AFRICA BIKE SAFARI

It's an unforgettable experience to ride a bike through Africa! In 1994/95 it took me 7 months to cover 10'180 km from the Equator in Kenya to the Cape of Good Hope. I wanted to be as close as possible to wild animals and so I 've visited nearly all the National Parks along the main road between Cape Town, Harare, Zanzibar and Nairobi. 

Here you can find first-hand information about the dangers and the fun of such a Trans-Africa-Cycle-Trip:

Duration:

from 14. of August 1994 to 12. April 1995

Distance:

10'180 km (6360 miles)

Countries:

Kenya – Tanzania – Malawi – Mozambique – Zimbabwe -Zambia - South Africa – Swaziland - Lesotho

Route:

Lake Bogoria – Nairobi – Arusha – Pemba Island – Zanzibar – Dar es Salaam – Mbeya – Mzuzu – Senga Bay - Tete – Harare – Kariba – Victoria Falls – Bulawayo – Nelspruit – Mbabane – Durban – Sani Pass – Aliwal North – Uitenhage – Garden Route – Cape Town - Cape of Good Hope

Visited National Parks (not all of them by bike):

Kenya: Lake Bogoria, Lake Baringo, Lake Nakuru, Massai Mara

Tanzania: Ngorongoro Crater, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Jozani Forest (Zanzibar), Mikumi

Malawi: Nyika Plateau, Lake Malawi at Senga Bay

Zimbabwe: Lake Kariba, Victoria Falls, Matopos

South Africa: Krueger, St. Lucia, Mountain Zebra, Addo Elephant, Tsitsikamma, Wilderness, Cape of G. H.

Bike:

The bike was self composed and built at a bicycle-shop called "Velociped" in Kriens, Switzerland. It's a touring-bike with 21 gears, 32 mm tires and weighs app. 11 kg.

Equipment:

Tent (1.9 kg, North Face tadpole), sleeping-bag, water-filter (never used), 3 spare tires, tools, clothes, medicine, journal, lonely-planet travel guides, 2 camera-bodies with zoom-lenses 20-35 mm, 35 - 105 mm and 100 - 300 mm. All together: 20 kg.