Tankwa Karoo

DirkR's picture

Tankwa Cross Country Rally on a BMW R1200GS

I apologize in advance for any typos and language errors... this report turned out to be quite a bit longer than I had planned and I don't want to spend too much time reviewing it.

Prologue

A few of my friends entered to ride in the Tankwa Cross Country Rally this year.  I do suffer from a rather serious case of FOMO when bike riding is involved… so a plan had to be made.

Carl Koch's picture

Blesfontein 'the wrong way round'

2 Part video of our trip to Blesfontein near Sutherland a few weeks ago

Plainjane's picture

Tankwa Teaches Humility

 

 

Zanie's picture

Rescued through the kindness of strangers

The Easter weekend seemed to materialise without much warning. On the spur of the moment, Lance and I decided to join a 2-day Moto-Adventure SA trip, led by Mouton.

Day 01: When things go right (sort of)

Route (rough)
Cape Town-Worcester-De Doorns-Touwsriver-Matjiesfontein

Route statistics
Distance: 294 km
Elapsed Time: 7:51:36 (37 km/h)
Moving time: 5:09:06 (57 km/h)

Anna-Marie's picture

Donford Stellenbosch Fast Gravel Ride: 7 May

Fast Gravel Ride for those Riders keen on a more Harder Paced ride on dirt.

Donford Stellenbosch - Ceres - R355 - Tankwa Karoo National Park - Ou Berg Pass - Middelpos - Gannaga Pass - Ceres 

***Estimated Distance 650km in one day***

All bike brands welcome.

For more details and to book, contact John Carr on 021 888 4260 or email john.carr@bmwdealer.co.za

Zanie's picture

Facing the Fear and Finding Friends

BACKGROUND

Monsters

Over the past couple of months I have been lying low; keeping mostly to tar, whilst the idea of dirt roads became a monster in my head. It has been almost a year and my foot still doesn’t feel quite right, but at least it is functional now.

Cloudgazer Steven's picture

Afrika Burn 2015

Hi.

So, its been a while since my last Ride Report.

Instead of writing an actual report, I'll just post a link to a short video I made instead.

Hold on to your hats....

https://vimeo.com/127143870

Kevin Charleston's picture

How to not get to Loeriesfontein

For someone who prides himself on reason, logic and intellect – I can make some dumb mistakes.  I set off for a 10 day trip to Johannesburg and back – with the first couple of days intending to be on dirt through the Karoo via Loeriesfontein and on to Augrabies. 

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Traipsing around the Tankwa-Karoo

I  just love April. Aren't all those public holidays great? The first three months of 2012 had been a bit hectic work-wise, so Gavin and I worked out a really great bribe to get my mom to come and look after the dogs for a few days while we headed out of town, looking for great coffee shops in faraway places.

We left Cape Town on Easter Monday, after our by-now-customary "start of trip" coffee at our favourite local coffee shop, Starlings. Over Bain's Kloof to Ceres; the stresses of the past three months falling away with every km on the bike.

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