Reuthers
Wild Garden / South Africa
Self Drive Motorcycle Tour

Welcome and Sawubona to Cape Town!

After collecting your Harley-Davidson motorcycle, you ride around Cape Peninsula, visit South Africa's oldest wine estate Groot Constantia and continue along the coast to the rocky promontory of Cape Point, where you also visit the famous Cape Of Good Hope. In Simon's Town you will see African penguins. You continue on one of the most beautiful costal roads in the world, the world famous Chapman's Peak Drive in South Africa, back to Cape Town.

You leave Cape Town for a spectacular ride around False Bay via Gordens Bay and Betty's Bay, and on to the historic coastal resort of Hermanus, where you might even see whales (depending on the season). You continue to Cape L'Agulhas, the southern most point of Africa and the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Overnight stay will be in the old fisherman's village of Arniston.

Today is a cruising day to the picturesque town of Swellendam with its historical cape dutch buildings. In Mossel Bay you will visit the Bartolomeu Dias Ship Museum and continue on the famous Garden Route to Knysna.

During the day we recommend to visit Knysna and the Knysna Elephant Park.

Starting the day you continue your motorcycle ride along the Garden Route, via the Grootrivier Pass, Bloukrans Pass and stop for lunch at the Tsitsikamma National Park. Passing the wide stretches of African bush country, you arrive in Port Elizabeth.

Your first highlight today should be an amazing Game Drive at the Addo Elephant National Park, where you have a high chance of seeing elephants, kudus, zebras, giraffes and with a little luck you might even see lions and rhinos. Continuing through Olifantskop Pass you enjoy magnificent roads with hardly any traffic in the Great Karoo. You pass the frontier town of Somerset East and reach the historic town of Graaff-Reinet.

Today the Valley of Desolation and the endless flat plains of the Great Karoo lies in front of you. For the next two nights you stay at the ostrich capital of the world, Oudtshoorn.

At the Safari Ostrich Farm you will get to see an ostrich up close and visiting the Cango Wild Life Park and the famous Cango Caves makes this day perfect.

You cross the Little Karoo through wild and rugged country, passing Calitzdorp, Ladismith and Barrydale on famous R62 - the South Africa Route 66 - in style on a motorcycle. Taking the steep hills and slopes on Tradouws Pass you continue through green valleys and arrive in the historic town of Montagu.

You spend the day riding several passes, visiting the old French town of Franschhoek with its Huguenot Monument and fine restaurants. In Stellenbosch you should go for a Wine Tasting and Tour on the 2nd oldest wine estate of South Africa.

On your last day of this South Africa tour, you visit historical Stellenbosch, ride back to Cape Town and return your Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Hambla Kahle South Africa!