Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Overview of the Route

When Cecil Hill asked me to join a group of friends from the club for a 3-week trip to the Kaokoveld, I agreed in a flash.  Although, at the time of asking the trip was a year in the future, soon the trip was upon us and other plans had crept in.  In particular, on the day of departure from Cape Town, I had to be in Pretoria as part of the GS Trophy adjudicating team.

So the route for me ended up looking like this:



I had two aims when planning this trip. Firstly to find the desert elephant in the North West of Namibia and secondly to explore the caprivi and some of Botswana. Both , I achieved but the satisfaction between the two differed vastly. I also learnt a thing or two about   touring and of course about myself.

The Long Way Around

Cape Town to St Francis Bay

Day 1 – 29 Nov. 2009.

Cape Town to Abequa River Camp Richtersveld Namibia

732km