Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Me, My Boy, Mozambique and our bikes. Day 1. Sunday 28th June. Johannesburg to Marloth Park (Kruger Park) Probably the worst 2 hours of the trip was on the board the SAA flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Sunday morning. My son Stuart(19, a 16 month GS1200 veteran!!) had celebrated his girlfriend’s birthday the night before and hadn’t been to bed so even the tight airline seats were a blessing for him. Our bikes, GS Adventure and GS1200 were waiting in The Big Smoke, efficiently couriered up by Craig Webb - awesome service guys. After a hearty breakfast with family, some packing and some more sleep for Stuart we took to the Gauteng roads at 1pm. Being a Wintery Sunday the Gautengers were cocooning behind their vast security walls, traffic was sparse and we quickly made our way out of suburbia. Four and a half hours of great uneventful highway riding and beautiful twisting roads down into the Lowveld saw us arrive in Marloth Park, Southern part of the Kruger Park. With a setting sun the bitter cold had started to weave its evil way through to our bones ... just to add a twist, 12km of dirt road unexpectedly rose up before us, sent to test our novice sand riding abilities. The accommodation in Marloth Park is private homes, basic, but well fitted they lead directly into the park. A steak braai whilst over-looking the Crocodile River was a great way to spend the 1st night.