4 x brand new KTM1190Adv
1 x BMW R1200GS
4 of us picked up the KTM's on 17th April and it was a rush to run them in and have the 1st service done before the planned departure date of 21st April.
Needless to say with the full cooperation of the dealer (Raceworx - thanx) the KTM's were serviced on Saturday and departure was as planned on Sunday 21st April
1st stop was Messina, and after hearing nightmare stories of 5-7hour border crossings at Beit Bridge we were a bit worried, A transport company suggested to us that the best time to cross Beit Bridge is 04:00am. So we set off from Messina at 03:30am. For all 5 bikes the border crossing took 2 hours to complete the formalities on both sides.
Just outside Messina
After crossing the border we stopped for early morning roadside coffee.
We then stopped at the Lion and Elephant hotel for breakfast.
1st Night in Zim was at Lodge on the Ancient City, which is next to both the ruins and Lake Kyle.
We road from the ruins and around Lake Kyle is a great biking road
From Lake Kyle we went to Vumba but took a 45km dirt track excursion to some bushman paintings enroute.
The group -1
Birchenoff Bridge
After Vumba we headed to Inyanga for a scheduled rest day, however the weather in the mountains was cold, wet, misty and the Lodge had no power for two days so we cut the rest day out and headed to Harare.
View from Hotel balcony in Inyanga
Halfway stop between Inyanga and Harare
We spent one night in Harare and headed for Kariba where would have two rest days
We had one night at Caribea Bay hotel and two nights at Cutty Sark Hotel - we even hired a catamaran and went fishing
After a relaxing (bored) time in Kariba we had to be at the ferry terminal at 08:00. fortunately we were 1st loaded onto the ferry.
After 24 hours on the ferry we disembarked at Mlibizi and headed to Hwange Safari Lodge for a 2nd breakfast
From there we headed to Victoria Falls - A'Zambezi River Lodge
More to follow
1 x BMW R1200GS
4 of us picked up the KTM's on 17th April and it was a rush to run them in and have the 1st service done before the planned departure date of 21st April.
Needless to say with the full cooperation of the dealer (Raceworx - thanx) the KTM's were serviced on Saturday and departure was as planned on Sunday 21st April
1st stop was Messina, and after hearing nightmare stories of 5-7hour border crossings at Beit Bridge we were a bit worried, A transport company suggested to us that the best time to cross Beit Bridge is 04:00am. So we set off from Messina at 03:30am. For all 5 bikes the border crossing took 2 hours to complete the formalities on both sides.
Just outside Messina
After crossing the border we stopped for early morning roadside coffee.
We then stopped at the Lion and Elephant hotel for breakfast.
1st Night in Zim was at Lodge on the Ancient City, which is next to both the ruins and Lake Kyle.
We road from the ruins and around Lake Kyle is a great biking road
From Lake Kyle we went to Vumba but took a 45km dirt track excursion to some bushman paintings enroute.
The group -1
Birchenoff Bridge
After Vumba we headed to Inyanga for a scheduled rest day, however the weather in the mountains was cold, wet, misty and the Lodge had no power for two days so we cut the rest day out and headed to Harare.
View from Hotel balcony in Inyanga
Halfway stop between Inyanga and Harare
We spent one night in Harare and headed for Kariba where would have two rest days
We had one night at Caribea Bay hotel and two nights at Cutty Sark Hotel - we even hired a catamaran and went fishing
After a relaxing (bored) time in Kariba we had to be at the ferry terminal at 08:00. fortunately we were 1st loaded onto the ferry.
After 24 hours on the ferry we disembarked at Mlibizi and headed to Hwange Safari Lodge for a 2nd breakfast
From there we headed to Victoria Falls - A'Zambezi River Lodge
More to follow