to Bluff as well as many trips within the UK. I'm very excited for the Tour, to explore Africa by bike and be part of a one big adventure.

Justene Wilke

I've low-key always had my eye on the Tour D'Afrique and since quitting my job and pivoting to travel nursing, I've found myself with the ability easily make time for big adventure. So obviously I signed up for the entirety of the Tour D'Afrique. And I plan to have a party in Cape Town to celebrate a milestone birthday. Previous cycling adventures have included twice participating in the H2H charity ride in Vietnam from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and battling winter bike commuting in Wisconsin.

Pamela Sbar

I have thrived on outdoor adventure throughout my life. Bike adventures at the top of the list, and Africa has always captured my imagination. There's nothing quite like living in a "bike bubble" on a long haul tour! So off I go with my fellow adventure seekers!

Laura Brough

Almost retired health care worker. Happiest when on my bike. Hail from northern British Columbia where the summers and riding season short. Wildly excited about this adventure.....even if I am the last rider in

William Gloslee

I am a male Canadian, 66 years of age. We ( my wife ) cycle a fair amount. This is the first tour for us that is longer than 1 month. Previously we have cycled in Europe and Eastern/Western Canada.

Sandi Gerling

The two happiest days of my life were giving birth and when Dad took the training wheels off my bike. Recently retired midwife who has always been able to fit some cycling into my chores, commute or vacation. One of my clients advised me of her secret solution to parenting teens: "We send them to Africa for a bit. Everyone is happy there, and that takes care of those teenage problems - they come back feeling much better!" Glad to finally have the time to check that out, and looking forward to traveling by bike with a bunch of like-minded folks.

Eva Jungmann

German living in London. Just retired from 30 years in the NHS and ready for some new adventures.. Mad road cyclist but novice off-roader. Excited to ride the Tour D'Afrique in 2024!

Sheila Morehouse

I’m so excited for this trip! Biking seems the perfect speed for covering a continent, since it’s slow enough to really get a good look around. I’ve traversed a small country on foot (Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela) so have somewhat internalized the expedition mentality, but this will be much longer. And far more intense than my bike-packing through Europe half a lifetime ago, with a gel seat and frequent stops for coffee and backgammon. For me, a maybe-retiring person on a sabbatical, the few months should be perfect. As a pediatrician I will spend far more time scouting out cute kids to play with, than being a road speedster. As a people-watcher and expert in inertia, I’m expecting to find interesting detours along the way…but will try my best to show up for all meals :) Having lived in India and visited Ghana annually over the past two decades, I’m looking forward to every far-out factor coming our way. In general I’m just hoping for all-around amazing, from the biking, to trip mates and new friends, to every experience along the way.

Vincent Waite

I have been a Family Practice Doctor since 1980. My most important work was done in West Africa from 1983-1998 where I lived and provided care at a rural district hospital in Northern Ghana. I currently serve on the faculty of the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency and provide care primarily for the Homeless Population. Despite living in Africa for 15 years, i did nothing but work and had very little time or money for travel. This Tour is a way to finally see Africa in a dramatic, personal way. I also have 2 wonderful daughters, Jenny and Mary. Sheila is my life partner and she will share this journey with me.

THOMAS GIBSON

I'm mostly a mountain biker, but enjoy long distance road biking. Living in the mountains of Colorado.

Bruce Lawson

Greeting. I'm Canadian, born & raised in Toronto. Until recently, I led a private charitable foundation in the area of career development and employment for young Canadians from coast to coast to coast; we also have a particular focus on working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. I have participated on Pub Ride and Journey to the East ... looking forward to cycling on the Elephant Highway!

Grant Mcintosh

Hi im a 64 yearold Farmer from Christchurch New Zealand. Enjoy cycling NZ cycle trails and have completed to Escape Adventures tours to Madagaser and China.Looking forward to the journey and challenge TDA cycle tour will bring.

Ken Riddington

dairy farmer

Arnie Wilson

I’ve been planning to do this trip for awhile. First time Covid ended my hopes. Last year I had to cancel because of an injury that I am still recovering from. Hopefully third times the charm.

Helen Smith

I'm a dog trainer, living in West Lothian, UK. I did my first adventure travel trip in 2000 when I trekked to Everest Base Camp, and got the bug for remote places and adventurous holidays. Over the past 20 years, I've climbed Mt Meru and Kilimanjaro, and I've been back to the Himalayas to climb twice (Mera Peak and Everest North Col and Lhakpa Ri). Hanging up my climbing boots, I then switched to cycling - cycling Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue, the Inca sights of Peru, and back to the Himalayas to cycle 1000km from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Closer to home, I love being out in the Scottish Munros and spend most of my weekends in my Campervan, with a Border Collie or two at my feet. Looking forward to cycling both Africa and Oceania as part of a sabbatical from work to celebrate a milestone birthday.

Judith Gold

I am a casual cyclist, but I have been planning this trip for 20 years, ever since the first TDA ride. Finally, kids grown, retired, post COVID, and after riding half of the Great American Road Trip in 2021, and the full Bamboo Road in 2022, I feel ready to take this on (but not that ready). I am married to Gonzalo Pastor, who is also coming, and even less of a cyclist than me. So together with the sweep, we will be the last coming in, but hopefully always with a smile.

Gonzalo Pastor

Hi. I am a Peruvian economist. I am 65 years old. I am not a regular rider, but I like the experience when I do it.

avid cyclist who has lived in Spokane, WA since 2000. retired as a cardiology physician associate. going on this trip with 3 cycling friends.

Timothy Ice

I am a retired carpenter who had a career in hospital construction. I am married with two sons and three grandson and have lived in Spokane Washington in the USA for the last 45 years. I am joining this tour with three fine friends who last toured with me on a 2019 self supported tour from east to west across the United States. I have been to Egypt but not elsewhere in Africa and look forward to exploring more of it with you.

Jannes Nijland

Recently early retired and now enjoying an extended sabbatical to engage in new adventures. As an active cyclist the TDA is top on my list. I have been visiting Africa a few times and I'm fascinated by the beauty of the nature and the people. My longest bike trekking so far was two weeks in the French Alps so this tour will be a next level of challenge. I'm very much looking forward to experience the continent from two wheels, meeting all of you and making new friends along the way.

Richard HIMBERT

Cyclist since 1987 after having been a runner, I traveled mainly in France and a little in Europe, in 1993, I made my first trip ouside the european continent, it was Colorado's turn. In 2018 i started a world tour by bike....The tour d'Afrique is one of them.

Wendy Walwyn

A life of travel wherever I can, preferably in slow motion on a bicycle.

Margot Coppens

I'm not a big dreamer, but if I had to pinpoint one experience on my wishlist, it would have been a long-term bikepacking trip through Africa. And now this dream is about to come true. I spend most of my free time on my beloved bike, from casual bike rides to bikepacking weekends. Looking forward!

Richard Hughes

Fifty years ago I picked up a German hitchhiker in Central Australia. Heinz was cycling around the world. He had been cycling for 4 years and had amazing adventures in Japan, South America and Australia. I had never cycled but his stories opened a door to an amazing way of life. I have cycled intermittently since inspired by Heinz's zest for a different more adventurous life. I am now retired as a solicitor with Legal Aid and various community legal centres. I cycle regularly with a group of "old farts". John who recently joined the group mentioned one day over an after ride coffee doing the Tour D'Afrique about 10 years ago. I was immediately interested and John fueled my interest with his enthusiastic accounts of his and Marianne's once in a life time adventure, and the friendships made on tour. I have travelled a fair bit in Asia and Africa but am looking forward to the unique perspective that cycle touring gives.

G'Day from Sydney Australia. A little about me. Single lady who is a super keen Bike Packer. Have done heaps of cycling trips in Australia including The Munda Biddi in WA, Perth to Albany, 1000kms self supported. Cycled to Uluru via the Mawson trail and the Flinders Ranges in SA, self supported Attack of the Buns exploring Australia's Southern Highlands, 320kms, self supported Ridden from Manali to Leh on the Ladakh Highway over the Indian Himalaya 474kms but over passes over 1,500metres. Never been to Africa so this for me really is a trip of a lifetime. A little nervous, will miss my family, I have 2 beautiful granddaughters who I mind 1 day a week & another is due when I am away. But I have no doubt the experiences that await us will be absolutely bloody amazing Also a road rider usually clocking up around 160kms a week riding through our beautiful Royal National Park in southern Sydney

Ulrike (Uli) Schindler

Hi, I am Uli, I live in Freiburg, Germany. I am a biochemist and I spent most of my professional life in the biotech industry in the Bay Area in California. My uncle had a bicycle store, so I started cycling when I was very little. At that time cycling was a means of transportation. As an adult I fell in love with cycling for adventure and exercise. During my work life I did not have a lot of time but it was always my dream to explore the world by bike. In 2020 I stopped working and focused on cycling. Unfortunately, COVID interfered with my plans, so I could only do smaller tours in Europe. In the meanwhile I completed a number of tours across Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain. The winter of 2022/2023 I spent in New Zealand completing the Tour Aotearoa and in part the Sounds-to-Sounds track. Now I am very proud to say, that my friends and I completed the Trans America route July of 2023. My biggest dream is still the Tour d’Afrique and I am sure it will be very exciting and challenging.

Linda Partoll

I love bike touring, and am so exited to see Africa by bicycle. My enthusiasm must have been infectious, because my husband and two biking friends-for-life agreed to come along too!

Gary Womeldorff

I live in the Seattle area and love being in the outdoors. Cycling has been my main passion for over 35 years. After riding the Bamboo Road in 2022 I'm looking forward to my next TDA adventure.

Johann du Toit

61 year old keen Mountain Biker living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa. Enjoy touring and experiencing diffirent environments and cultures on my Mountain Bike / Gravel Bike. On this tour I am joining my friends Thys Neser and Mike Bouter on the Nairobi to Livingstone segments. In 2022 Thys and I did Livingstone to Cape Town but I had an unfortunate fall outside Solitaire in Namibia, damaging my knee and had to abandon the rest of the tour.

I am a businessman in South Africa age 67. If I had the ability I would have liked to be a competitive cyclist. Due to the fact that I kept on growing I can now only enjoy touring on by road or MTB in Africa and many other places in the world. I completed the 2021 TdA from Vic Falls to CT.

Mike Bouter

I am a semi retired mechanical engineer working currently as a consultant in the food manufacturing industry. I am married with three grown children . I have been an active sports person my whole life and an active cyclist very much since university days . My wife Alison and I have done extensive travelling over all the years and more recently travelled by 4 wheel drive to Tanzania to se the Serengeti Gnu & Zebra migration . I have noted the route that we will cycle from Nairobi to Lilongwe and have driven this route during our recent trip. I am 66 years old and still actively cycling and these days ride a tandem with my wife .The two other friends doing this ride Thys Neser and Johann du Toit and also our Tandem friends . Finally this is a bucket list item for me and so appreciative that Thys as helped to be me into the group

Geoffrey Buhn

Hi, My wife Christine and I live just outside of Philadelphia with our two daughters - both in their early 20s - and two dogs. When we were young we biked through parts of South America together and loved it. We’re looking forward to seeing Africa by bike next year.

Christine Buhn

Hi :) I am a wife and mother of 2 twenty-ish year old girls and 2 black labs. I love traveling to new places, meeting people from all walks of life and being active. I have had a varied career, spending time in sales for a large IT company, working as a physical therapist while raising kids and now working for an amazing nonprofit that helps underrepresented young adults to land jobs in Fortune 500 companies. I enjoy spending time with friends and family. I love food and I practice yoga, but never enough.

Annika Fain

I am an avid runner and cyclist. I have an environmental consulting business and podcast. I love to be outside and moving my body

Job van der Wagt

Rider Kigali to Nairobi

Married 72 year old rider, retired, active. Rode Camino de Santiago last year. An adventurer, wife is a medical doctor as is my daughter, 2 sons one who is a senior computer analyst and the other a senior project manager in construction. I am proud of all of their achievements. I started my working life as a carpenter joiner then went to university completing a commerce degree majoring in accounting and Marketing. I was on the hippie trail in the 1970s living in Kathmandu and then travelling overland to London. I have been an infantry officer in the New Zealand army. And when I left the army I started in sawmilling and timber processing. I sold up my companies in 2000 and moved with my family to Perth in Australia. In Australia I bought a pharmaceutical manufacturing company which I sold 3 years ago. This involved a lot of travelling throughout Asia and the Middle East with us having offices in Bangkok and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia plus the main office in Perth.. I am an Australian citizen

Mike Higgins

I love adventure, I love cycling, and I've always wanted to explore Africa from an early age. When a stage of the Tour D'Afrique became available I looked at the route and the challenge of the Elephant Highway (Victoria Falls to Windhoek) I had to say "Yes!" and join the adventure. I work in Sport Leadership undertaking research at Loughborough University and I race triathlons, duathlons, running races etc I've done some multi day cycling challenges but never this long or this far

cycled all my life, hate having to drive to work. Lots of cycle touring in the 80's and 90's. 1st mid-life crisis lead me to the road scene after I turned 50. Now back into long distance, completed a few big rides (including IndiPac and Tour Aotearoa) in the last cuppla years. Toud d'Afrique was meant to be my 60th birthday present, delayed a few years cos of COVID. Looking forward to the adventure.

Sarah Astley

I'm a casual cyclist/cycle tourer and this will be by far my longest and most extreme cycle adventure to date. I love the simplicity and clarity of traveling by bike, and I'm so excited for this trip. My cycling philosophy is definitely more relentless pursuit of snacks rather than speed and efficiency. I look forward to rolling in to camp with my fellow slow-and-steady-folks! It's a little daunting to bump the start date up to 2024 with only three months to prepare, but the timing seemed serendipitous and I know that the nerves would be there whether I set out today, in a year or a decade from now. I look forward to sharing this epic adventure with all of you.

Joan Donohue

I am a retired business professor from South Carolina who has done two other TDA trips - 2016 Silk Route from Beijing to Dushanbe and 2024 Tour d' Afrique.

Kylie Sheppard

Hi, How awesome is it that we get to cycle across Africa?!! In 2018 I was lucky to participate in the TDA Silk Route. Since then I’ve been able to do some more cycle touring and bike packing trips throughout Oz, NZ and Europe. I'm looking forward to meeting you all - let the adventures begin!!!

Steven Coppens

I am still actively working as an engineer, alas my free time is scarce. But when I am ‘free’ I will be outdoor: hiking in the mountains or sailing the Northsea waters. I am an occasional biker, the section from Nairobi to Lilongwe will be my longest bike tour, by far. Born and raised in Africa, I really look forward to return to my favorite continent, great people, intense atmosphere! Btw, rider Margot, doing the full stretch, is my daughter. She inspired me to join the tda!

Andre ANDERSON

Frank rossaert.

I have a passion for the African continent and an equal enthusiasm for cycling adventures. The TDA tour presents a beautiful opportunity to merge these loves, offering a journey through the stunning landscapes of Namibia and South Africa. I look forward to embark on this journey, being immersed in the breathtaking scenery, enjoy the cycling stages and get to know fellow cycling enthusiasts.

Since 1990 living and working ( dental surgeon ) in Muscat ( Sultanate of Oman ).

Elisabet Otterstedt

I am very much looking forward to experience countries I haven't seen yes. The route is the target!

Thomas Taylor

Beat Strebel

Sarah Clewlow

Madleen Hensel

Jan Siegmund

Endurance athlete and enthusiast. Discovering my love for bikepacking. New York City based

Lasse Tourunen

I got hooked to the idea of cycling Africa after hearing from this epic trip. I’m not even a cyclist but always loved to do sports, travel and experience new things, which this tour will likely deliver. Can’t wait to hit the road and meet fellow cyclists in few years’ time!

Hi all, This was just a thing I felt I needed to do during my life. Why? I really don’t know. 3o years in office jobs started to feel so stupid that I just had to create a life wakeup call! Really waiting to meet you all and challenge myself for the first time. I am not a biker, not an athlete and just hope I will be able to experience Africa and the 11000 km ahead. Lot of training ahead :)

Chad MacRae

Jeremy reed.

In 2009/10 I sailed round the world with the Clipper Round the World yacht race. This gave me the thirst to try something new and I have now completed many long distance unsupported cycle rides. In 2011 I cycled from my home in Essex England to John O’Groats in Scotland then down to Lands End and back to Essex. In 2014/15 I cycled from England to Melbourne in Australia. In 2016 I cycled round France.. in 2017 I took a break from cycling and canoed down the Danube from Germany to Romania. In 2020 I returned to cycling and cycled from the western most of the UK ago the Eastern most point. Finally in 2022 I cycled round the coast of Italy and Sicily..

Werner Aebersold

Richard alden.

An old English guy living in Southern Europe and Africa that refuses to acknowledge he is getting old and is determined to mitigate any suggestion by doing some wonderful and exciting trips with good company.

Martine Leberquier Alden

French, but dont hold it against me. Have lived in Kenya and South Africa.

Kate Dunster

Marcus ezekiel.

I live in London and enjoy road cycling, walking and mountains. I am very much looking forward to meeting everyone. Marcus

Richard Elliott

Although I've already traveled to each country on this tour, I'm attracted to the tour by virtue of its extreme nature. I enjoy accessing extremes such as humanitarian endeavors in some of the world's most dangerous countries (e.g. Afghanistan, Somalia), face-to-face encounters with dangerous animals (e.g. cageless scuba diving with great white sharks), physical challenges such as bicycling across Australia or participating in the Marathon des Sables...

I’m a registered nurse from Santa Cruz, California. I enjoy mountain biking, surfing, yoga, and reading.

Rachel Vilders

Gerhard schwarz, jamie fuhrman.

Competitive age group triathlete working for Ernst and Young in Chicago. Originally from Boston and huge sports fan, mostly football and basketball. Have trekked in the Himalayas, completed an Ironman in Sweden, and now get to tick bike tour in Africa off the bucket list!

Matthew Lucas

Mylah garlington, gertrude fitzpatrick.

Young in spirit Irish girl loves outdoors and travel. Love cycling - most consecutive days so far has been 7 so this will be a big step up. Love roadbiking, swimming, triathlon and tennis

Hasse van Boven

Javier burgos.

Cairo to Aswan

Rider Cairo to Aswan

Carson Mettel

Lori mccarney.

I just finished the TDA Orient Express and had a great time with great people. I liked it so much, I'm signing up another TDA tour!

David Stein

Ex nerd, now older and cantankerous. This is my third TDA trip -- I very much enjoyed the Great American Roadtrip in 2021 and the Golden Buddha in 2023.

Wendy Pease

Dorian dereshkevich.

Active middle aged male that participates in several cycling disciplines. I'm new to bike packing and gravel road riding, but keen to begin my journey.

Beatriz Escuer tore

Jean Turner

Gregor Theinschnack

Hello everyone. Let's see what adventures we can get up to :-) I personally like anything to do with cycling and the outdoors, the dirtier and gravellier the better. Can't wait to get going. Gregor

Jerome Lourme

Retiree wetland/soil ecologist. I enjoy traveling, cycling, backpacking and exploring.

Charles Elliott

Retired Completed a few cycling tours mostly on a road bike with exception for the most recent 2022 North American Epic (4 sections) on a touring bike. Tours with Cycle Canada (5) and Rideau Lakes Cycle Tours (7). Love the challenges, camping, places we see and just to be out there on two wheels.

Sushee Nzeutem

Stephen bell, pascale bilodeau.

Hi, I'm a french canadian who's english is not perfect. This trip is in my mind since 2006. The timing is good enough now to make that dream come true. Can't wait to go back in Africa and meet you all! Pascale

Jeanine Hartnett

This will be my fifth TDA trip. I retired from a banking career in New York in 2016. I’ve done many other long distance cycling trips, including across the US in 2017.

Alexander Schachner

Summer fulp, vivekananthan thushyanthan.

Post high-tech, I now am very fortunate to now work in an Outdoor, active lifestyle store. I work with many folk towards fuelling their passion of participating in the outdoors! Like most, I enjoy riding. I commute to work, winter through to summer. In winter I supplement cycling with skate patrolling on the Rideau Canal and nordic ski on our excelling groomed ski trails available throughout the region. Among other types of cycling, I really appreciate the routine brought by cycle touring. The continual adventures, the sights, the exercise, the feeling of accomplishment and the end of the day reflecting on what just transpired!

Emily Besley

Dean Horvath

Mark Weston

Donald Kwint

Sandra Knowles

Rob knowles, casper blom.

I am a mid 50s typical dutch man, who has been cycling all his life, city bikes, race bikes, mountain bikes and touring. Yet trips would last no longer than one week. There has been a lot of intensive work and some wake-up calls have left me looking left, right, backwards and forwards. At these current cross-roads in life it is time to consider what is important and where my real desires further lie. Africa has been in my heart since my childhood, and I have been very fortunate to both travel there many times and to have lived there a number of years. It is in Africa that the art of capturing the present time and living in the moment is often elevated to supreme levels. It is my dream to have my senses experience intensely such moments, and on a bike!

Daniel Chemtov

Carbon based lifeform briefly passing through this world. Hoping to see as much of it as possible during that time.

Suzanne Stack

Retired veterinarian cycling and volunteering

Rene van Diepen

Patrick hilti, erin driver, rosalind plowman, christopher hayward, iasmin fernanda kormann da silva, nicole luiza kormann da silva, fernando antonio luiz da silva, charles fiebig, loes zijlmans, robert langmead, paul chapman-hatchett, niklaus hess, nigel barker.

I am a British/Australian living in rural South Australia. I work as a Lecturer for various universities around Australia and Asia but my real passion is having cycling adventures as often as I can. Whether it is road or trail cycling, being on a bike while seeing the world is when I am most comfortable. I complete most of my trips on my own but I am really looking forward to being with like minded people as we travel through Africa. Bring It On!

Colton Brydges

Inge van hecke, mark ormerod.

Life has always been about moments, having the time and experiencing the journey not stuff. I'm married to Maria 30 years my soulmate, with two girls 22 and 26 ( Independent at last ) and we live between the UK and Stockholm. Ive recently sailed across the South Pacific in 2020. It seems Travel has always been a fascination and i'ld like to get closer to 125 countries of interest before I POP my Clogs ! Tour D Afrique will complete two more ! I love sailing, mountaineering, hiking, ski touring, fly fishing and of course cycling non of which i'm particularly good at it's always been about the journey and the people along the way. Career has been mixed and lucky from washing dishes, working in a Pub and the Himalayan Rescue Association to the Computer and Telecoms industry. The experience of the trip and sharing the journey with you all sounds great.

Manfred Hoefert

This is the first time I'm participating in TDA organized tour and I'm really looking foward to it.

Dave Hudson

Alexandra morin dubé, karen chapman-hatchett, robert maxwell.

Outdoor adventurer looking for the next adventure.

Chris Morgan

Tom fitzgerald, gary van vuuren.

Born in Zimbabwe, South African, lived in the UK for 20 years Physicist Age: 58

Danielle Reed

Nicole akins, josefina gonzalez de oliveira.

Hello My name is Josefina Gonzalez. I'm from Brazil, Curitiba City, and I 56 years old.

Sabine Hoffmann

My husband and I live in Berlin and Italy with - sometimes - our two kids, who live actually in London and the US. We like to do sports of any kind and decided to do this bicycle trip for having fun, learn more about foreign areas and having some nature experience. I don`t like social media, which does not mean that I am not a social person.

Piers Van der Sluis

Charles bradshaw-smith.

Father of 4 who always wanted a gap year but never had the chance. So 40+ years later I'm finally doing it by combining my favourite pastime with my favourite continent. Club cyclist who likes a physical challenge shared with like minded people. Roll on 2026!

Maarten Borg

Matthew cobbett.

I am 69 married to Elizabeth (59) and we live a semi-rural lifestyle at Malandelas (Malkerns) in Eswatini with our grandson, Jordan (almost 3). Our extended family includes children and dependents in Eswatini, South Africa, France and the UK. Our core business is producing mandarins on a farm in Ohrigstad, South Africa. We are fortunate to also have a pristine wildnerness with amazing topography, vistas with game and brilliant birdlife. It is called Molapong. My dad bought no less than 10 bikes for me as a child and in the UK I cycled for years thru London to and from University. After a substantial hiatus the bug returned and recently I have been cycling in Nova Scotia, France and this year through Southern & Eastern Australia. Mostly alone. Now my goal is to share the overall experience and to become part of a group. Hence TDA. If my legs will support me and the health holds I am to explore several new areas - for the joy of exploration. I am relatively fit, largely fearless and keen to get out there. Italy in 2024 will be my first TDA tour. We communicate largely via whats app / messenger. Otherwise I avoid social media. (Dual UK, SA Citizenship with Eswatini residence)

Moshe Prachia

Razi arad prachia, pramod nambiar, jens graefe, maxime drouin.

Dear All: I've dream about this Africa bike trip for so many years ! I was part of the Silk Road expedition in 2008 ... and nothing has been the same since ! These expedition are just addictive - by far the best way to travel. I can't wait to meet you All - we will have so much FUN ! And sometimes ... little less fun ... goanna be challenging for sure - but it is all worth it. Cheers - Max

I am a crazy 58 year old lady from wonderful Switzerland. I do a lot of sports and I love to travel. Normally you will find me in the gorgeous Swiss Alps trailrunning, cross country skiing, hiking or cycling up the passes. Now one of my biggest dream comes true: My husband joins me on this bike trip. I have cycled already in the alps, the dolomites and the pyrenees. In 2010 I was on a Biketour in Southamerica and cycled up and down "The Andes". In 2014 I joined TDA for „The Hippie Trail“ in magical India and 2019 „The Bamboo Road“ in Asia.

samir aboulhouda

Chantal aboulhouda, marv hildebrand.

Happily retired, grateful for the opportunities I’ve had, and trying to make the most of QTR (quality time remaining).

Jeffrey Melichar

Ian burgess, maria victoria cardini.

Retired. Hobbies: travels, movies and technology

Dave Kenyon

I'm a Veterinarian currently living in the UK, having lived most of my life in South Africa. I enjoy the outdoors and like to run, swim and cycle. I've also done a bit of horse riding and played golf, but there's only so much time and you need to focus! My favourite pastime is scuba diving (I'm a PADI DM). I really love my work as a vet, but I'm 55 years old now and starting to look at retirement. My ultimate goal is to do the full Tour d'Afrique in 2027. I will be aged 59!! I did the second half of the Pub Ride (London to Copenhagen) in 2022 and absolutely loved it! So I'm booked to do the first half (Dublin to London) next year (2024) and I'm planning to do other European tours each year after that.

Jesse Sollinger

Anthony Rock

I'm a Canadian-American and split my time between urban urban life Brooklyn, NY and on the Northumberland Strait in Atlantic Canada. The Orient Express will be my 6th ride with TDA.

Andrew Sollinger

I am a retired emergency physician living in Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho. My wife and I have two kids, and after dropping our youngest off at college, we moved here so that we could have easy access to skiing, biking (both road and mountain), and hiking. My first taste of bike touring was when I joined a college buddy for just four days of his several month ride that went the length of the Mississippi River. I truly enjoyed the comaraderie and the travel. Seeing the countryside change fast enough to feel you were seeing new sights, but slowly enough to enjoy them seems the ideal way to explore; really looking forward to this first bike tour overseas on the Far East Tour.

Britton Morrell

I've been bike touring here and there as time permitted. I've done the Katy Trail, parts of the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota, The TransAmerica in 2017 with the ACA, Pacific Coast Northern Tier, Death Valley, two Ride the Rockies, and two Pedal the Plains. This year will be my first trip with TDA.,

Monte Bedford

Retired Research scientist as well as retired from a former career as professional musician/Professor of oboe. My residence is in South Carolina but am now spending most of my time in the Twin Cities, MN (soon to become a resident). Born in 1950, I have bicycled since before I can remember. Spent a couple of years road racing in college. Took a bicycle tour from Illinois to North Carolina, when I was 17, in 1967, which was before there were bicycle tours. I rode a '67 Peugeot 10-E (now in a museum). Since then, I ride wherever I happen to be. Bikes which I now most enjoy: Velo-Orange Campeur with Paul Comp mini-moto brakes (amazing). Milwaukee Feral (frame by Waterford Precision Cycles)--steel frame, hard tail mountain bike with 1x gearing, disc brakes, and suspension fork can be installed as needed. Surly Ice Cream Truck Fat tire. Fun! For TDA Global tours, now on order from Ben's Cycle: Milwaukee Bicycle Fugitive II (with VariWall THRMLX steel tubing by Waterford Precision) hard tail gravel bike, tire range: 35- 52. Waterford Precision is the 21st century reincarnation of Schwinn Paramount, FYI. My favorite saddle: Gilles Berthoud. I always ride with carbide studs when the snow arrives. Enjoy the ride, cheers! Monte

Monique Wiegel

Jessica castelyn.

We are keen sailors/adventurers and were watching Kirsten Neuschäfer compete and win the Golden Globe Race and it was mentioned she had cycled across Africa. We wanted to know more and quickly found TDA. We are now booked on the Cairo to Cape Town trip for 2027 and are super excited. My adventures include; Living in London at 17 and backpacking across Europe when I was 18. Did a Top Deck Tour of Russia/Scandi, participated in some awesome festivals, and lived on a Greek Island for a few months. Was crew on board a Square Rigged Tall Ship and spent a couple of years sailing around NZ & South Pacific Islands. Lived in Queenstown for 10 years, where I learned to ski. board and fly propellor planes. Competed in a few local fly-ins around the South Island. I also, brought my own yacht and sailed her along the Queensland Coast of Australia to Darwin and across to Kupang, the Flores Islands, and all the way north to Palawan in the Philippines. Sailing, Cycling, running, and big walking treks are what keep me busy these days. My husband John and I met in our early 40's and after living in the UK for a while, we now call Brisbane home.

I'm a UK-based 59 year old recreational cyclist and wage slave. With our three children on the cusp of independence my wife Kathie and I are looking forward to re-discover adventure. Cycling and Africa sounded like a winning combination and we're really looking forward to meeting everyone and sharing the ride!

Stacey Bailey Pauw

Hello All, I am fairly new to road cycling. I just started my fourth year and I can’t imagine traveling without a bike! My first TDA trip was the Trans Europa in 2020. Now I'm hooked, I love the TDA style of cycling. What I love most about traveling with my bicycle and TDA is that I meet locals who live off the beaten path in small villages. I also love tennis and hiking. My husband and I each brought two grown children from previous marriages, and we now have nine grandchildren. Although I spend a considerable amount of time traveling, I live in Banff, Canada, during the summer months and Arizona during the winter. I consider Arizona my home. My husband Wim and I look forward to meeting everyone! Cheers ~ Stacey

Born and raised in Utrecht ,NLD and moved to Canada in my early 20s. Have been living in Banff Alberta since 1971 and also have a residence in Scottsdale AZ. Me and my partner Nancy have travelled the world on our bicycles for the last 25 years but unfortunately she passed away July 2019 at a relatively young age (59). I promised her to keep on traveling with my bicycle so here I am doing another trip. Looking forwards to make new friends and enjoying life to it’s fullest .

Elisabeth van Disseldorp

Scott milton.

Retired public sector executive currently living in the Yukon in northern Canada. This tour has been a dream for many years and I am excited to be signed up! Let the training begin……

James Johnston

Amelia gambier, haden mcalpine.

Born and raised in New Zealand, moved to Australia as an adult, living in the Blue Mountains and Sydney. I've got a passion for travel and the outdoors. My career has been mostly in IT. My only visit to Africa was to South Africa as a 14-year-old in 96. It changed my outlook on life, and the abundance of life in Africa made me realise how small my life was. I've always dreamed of going back to Africa and this tour is the best way for me to see the country.

Royce Murphy

Birgit loppenthien.

Looking forward to a new TDA adventure. I was on Trans Himalaya in 2023, and had an amazing experience.

I’m Raul from Lisbon, Portugal. After a career in banking, I’ve retired in 2022 in order to enjoy life at a slower pace. Cycling different regions of the world is part of that plan. I’m looking forward to meeting all fellow riders.

Melanie Digney

I grew up mostly in the UK and have lived in BC for more than 30 years. I’ve always wanted to travel in Morocco and love the idea of exploring by bike. My husband and I met rafting and trekking in Nepal in the 1980s and our travels have included more trekking and diving than biking. A 12-day bike tour in Sri Lanka in 2022 whetted our appetites for a longer trip and here we are, on what is the first, hopefully, of several TDA tours. Looking forward to meeting other like-minded travellers and exploring this part of the world.

Drew Digney

I am a 58 year old trying to retire emergency doc from the east coast of Vancouver Island. Yes I am Melanie’s other half and love traveling the world with her since our meeting in Nepal many years ago. We have recently caught the bike bug and are looking forward to seeing Morocco up close and personal. Not being a fan of the 'all inclusive' I am looking forward to the days in the saddle, the smells of the sites and the evenings spent exploring and meeting new people from near and far.

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Ian montgomery, melanie gulliver.

Rachel Costello (United Kingdom)

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• JEWEL OF AFRICA
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• ELEPHANT HIGHWAY
• DUNES & ATLANTIC
• CAIRO TO CAPE TOWN
• CAIRO TO ASWAN
• KIGALI TO NAIROBI
• NAIROBI TO LILONGWE
• LILONGWE TO VICTORIA FALLS
• VICTORIA FALLS TO WINDHOEK
• WINDHOEK TO CAPE TOWN
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• MAR 24 TO APR 1
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• Mar 24 - Apr 1
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The highly anticipated early bird entries for the 2025 Absa Cape Epic sold out as soon as they became available. Since its inception in 2004, the Absa Cape Epic has consistently sold out, and this Monday was no exception. Many eager participants were poised and counting the seconds until registration opened at 3 pm.

A fitting and fine Grand Finale

Coetzenberg Stadium in Stellenbosch played host to a fitting final stage of the 20th Absa Cape Epic. The stage over 67km with 2000m of climbing saw dynamic, aggressive racing in all the categories and featured the coldest conditions of the week. The contrast to the heat of the week was fitting and indicative of what it takes to complete this race. Every rider who crossed the line at the Grand Finale after 603km and nearly 16 050m of climbing has a very special place in The Book of Legend.

After a week of tactical racing, the undisputed powerhouses of 2024 however, was the team of Matthew Beers and Howard Grotts (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne) winning two stages to lay claim to the Yellow Leader Jerseys and adding to the Specialized legacy and trophy cabinet.

Beers and Grotts Grab The Gold and Debut Delight For GHOST Factory Racing

Simon Schneller and Urs Huber (BULLS Mavericks) won Stage 7 - the Grand Finale - of the Absa Cape Epic men’s race, but it was Matt Beers and Howard Grotts of Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne who claimed the overall title at the 2024 event. 

In the Aramex Women’s Category, Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) won an eighth stage in a row on their way to the 2024 Absa Cape Epic title. By winning every stage of the 2024 race (the Prologue and seven stages), the Dutch-Swiss combo matched the performance of Laura Stigger and Sina Frei, who also won eight stages on their way to the 2021 title. 

With some tired bodies and minds amongst the elite riders - leader Matt Beers admitting to lack of sleep and stomach issues on the finish line - the early pace on the 67km, Stellenbosch Stage 7 loop was sedate by the past week’s standards.

Cool Temperatures, Hot Racing

A damp, cool morning in Stellenbosch provided a welcome respite from a week of blistering temperatures for riders on the penultimate stage of the Absa Cape Epic. Stage 6 was a testing challenge over 87km with 2400 metres of climbing featuring some of the spectacular singletrack trail network in the Stellenbosch Winelands. The route saw riders pass twice through Muratie Wine Estate in the Knorhoek Valley on the slopes of Simonsberg Mountain. From there it took in some of Dirtopia’s best riding, before heading for Stellenbosch along Morgenhof’s new singletracks. The Idas Valley trails provided a last treat before the final test up the steep Botmaskop climb before they came home to the spectacular race village in the natural amphitheatre that is Coetzenberg. 

Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne and GHOST Factory racing once again dominated their categories, winning the stage and extending their leads in the overall general classification at the same time, while there were loads of punctures and mechanicals behind them. The attrition continued further back in the field proving just why this race is not over until you roll over the line at the Grand Finale.

Penultimate Stage Proves Pivotal At 2024 Absa Cape Epic

It appears that only major disasters can prevent Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne (Matt Beers and Howard Grotts) and GHOST Factory Racing (Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller) from winning the Men’s and Aramex Women’s Category respectively at the 2024 Absa Cape Epic.

On the 87km Stage 6 in Stellenbosch, the event’s penultimate day of racing, Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne and GHOST Factory racing once again dominated their categories, winning the stage and extending their leads in the overall general classification at the same time.

Beers and Grotts go into Sunday’s Stage 7, known as the Grand Finale, nine minutes clear of second-placed World Bicycle Relief (Nino Schurter and Sebastian Fini) in the general classification, while in the Aramex Women’s Category, Terpstra and Koller hold a lead of just under four minutes over Cannondale Factory Racing (Candice Lill and Mona Mitterwallner) with the final day of racing to come.

Chasing Legends: Sergey Yakubanets On A Journey To An Epic Legends Medal

When the field rolled off the start line at the Prologue in Lourensford on Sunday 17 March, there were 11 Epic Legends ‘in waiting’ who took to the trails in a bid to add yet another Epic Series finish to their palmarès and add their names to the Legends Hall of Fame. One of those almost legends was Swiss masters rider Sergey Yakubanets.

Between Yakubanets and his unique Epic Legend medal, lay some 603 Untamed kilometres and some 16050 metres of climbing. Epic Legend status is reserved for riders who have completed three Epic Series Legend events, including an Absa Cape Epic. Yakubanets had completed five Spar Swiss Epics and the Andorra Epic before coming to the Southern tip of Africa to ride the pinnacle of the Epic Series, the Absa Cape Epic.

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The Absa Cape Epic is held in a place where anything can happen: Africa.

Wild and open, sometimes inhospitable and other times staggeringly beautiful, this land both tests and surprises all who tackle its ungroomed trails. When the sounds of the cicadas are harsher than the heat they proclaim, when icy mornings lead to driving rain, you can be certain that both equipment and spirit will be pushed to the limit. In this place, where roads hardened year-round by the sun can turn to quicksand overnight, you and your partner will be challenged mentally, physically and emotionally. 

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The Big Guide to Bikepacking & Touring in East Africa

As intimidating as it may sound to the uninitiated, bikepacking in Africa can be an incredible experience. As a planning resource for those seeking adventure in the Motherland, here is our full guide to bikepacking and touring east Africa. Complete with travel tips and Logan’s full kit list as used on the Trans-Uganda bikepacking expedition…

Back in 2013 we took a big bike trip from Cape Town, South Africa to Tanzania. You’d think that a single big African cycling excursion would be enough for one lifetime. And for some folks, I’m sure it would be. For others, the allure of Africa is irresistible. To quote an elderly British woman who we met in our travels in Uganda, “There’s something about Africa that just gets in your blood.” For her, this feeling has kept her on the continent for over 50 years. For us, it meant a return for a second trip to the motherland after only a 1 ½ year absence… and we’ll likely go back in the not too distant future. Why did we go back? That’s a question we’ve been asked many times and by many people, including friends, family, fellow bikepackers, and many of the local people we’ve met along the way. It’s a fair question, I suppose. Traveling by bicycle in Africa is a challenge. Over 25 percent of its landmass is covered in desert, while the jungles and rift valleys of equatorial East Africa can be exquisitely hot and humid. There are dangerous animals, scary viruses and parasites, and, unfortunately, regions and people who experience seemingly ceaseless conflict. Many Africans suffer from extreme poverty and hunger, often the result of political “mismanagement” of their country’s capital. Pedaling there can be, and often is, difficult, exhausting, and sometimes even sad. So, what’s the draw? The short answer is, that despite all of its baggage, the Africa we’ve experienced can also be sublimely beautiful, joyful, and bursting with life like nowhere else we’ve ever been. It is full of wild places, wonderful people, and can be a great place for off-road bike exploration which yields experiences comparable to nothing else on the planet.

Folks have often asked how we’ve planned our multiple excursions into the African continent. To answer such inquiries, and serve as a compliment to several routes on the site, including our own Trans-Uganda, here is our guide. Naturally, it starts with the bike and gear (a full gear list as used on our last trip), scattered with tips for planning a similar trip. Then find ‘Where to Go’ with several routes we recommend, and ‘Travel Basics’, a section with insight regarding immunizations, visas, and other logistical hurdles. As always, we welcome other tips and insight in the comments section to help evolve this resource over time. The Best Bike for Africa? The most popular question we get involves the choosing a bicycle for such an expedition. To get even more granular, we’ll go straight to tire size. If there’s anywhere you should consider sticking to the old-school standards, it’s much of Africa. 26” tires are the ruling party there and it’s often difficult to source even 700c tubes or spare tires in much of the eastern part of the continent — aside from scattered cities, and South Africa where 29ers are prevalent and 27.5″ tires are even catching on. With that said, I’ve traveled, all told, for over six months in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Lesotho, Malawi, and Rwanda on 29+ (29×3″) tires. Ultimately, 29+ is a great bikepacking platform. The added floatation for sandy stretches, the extra circumference and volume for cushion (especially when run tubeless), and the additional traction make it the benchmark for off-road exploration. However because this is certainly beyond old-school, there is a risk versus reward factor with this decision. As such, you’ll find a substantial amount of kit dedicated to tire repair in the Tools and Spares list further down the page. It is worth noting that if you do choose to use plus tires, using 35mm rims allows the ability to substitute a standard 700c tire in the event of a disaster — which may or may not be hard to source depending on your exact location; on my first trip to Africa I carried a spare light 29er tire, just in case (in hindsight this was pretty silly). To illustrate the most infallible choice — if I were to choose a tire and wheel for a never-ending circumnavigation of the continent, per se — it would be a bicycle with 26″ x 35mm rims using a 2.8″ wide tire. This would provide the added floatation and cushion of a plus-size tire bike and access to plenty of spares should the need arise. The 35mm rims would comfortably fit 2.0 or 2.2″ tires that might be found en route. On the same token, Africa is a good place to go suspension free… so another case for higher volume tires.

Regarding the actual bike, theoretically, any bike will do. But if there’s ever a time to put a lot of thought into your rig, it’s parts, and required tools, it’s when planning a trip to Africa. The typical local bicycles found in much of Africa are low-cost, steel-frame bikes imported from China that are basic in operation. Most have a one-speed drivetrain with a massive chain, a coaster brake, bolt on hubs, and standards that likely won’t match anything on a modern touring or bikepacking rig brought from Europe or the US. Consequently, the tools and spares available in most roadside shops fit these bikes — wrenches, screwdrivers, and such. It is far less likely to find specialized bike tools required for various bottom brackets, hubs, and cassettes. However, there are parts and tools to be found — although very few and far between — that can jive with old standards (think 100mm front, 135mm rear, and of course, 26in wheels/tires). Even so, it’s best to have a reliable bike with the appropriate parts and spares needed to serve you for the duration of your trip. For both of our trips I chose to bring the durable, [somewhat] standards-friendly bike, the comfortable, and venerable Surly ECR (or Epic Continent Rambler as I dubbed it). And as we were traveling two, on the last trip we outfitted Gin with the Salsa Deadwood. Both with similar standards, spare parts, and setups. In my opinion, a steel frame bike with a minimal bikepacking kit is absolutely ideal for touring in Africa. A steel frame is rugged and repairable in the event of a catastrophe. And, one of the beautiful things about bikepacking style bag setup — versus panniers — is that it doesn’t rely on racks… and that’s one less thing to worry about breaking. Not to mention the weigh savings and the fact that riding your bike will actually feel like you are riding a bike, instead of pedaling a tank. Lastly, we both ran Rohloff drivetrains on both trips in Africa. I don’t regret that choice a bit. The ever-present dirt and dust still required a regular chain cleanings, but without derailleurs we had less to worry about.

Tip #1: Stick to the standards.

While my bike of choice for other trips has recently translated to a hardtail with Boost spacing and other ‘new school’ standards, if there ever was a place to have a steel 135mm/100mm rigid and rugged bike, it’s Africa. Especially in a remote and rather isolated country such as Uganda. We’ve twice found ourselves in parts conundrums in Africa. Once in Zambia when Gin took a nice spill and bent her drive side crank. Luckily, the Zambians are an efficient and ingenious lot, and team of three was able to hammer it back from a banana shape to perfectly straight. The second was in Rwanda when my first generation Shutter Precision Dynamo lost a bearing. Had it not been for the mechanics at the Team Rwanda cycling center, our trip may have ended early or I’d have been riding a curiously skinny wheel and tire on the front of my ECR. There are essentially very few modern mountain bike parts in many East African countries, aside from South Africa. In addition, shipping anything to these countries is almost completely out of the question. Take Team Rwanda for instance, they get all their mountain bike and road bike parts by having the chief mechanic fly to the US and fly parts back in suitcases and bike boxes.

Tip #2: Combine efforts.

One of the great things about traveling as a couple is the ability to share gear carrying duties. I usually pack the heavier gear, such as the tent and tool/parts kit, and Gin takes the kitchen. This helps each of us save space to allow for a more full kit (and plenty of room for food) while maintaining a relatively svelte bikepacking style setup. In addition, using bikes with the same drivetrains and fittings helps minimize tools and spares.

A Bikepacking Kit, fit for Africa Dialing in the perfect bikepacking kit requires a bit of foresight and clairvoyance into the place you’ll be traveling. Factors include the surfaces you’ll riding on, weather and temperatures, where and how often you’ll be camping, how long you intend on traveling, and of course, what types of parts, spares, supplies, and amenities will be available — or in the case of much of Africa, not available. This particular kit was created specifically for the Trans-Uganda expedition. Even though we’d cycled in east Africa just a few years back, it took a lot of thought to choose the right gear for the trip. And as with every gear kit I’ve assembled for previous trips, it was lighter, leaner, and generally more efficient than its predecessor. I will note that it’s a little heavy considering my self-imposed burden, camera gear and the requisite tangle of cords and related electronics that go along with it. But for the most part, this kit is relatively minimal and versatile. Here’s a detailed list of everything I carried, and why. Given that this was our second trip in east Africa I had the luxury of knowing what to expect. As such, there’s not much I’d change. Under each category you’ll find additional thoughts and tips related to it. Bikepacking Bags A long trip on foreign soil requires a luggage kit slightly above and beyond a sleek, ultralight race setup, especially when there’s photography equipment involved. I knew we’d be rained on; it’s inevitable in East Africa, so I wanted a couple of the bags to be completely waterproof. The waxed canvas DIY long flap saddlebag is generally weatherproof and I had it mounted up front with a Salsa Minimalist rack (now defunct). In the back I used the Porcelain Mr. Fusion Seat Pack , a waterproof and removable dry bag and accompanying harness. For a similar saddlebag available for purchase, make sure to check out the Large Fabio’s Chest Saddlebag by Ultraromance . Framebag Porcelain Rocket Orbiter Seat Pack Porcelain Rocket Mr. Fusion V2 Handlebar Bag DIY longflap saddlebag Top tube bag Bedrock Dakota Stem bag Revelate Mountain Feedbag Stem bag (lg) Porcelain Rocket DSLR SLinger Rear top tube bag Revelate Jerry Can Salsa Anything cage/bag For food and overflow Notes: This was a very solid kit. The large roll-top bag tends to feel a little heavy up front, especially when paired with a DSLR in the Porcelain Rocket DSLR Slinger. Unfortunately, Porcelain Rocket no longer makes the Orbiter frame pack, but they now offer the similar — and superior — 52Hz Waterproof Frame Pack . It’s worth noting that while the DSLR Slinger is a nice, convenient bag/location for a camera, anytime you store a camera on the handlebars, it take a beating from the perpetual bumps that dirt roads can dish out. Such a bag is great for avoiding a backpack; just be aware that you should have a long bike so your knees won’t be encumbered. Tip #3: Don’t wear a backpack, but bring one. This is the second big trip I’ve taken where I brought a packable backpack, or ‘stuff-pack’ as they are sometimes called. This one was the Hyperlite Stuff Pack; it packs up small and weighs nearly nothing. I found having it was invaluable when we needed to carry extra food and water. In addition, it serves as a good accessory to carry gear off the bike. Read more about this and other backpacks here .

Clothing In Africa you will get dusty, muddy, sopping wet, and there will be week-long stretches without the option for a shower. For such conditions, merino wool is key. It’s great for day after day riding and promises to remain odor-free. This clothing list was handpicked based on bugs, weather, and staying visible. On the bike: Riding Shorts NZO Dobies Anti-bacterial tshirt Icebreaker Tech T Merino Wool Anti-bacterial Undies Icebreaker Merino Wool boxer briefs Lightweight Wool Socks Surly Block 5” Socks Riding/travel Shoes Five Ten Guide Tennies Helmet Bell Supermoto Off the bike: Lightweight Pants Patagonia Quandary pants (lightweight, durable) Thin Travel Shirt Prana Ascension (lightweight travel shirt) Lightweight Merino Baselayer Surly Wool Raglan shirt (lightweight anti-microbial layer) Tshirt Cotton T Lightweight Socks Giro Merino Wool Camp shoes Crocs Towel DIY Linen towel Dryer Mesh bag for air drying Spare Undies Exofficio boxers Lightweight Rain Jacket Montbell Versalite Minimal Down Jacket Montbell Anorak Notes: I found this clothing kit to be nearly perfect. NZO shorts are bar-none for quality. Five Ten’s Guide Tennies are probably the best travel shoe out there. And the Surly merino socks held up through six weeks in Spain and two months in Africa. In addition, Icebreaker merino tech Ts are excellent, although don’t expect to get over four months out of one if that’s your only riding shirt. Had it been a shorter trip, I’d have ditched the Surly Raglan shirt. I only wore the latter twice. It’s a great travel shirt, but I could have made due with just the Montbell Anorak. For me, off the bike clothing in Africa means long sleeves and long pants, both for mosquitos and sun protection. The Patagonia Quandary pants along with a super lightweight long sleeve shirt (Prada Ascension) make a comfortable outfit, even when it’s hot. Tip #4: Linen makes a great towel. One great addition to this kit was the DIY towel that Gin came up with. She made one for each of us from a 2×2′ (0.6 meters sq) piece of linen; it weighs nothing, takes up very little space, and gets you almost all the way dry after a shower or wash off. Tip #5: Bring a bright color [wool] jersey; just not blue. Drivers in most of Africa are crazy. While most of our time in Uganda and Rwanda were off the main roads and on dirt tracks and footpaths, there will always be a couple stretches where there is traffic. So as with any other trip, wear brighter colors and lights to be seen. In addition, much of Africa can be hot and muggy. And there are often long stretches without a shower. Wool is king in these types of conditions. The natural antimicrobial properties of merino are a lifesaver. I often bring an Icebreaker Tech T Lite in orange or red. Don’t bring blue as it attracts tsetse flies, and there is nothing worse than fending off tsetses on a bike. Camping/Sleeping There are a lot of camping opportunities in East Africa. Whether in a village, on someone’s farm, or wild camping, we pitched our tent frequently. Regarding wild animals (see more below under Travel basics), there are obviously many places you don’t camp, but for the adventurous, there are often campsites in or on the edge of parks where tent camping is an option and there is a chance of experiencing animals up close and personal. There are all kinds of stories floating around about people’s camping experiences in remote locations in east Africa. One that stands out actually came from National Geographic about a lady solo camping near the Malawi-Tanzania border (a place near where we had cycled on our previous trip). As she was in her tent shortly after dusk, a lion stopped by, yawned, and laid down on the edge of her tent… on her arm. She was able to remain still and quiet, and eventually fell asleep. When she woke up the lion was gone. The closest we got to this was having a hyena walk through camp making horrifying noises. Either way, the wives’ tale is that most animals ignore people in tents. On a smaller scale, there are an infinite number of bizarre bugs in Africa, so having a netted shelter is a necessity. 3p Tent Big Agnes Fly Creek UL3 Summer-rated Sleeping Bag Enlightened Equipment Enigma 40° Sleeping Pad Thermarest NeoAir Lite Pillow Big Agnes inflatable Pillow Notes: I’ve grown quite attached to my Big Agnes Pillow. It’s been on every trip I’ve taken since 2012… pretty impressive. The Thermarest NeoAir is a great sleeping pad; I’ve since switched to the Sea to Summit UL Sleeping Mat though. A 40° sleeping bag is perfect for this type of trip too. Read why as well as a review of the EE Enigma here . Tip #6: Traveling two? Bring a tent for three. Most folks familiar with backpacking tents know that a two person tent isn’t really ideal for two people. We’ve opted for a 3p tent on most trips. Having space for gear is usually a good idea in many camping situations, especially those involving public spaces. Seven times out of 10 you’ll have an audience as you set up your tent, and as soon as you wake up, so it’s comforting having your valuables inside the tent, or at least tucked away in the vestibule. We’ve found the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL 3 to have a nice blend of lightweight and spacious characteristics. It’s also held up through both of our big trips in Africa.

Kitchen, Food and Water Food types and availability differ from country to country, but restaurants and street vendors are generally inexpensive options and can often found near towns, cities, and sometimes in smaller villages. Even so, we found camp cooking to be a regular activity in east Africa. Pasta was a staple that could usually be found in small village shops. Otherwise, in larger towns there are often Chinese run shops with an odd assortment of things. Often it was up to our imagination, but cooking is a necessity. Fresh fruits and vegetables are plentiful in East Africa. Cucumber and tomato salads are a refreshing option. Fresh pineapples are amazing too, albeit a little difficult to strap to the bike. Small stores carry cookies, candies, and groundnuts (peanuts). In Uganda, the Rolex, a fried omelette rolled in thick chapatti, was our go-to source of calories. Even in the most run-down tiny town someone will be cooking these on the side of the road. As for “eating out”, expect to eat a large portion of ground maize(pap or ugali) or green banana(matoke) with every meal. In most East African villages (or sometimes in between) you will often find a working hand-pump well, so access to water is not a big issue generally speaking. We always filter our water, as sanitation is an ongoing problem in this part of the world. We’ve heard a few horror stories about various amoeba and parasites that people have experienced while traveling there. This required a two-fold approach for water that wasn’t not crystal clear — first with the Sawyer Mini squeeze filter and then following with UV Steripen. If the water was clear we simply used the Steripen liberally. The Sawyer filters most bacteria and the Steripen zaps viruses. Here is our full camp kitchen. Pot Vargo Titanium 1.3L Titanium (good size for two people) Alchohol Stove Vargo Triad Windscreen Vargo folding windscreen Mug Snow Peak Titanium Bowls Two nested GSI plastic bowls Plate Snow Peak Titanium Fuel (alcohol) Storage REI plastic flask Cleaning GSI Compact Scraper Coffee MSR travel coffee filter Water bottles 3 Zefyl 1L bottles, 1 Klean Kanteen 22oz Filtration Steripen (USB rechargeable), Sawyer Mini squeeze filter and bag Additional Storage Platy 3L bladder Other Bic Lighter, cloth, flint, GSI S&P Notes: I was unimpressed with the Vargo Triad stove. It didn’t burn fuel nearly as well as the Trangia we brought on previous trips, and it doesn’t have a simmer option. For those reasons I have since gone back to the Trangia. The GSI Compact Scraper is clutch. And, REI flask bottles are a great way to stow fuel; although any plastic bottle will do in a pinch when using an alcohol burner. Tip #7: Look for purple fuel. So far, in every country we’ve visited in east Africa — South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania — it’s fairly easy to source reliable alcohol stove fuel. It usually comes in plastic bottles that resemble a small bottle of water, only the fuel is tinted purple (to warn people to avoid consumption). Surprisingly, we found it available in many stores, even in small villages. Tip #8: Plan for a lot of water capacity. Africa consists of many different microclimates and geographical conditions. As such, we found throughout our travels that water is generally unpredictable — from Cape Town all the way up to northern Uganda. But, there’s usually a well somewhere in or near every village. There are many NGOs that build these wells, and they are often dependable, but occasionally dry. Three liters has been a good baseline for carrying capacity, although in desert regions, such as the Karoo, we often carried 10 liters or more between two of us. I would typically recommend a carrying capacity of 5-8 per bike. I had three on my ECR ( two with this hack , and two with this one on a prior trip ) as well as a foldable 3-liter Platy bag that I could use in my lightweight packable backpack. Also consider Wolf Tooth’s B-RAD system . Tip #9: Water filtration X 2. Typically on less adventurous trips, I might carry just one type of filter. For our trips in Africa we’ve carried both a Steripen and a Sawyer. And often, we used both. There are lots of amoeba and bacteria, even in well water, so properly removing bacteria and viruses was a must for us. Tools, Spares, etc. As mentioned, don’t underestimate how hard it is to get bike parts in east Africa. Here’s our complete tool and spares list… Allen wrenches Park Tool (full set) Additional tools PDW 3wrencho, tool for crank bolt, Torx tools Chainbreaker removed from Crank Bros tool Bolts Assorted spare bolts Tire repair Patches, boots, 2 bottles Orange Seal, lever, needle/thread, super glue Brake pads 2 spare sets Cables 2 cables for Rohloff or brakes (stored in handlebar tube) Tubes 2 spare 29er tubes Spokes 1 of each in seat post tube Additional repair pipe clamp, several zip ties, electrical tape, Gorilla tape, super glue Tire Repair super glue, needle/thread Additional Spares Chain, Quicklinks, valve stem, bottle chain lube Tip #10: Think through required tools. Just as you shouldn’t underestimate how hard it is to get parts, think the same way about tools. We found ourselves in Zambia in need of a crank-puller. While this isn’t a tool I’d carry, it was nearly impossible to find. We got lucky. So make sure you think of your parts and what tools are required to make repairs or adjustments. Also see our Bikepacking Repair Kit post . Tip #11: Consider your drivetrain. On our last two trips in Africa we’ve chosen to run a Rohloff drivetrain, both for reliability and ease of maintenance. The Rohloff is generally bombproof so you don’t have to fret about extra derailleur hangers and such. In addition, keeping a chain clean is far easier with a single ring setup. Tip #12: As always, go tubeless. Our first time in Africa, we used standard tubes impregnated with a little Stan’s sealant. This didn’t cut it. There are thorns, Acacia, and tons of other things out there to threaten tires. A true tubeless setup is key. Here’s our guide to Traveling Tubeless .

Gadgets Lastly, for reference, my list of electronics and gadgets. With mobile data on the rise in much of Africa, even in rural towns, there are plenty of options for connecting to the the outside world. Several mobile companies — these differ depending on country — offer pay as you go cards and some hotels have wifi (although it’s often terribly slow, depending on where you are). You are best to rely on mobile data. Photography Canon 6d, 135mm f/2, 24-70mm f/4, SD cards, charger, 2 spare batteries Entertainment Kindle, headphones for iPhone, pencils/sketchbook, binoculars Charging Sinewave Revolution/Dynamo, small Lime cache battery, cords Lights Black Diamond Revolt (USB), PDW blinkie light Navigation Small Garmin (recording), iPhone/Gaia GPS Other Buff, sunglasses Tip #13: Books/guides. If you are reader, and/or need to carry guidebooks, the Kindle makes a great travel companion. Lonely Planet guidebooks are somewhat helpful for information regarding travel logistics and most are available in eBook format (or on Apple iPhone). Tip #14: All you need is a phone. I am a complete convert to using my only my iphone for GPS navigation. Gaia GPS makes a great tool; and with the base maps downloaded in advance, the iPhone can be left in Airplane mode run on a single charge for up to a week. Here’s our guide for using a Smartphone as GPS . Another great resource, although sometimes outdated, is Tracks4Africa.

Where to go As mentioned, Africa has a wealth of options for dirt-road bikepacking, gravel adventures, and even single track footpath exploration; there are infinite possibilities as far as creating a great route. When we designed the Trans-Uganda, we looked for dirt roads and footpaths connecting villages; there was no shortage of either. For reference, here are few east Africa routes we have in our database: Trans-Uganda (1312mi/2111km, 40 days) This 1,312 mile epic loop delivers an unforgettable experience via a mix of singletrack trails, jeep tracks, and the most rugged dirt roads on the continent… all the while passing through the sights and landscapes that makes Uganda ‘The Pearl of Africa’. Congo Nile Trail, Rwanda (160mi/257km, 5 days) One of the best bikepacking routes in East Africa, Rwanda’s Congo Nile Trail traverses a scenic stitchwork of dirt roads, lakeside singletrack, and a rerouted pass through the forested Nyungwe National Park. This a bucket list ride for any bikepacker, and a great introduction to Africa for those yet to pedal in the motherland. Dragon’s Spine, South Africa (2500mi/4023km, 60 days) The Dragon’s Spine route passes 2500mi across South Africa connecting the Cape winelands to the expansive karoo, up to the “roof of Africa” in the Lesotho Highlands and down to the Limpopo River at the doorstep of the rest of this wild continent. Nyika National Park, Malawi (141mi/227km, 3 days) Accessed by just a single rough dirt road, Malawi’s largest national park is easily the most enchanting place in the country. Towering at over 2500m above sea level, the 3200 sq km park’s sublime grassland flashes with zebra, Roan antelope, eland, bush pig, 400 species of bird, and over 200 species of orchid. The perfect place to ride a bike! Warning. Not for the timid. Western Cape Passes, South Africa (473mi/761km, 9 days) A wonderful bikepacking route on mostly gravel and dirt roads weaving in and out of the Swartberg and Cape Fold ranges. This particular route climbs over and through more than 15 named passes and poorts. Inner Traverse, Lesotho (128mi/206km, 3 days) Albeit slightly fragmented (we’d like to go back and creat a fuller route in Lesotho), this is an incredible off-road route that dishes out quad-wrenching climbs, yields magical flowey tracks through hillside villages, and culminates with an epic descent down the legendary Sani Pass.

Travel Basics If you are planning to bikepack anywhere in Africa, be prepared for the inevitable comments and questions that well-meaning friends and family will ask. Are you crazy? Do you have a death wish? What about all the diseases you could catch? What about all of the lions? Aren’t you worried about getting kidnapped? Lots of people have skewed perceptions of Africa. Africa is the second largest continent on the planet, and it is an incredibly beautiful and amazing patchwork of geological, political, ethnic, social, and biological diversity. For a myriad of reasons too complex to tackle here, Africa, as a whole, is often seen as a dangerous place. Of course there are regions of the immense continent that are best avoided. Those locations change over time, so it is always wise to do a little homework regarding the current political and social situation in the areas where you plan to travel. The US Department of State’s website lists current travel advisories by country. Note: Take these warnings at your own logical discretion. In our opinion, they seem to have been a little sensationalized as of late. All of that being said, we have never felt threatened over the course of our travels in East Africa. On the contrary, we have experienced amazingly warm and friendly people who, given the opportunity, will go out of their way to make you feel at home. There may be some unwanted attention at times (Ok, maybe a lot of attention most of the time), but it’s all in the spirit of curiosity, and isn’t that why you are there as well? Members of the LGBTQ community should also be aware that in eastern Africa, particularly in Uganda, recent evangelical-led campaigns against homosexuality have resulted in a high level of homophobia sometimes resulting in violence. Consequently, discretion is vital.

Vaccinations and Immunizations We advise you to visit a travel clinic at least 4-6 weeks prior to your departure, so that you have ample to time to receive any vaccinations you may need. Many vaccinations require multiple doses for optimal effectiveness, and certain vaccinations should not be given at the same time as others. Also, it can take some time to develop post-inoculation immunity. If your travel plans don’t allow for such a visit, please refer to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for information related to traveler’s health. On the website, you can find suggested vaccinations by country. Armed with that information, contact the health department, clinics, or medical providers in your area to see who carries the specified vaccines. As a last ditch effort, it is possible to receive some vaccinations en-route to East Africa. However, keep in mind that a Yellow Fever certificate of vaccination becomes valid 10 days after the date of receiving the vaccination. Visit this site for a list of airport hubs offering Yellow Fever and other travel-related vaccinations. In general, make sure you’re up-to-date on all routine vaccinations. These vaccines include measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis(DTP) vaccine, varicella vaccine (for those of you who’ve never had chickenpox), polio vaccine, and your yearly flu shot. Note, the flu is endemic year-round in most of Africa. If you have health insurance (in the US) or live in a country with universal healthcare, you should be able to receive these vaccinations at no cost. Additionally, in the UK, typhoid, hep A, and cholera are usually available free of charge on the NHS. It’s smart to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A and typhoid as both can be contracted from contaminated food and water, something you can’t always control if you like to eat out. Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is also something to consider. Hep B can be contracted through sexual contact, contaminated needles, and blood products, so CDC recommends this vaccine if you might have sex with a new partner, get a tattoo or piercing, or have any medical procedures during the course of your travels. Rabies Rabies vaccinations are pretty pricey (at least in the US), but for cyclists, they may be worth the investment. Human rabies is almost always fatal and finding timely post-exposure treatment in off-the-beaten-path east Africa is far from a sure bet. Preventative vaccination can provide inoculated individuals who have been exposed to the virus with enough time to reach the help they need as well as shortening the period of time and number of injections they would need for treatment. Yellow fever Yellow fever is the only disease specified in the WHO’s International Health Regulations(IHR) for which countries may require proof of vaccination from travellers as a condition of entry. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi all require proof of vaccination from those individuals arriving from countries with risk of transmission, even if that risk was limited to the time they spent in a country’s airport. To see the CDC’s list of countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, click here . *Remember to carry your Yellow Card, the documentation that provides proof of vaccination, with you. It may not always be requested by immigration officials, but if it is, you’ve got to have it. All of the vaccinations can be quite expensive. Take advantage of any free vaccinations you can receive. Hint to Americans… It may be worth planning an extended layover in a city or country where vaccines can be acquired at more reasonable rates. The websites listed actually have the prices for vaccines listed. For pricing in the US, call a local provider. http://www.travelhealth.ie/Prices/ – in Dublin http://www.citydoc.org.uk/travel-clinic-fees/ – in London http://traveldoctor.co.za/price-list-johannesburg/ – in Johannesburg Malaria Prevention is the best medicine. Avoid getting bitten by mosquitos. Wearing long pants tucked into socks and insect repellents that contain at least 20% DEET, max 50% is highly advisable. We like Ben’s Wipes and find that one wipe is large enough for two people. Consider treating clothing and gear, such as tents, with permethrin. Be aware of peak mosquito hours. The peak biting times for many mosquito species is dusk to dawn. However, Aedes aegypti, one of the mosquitoes that transmits yellow fever virus, feeds during the daytime. When staying indoors, opt for screened or air conditioned rooms. A strong fan can also help. Choosing the right anti-malarial depends upon the destination and the individual. In East Africa the species of malaria that is transmitted is chloroquine resistant. Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone), doxycycline, or mefloquine (Lariam) are the recommended prophylaxes. Each medication has its own benefits and drawbacks. We have used Malarone without any problems, and our insurance has covered the cost.

Visas and Red Tape Visas are required from tourists of most nationalities in order to enter any of the East African countries. The visa situation can be a bit confusing, so it’s a good idea to check out each country’s embassy website for the most up-to-date information. If you are only planning to travel in a single country, apply for the visa online in advance of your arrival. If you plan on visiting Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda or any two of these countries, you should plan on obtaining an East African Tourist (EAT) Visa. Neither Tanzania nor Burundi participate in the EAT visa program at this time. The country that issues your visa must be your first port of entry. The Ugandan and Rwandan embassies each have links to their electronic visa applications. At this time, it appears that the electronic version must be used for entry into Rwanda. For Uganda, the EAT visa is the only visa that you can still apply for upon entry to the country, although it would be preferable to apply online in advance of arrival. If your first point of entry will be Kenya, you can obtain this visa upon arrival to the airport in either Nairobi or Mombasa. It may be helpful and speed the immigration process if you complete the downloadable application for Kenya’s standard tourist visa and bring it with you to the airport. The cost of the visa is $100 cash (if paying upon arrival), and it can be issued for 30,60, or 90 days, all with multiple entries. Be sure to request the 90 day, otherwise you will likely be issued a visa for 30 days. At Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, immigration may insist you provide a copy of an itinerary proving onward travel in East Africa. Strictly speaking, this is not a requirement of the East Africa Tourist Visa. However, you are advised to bring an itinerary (fabricated or even loosely accurate) with you. It is also helpful, and sometimes necessary, to show evidence that you will indeed be traveling to additional countries covered by the visa. A bus ticket, return flight ticket, or hotel reservation(s), which could be cancelled at a later date, are all good things to have on hand when dealing with immigration officials. Screenshots should work. Consider carrying a couple of extra passport sized photos with you just in case you need them, and REMEMBER to bring along your Yellow Book.

Getting cash ATMs are widely available in the largest towns throughout South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. If you frequently travel internationally, look into getting a Charles Schwab account to save money on ATM withdrawal fees, which can add up quickly. At many ATMs, individuals can choose to receive either USD or local currency. We recommend getting USD from ATMs and exchanging them for local currency as needed. It is critical to have some local currency on hand in these countries. Small village stores will not accept US dollars or credit cards. US dollars can, however, be used in many hotels and are the required form of currency at many game parks. Another, perhaps safer, way of accessing cash is by using your phone. M-PESA, MTN Mobile Money, Tigo Cash, and Airtel Money are mobile financial services that turn their user’s mobile phones into mobile bank accounts. These services are linked to particular cell carriers. With a passport, travelers can register for a local cell provider SIM card. Depending on the country, different providers have a larger share of the marketplace. Choose a popular carrier, and you are bound to find a mobile money affiliate just about anywhere you might need one.

Wild Animals And last, but not least. One common concern about cycling in Africa is its wild animals. And yes there are many, both small and large. However, the animal that is most likely to cause problems for cyclists in East Africa is the mosquito, first runner-up tsetse flies, second, the baboon. Tsetse flies won’t be a nuisance everywhere — mostly around or in parks or game reserves — but when they come around, watch out. Their bite is painful and potentially dangerous. To ward off the flies, wear neutral-colored clothing. Tsetses are attracted to bright colors and very dark colors. Blue and black seem to be their favorites. As for big game — as mentioned in the Camping/Sleeping section above — they are mostly confined to reserves and parks. That doesn’t mean they are always fenced in, but most of the time risk is fairly predictable. However, on our trips we’ve had to stop to wait for elephants crossing a road, been visited by hyena in the night, chased around camp by a giant spider, and once we were told to “STOP!” because there were “too many lions” . And then there are plenty of stories, such as hyenas chewing on tires, cyclists being chased by elephants (which will usually outrun you and likely result in a fatal finale), and plenty of black mamba sightings. Even so, the chance of a run in with big game is unlikely unless you are in or near a game park or preserve, which often don’t allow cycling, although there are a few exceptions which we sought out for some stupid reason. We chose to take the risk in Nyika National Park , but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. The only [semi-dangerous] animal we regularly encountered otherwise was the baboon. Hint, a slingshot gesture will usually send them running. Or, carry a slingshot. Although, I once waved a stick at one and it proceeded to come toward me with teeth gnashing. All in all, use common sense and ask locals. They are usually very helpful… except in the case (photo below, right) where the family at this store, just before we entered Nyika National Park, gave us a song and dance about how were were going to die from elephants crushing us… Yep, they made a song and dance about it; gotta love Africa.

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A Brief Guide to Bicycle Touring in Africa

Africa is a place that can appear both exciting and slightly intimidating for cyclists planning a bike tour. Alongside amazing cultures and landscapes is a fear of the unknown. Not nearly as much information is out there for Africa, compared with more popular biking destinations like Asia or Europe.

-- Friedel Grant 10 Questions: Cycling in Africa

Friedel penned that some 5 years ago, yet it still holds true today.

Hopefully, this updated list of Africa blogs and resources will help future cyclists who wish to travel the continent.  The information has been painstakingly researched and curated by Grace Johnson of  Impressions from Bicycle Travels .

Photo © Paul Jeurissen

General resources.

Crazy Guy on a Bike contains numerous journals from people who have pedaled through Africa.

International Bicycle Fund has country by country resources.

Africa travelogues

The Big Africa Cycle Peter Gostelow pedals from Morocco to Capetown via West, Central and Eastern Africa.

Transgloabalist Jim Bennett is on a 2-year, solo cycling circumnavigation of Africa.

Nicolas Marino Photography Nico travels the circumference of Africa, including detours through Central Africa.

Road to Capetown Stijn Van Parys and friends cycle through West Africa. Then via East Africa, they head down to Capetown.

Sweden to Africa Carl-David Granbäck rode the Western route all the way down to South Africa, including a detour through the DRC and CAR.

Impressions from Bicycle Travels Paul Jeurissen & Grace Johnson cycle a loop through East Africa.

Free Wheely Jean-Baptiste cycled from Switzerland to South Africa via West Africa and has a detailed page on how much his trip cost.

Daves Travel Pages Dave Briggs took the Eastern route down to South Africa.

Take on Africa Helen Lloyd zigzags her way (via Western and Eastern Africa) all the way down to Capetown.

Cycling the 6 Steve Fabes heads to Capetown via the Eastern side.

Bikepacking Logan Watts and Virgina Krabill pedal through East and Southern Africa.

Grind im Wind Nino Trunz rides the length of Africa via the Eastern side.

Cycling for Rangers Charlie Rose, Will Johnston, Theo Bromfield, & Will Addison rode from Johannesburg to Nairobi.

2 island travellers Mayu & Elliot Rowe pedal through East and South Africa.

Rock, Road & Rhino Tanya Edwards and Simon Bihr are heading down to South Africa via the Eastern route.

Cycling the Globe Thomas Andersen pedaled the length of Africa via the Eastern route.

Cycle 2 Kenya Mat Smith and Tim Simpson ride a tandem from the U.K. to Kenya.

On the road with a toad Matt and Debs rode from the U.K. to South Africa via East Africa.

Permacyclists Anna and Dave Meyer head down to Capetown via the Eastern route.

No hanging around cycle-across-Africa/ Derek Cullen takes the Eastern route from Capetown to Egypt.

Ernest on bike Ernest Markwood pedaled the Eastern route.

Leana Niemand Leana took the Eastern route including Namibia down to South Africa.

Cycling around the world Paul van Roekel & Anja de Graaf rode through various African countries on their yearly vacation.

The Universe with me Solo female cyclist Jin pedals the Eastern route from Egypt to Capetown.

The Bike Ramble Fredrika Ek travels through Western Africa.

Skalatitude Solo cyclist Loretta Henderson heads from Egypt down to Capetown via East Africa.

Long Bike Ride Gary heads through West Africa. Then after flying to Nairobi, he heads on down to South Africa.

Cairo 2 Capetown Andy and Dee head cycle the length (eastern side) of Africa in search of art and architecture.

Resources on Worldbiking.info

This website contains a number of resources including staying safe in Africa , Malaria our experiences and an extensive Africa country guide.

Please note that the country information is based on Amaya and Eric's travels between 2006-2009. We discovered that even though prices have risen since then, many of the comparisons made between countries still hold true. For example in 2009 the price of camping in Namibia was more than two times as expensive as a cheap guesthouse in Tanzania. When my husband Paul and I pedaled there in 2013, that was still the case.

Eric and Amaya pedaled the circumference of Africa. By reading their updates plus guide , we found it easier to decide where we wanted to travel on the continent.

East or West? What's best?

Cycling through Africa is a challenge whichever route you take. Most cyclists who traverse the continent from north to south, or vise versa, tend to follow variations of the 'Cairo-Cape Town' East Africa route. This involves cycling through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa, with the option to include Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho within the tour.

The advantages of an East African tour are that most visas are relatively easy to obtain, with the exception of Ethiopia and Sudan, which will require a little forward planning as visas are not available at the border. If you want to experience wildlife, with the option to cycle through National Parks alongside elephants, giraffes and other African game, then it is also East Africa that you must go. Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya all provide opportunities for encountering large wildlife from the road, at a relatively safe distance... National Parks where there are large lion populations and a greater risk of wild animals generally don't allow cyclists to ride through.

Geographically, East Africa also boasts the Rift Valley, which brings with it challenging and varied topography. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi and parts of Tanzania and Kenya have plenty of lung-bursting climbs and dramatic views as a reward. Those with less time and inclination to explore minor routes can also almost cycle the length of the continent on paved surfaces, and there is more in the way of accommodation catering to the larger number of people who visit countries in East Africa.

Travelling through West Africa, on the other hand, is arguably more challenging. Visas cost more and require forward planning, and a number of countries in recent years have witnessed internal conflicts that leave the tourist infrastructure basic and non-existent in places, and require travellers to be aware of issues that could affect security out on the road. There are also far fewer National Parks containing the density of wildlife that exists in the east. What West Africa offers is more of a raw challenge and experience; villages and towns where tourists are non-existent, yet smiling faces and a welcoming reception defy how places like Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria have often been portrayed in the media.

Travelling through countries with a mix of British, French and Portuguese colonial history also brings linguistic challenges, (East Africa has a stronger British colonial influence and therefore more English speakers) but diversity as well. I always loved buying fresh baguettes in Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea, and deplored the terrible white bread in Ghana and Nigeria!

While a tour of East Africa that runs the length of the continent could take anything from a speedy 3 months through as little as 8 countries, to a year or more through up to 15, traversing West Africa from north to south is likely to involve crossing through 20+ countries and therefore arguably take more time and money. Of course for those with plenty of time and a love for the continent, there is always the option to cycle down one side and come back up the other, or even cross through the center. Now that's another challenge!

-- Peter Gostelow The Big Africa Cycle

Photo © peter gostelow, comparing bike touring in africa with the americas.

Having completed long-distance bicycle tours on both continents, I’m often asked which one I preferred or found more difficult. Certainly, in many people’s minds, cycling in Africa is often considered to be more difficult. I didn’t really find that to be the case though, as each trip had its ‘moments’ so to speak!

After some thought, I believe the main differences between the two trips are landscape and wildlife. The landscape in Central and South America is a lot more varied than East Africa, whereas the wildlife (particularly in Tanzania and Botswana) is far superior to the Americas.

If asked to sum up the two trips, my most fond memories are of cycling up and over the Andes in the Americas and riding past giraffes and elephants in Africa. Is one better than the other? Not at all! They are both unique experiences, easily achievable by anyone with a bike and the desire to go out and ride it. Happy tailwinds!

-- Dave Briggs Daves Travel Pages , Cycling the Americas & Pedaling Africa   Instagram

Before and after africa.

I considered myself an experienced traveller after having pedalled several years across Asia. But that didn’t mentally prepare me for Africa. Even after reading some travelogues, I still didn’t know what to expect. I also didn’t realize the profound impact that the following two and a half years would have on my life.

Western media portrays Africa as a continent torn apart by famines, disease, extreme poverty and terrorism. Or they show us images of majestic animals roaming picture-perfect landscapes and tribal people who still live as their ancient ancestors did. So many Westerners think that it’s a dangerous place. That you will either be robbed and killed by desperate people, catch a life-threatening disease or be eaten alive by a pride of starving lions.

What I learned while cycling up and down the continent was that yes, Africa does have problems. And some great wildlife. But that’s just a small part of it. The vast majority of my memories have to do with how loving and caring Africans are.

I received so many lessons in generosity. Many Africans are materially poor, but there’s no limit when it comes to sharing whatever little they have with you. They treated me as family, offering food and shelter. Some of them wouldn’t even let me cook my own meal because I was their guest. This was not mere hospitality like in so many parts of the world. In Africa, I felt they had a deep sense of care and concern for me. People were happy to take the time to talk, listen, and share.

Their ability to smile and laugh during serious adversity was admirable. Time and time again, it seemed as if they had no problems. As one Nigerian in a shit situation put it; “Problems? In Africa we don’t have problems, we have challenges!” he remarked with a big grin on his face.

I found their willingness to share what little they have deeply moving. I found their warmth and care for me, arriving as a total stranger, and all the effort they put in making sure that I would be taken care of properly, to be extremely humbling.

Yes, there were some bad times and places, but those account for little compared to the overwhelming love and affection I received. I’d rather leave negativity to the Media. They excel at misrepresenting countries and cultures. Africans aren’t perfect, but who is? I don’t want to romanticise poverty and affliction, but in an already imperfect world, I prefer places where basic human values prevail. In Africa, I felt truly loved.

When I think of Africa now, I think of dignity, resilience, love, smiles. I look up to Africans with respect to their wealth, their human wealth. They taught me to appreciate what truly matters in life: love, kindness, generosity, altruism, simplicity, patience. For that and so much more I will be eternally grateful to them. My life will never be the same again.

--Nicolás Marino Nicolas Marino Photography

Photo © nicolas marino.

African wildlife can be dangerous but it’s the white Land Rover that Western cyclists need to watch out for.  A Canadian couple (who wish to remain anonymous) shares their experience of sudden transformation into Walking Wallets:

“Give me money, Give me money!”

Suddenly we were surrounded by a gaggle of school kids demanding cold hard cash. Not just one or two youngsters yanking at our bikes, there must have been at least twenty!

We’d read about cyclists in Africa been surrounded by swarms of begging kids but had brushed off these accounts as hyperbolic blogging. Quickly we realized that our fellow bicycle travelers hadn’t been exaggerating. If anything, they’d glossed over reality.

During our first 3 months of bike touring in East Africa, we’d been hit up for the odd pen here and there and occasionally kids had asked for sweets. By Western standards, most folks were poor. But they didn’t beg. Locals were warm and welcoming, treating us as honored guests in their humble homes.

Now, without warning, we were being regarded as walking wallets. Riding along the shores of Lake Malawi, the pestering for handouts rarely let up. One day we counted over 80 requests for money.

My girlfriend and I were really perplexed. We’d already biked through a number of African nations, most just as poor as Malawi, and experienced nothing like this.

It took us a while to figure out what had triggered our transformation into walking wallets.

The road we were riding was now teeming with white Land Rovers packed with Mzungus (white people). By accident, we’d landed on an East Africa tourist route.

Many of the Mzungus were elderly and they played ‘Santa Clause’ with the local kids – handing out treats, pens and coins as if they were their own grandchildren.

White Land Rovers are the preferred vehicle of Mzungu tourists and aid workers. Even though these robust machines are equipped with 4-wheel drive, we rarely came across them on dirt roads. They generally stick to paved highways where they can roar down the road at top speed.

The White Land Rover’s preferred habitat is in, around and on the roads leading to National Parks. So if you cycle near the vicinity of a well-known Park on the East Africa tourist trail, or on the Cairo to Capetown tourist route alongside the shore of Lake Malawi, expect to be treated as a two-wheeled cash machine.

Our advice to you: stick to the back roads and experience the real Africa—a place filled with kind and generous people who don’t see visitors as walking wallets.

About the Author

Grace Johnson is editor and publisher of Bicycle Traveler magazine and undertook her first tour across America way back in 1981. She met Paul Jeurissen on that trip and since then they cycle the world together. You can follow their travels (including East Africa ) at Impressions from Bicycle Travels

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