My friend Joe at Due South Motorcycle Tours – South Africa has written to me about his happenings for October 2014 up coming tours and though I am unable to currently undertake one, I thought I would share with you what Joe is offering.
His message for October is as follows:
Greetings,
As
we, the people of the South, head into summer proper we are enjoying some warm
early weather with the promise of rain to sate the countryside. The recent
‘Lowveld Legend’ tour a few weeks ago has zero rain except for a heavy mist
which descended onto ‘Long Tom’ pass as we headed to our first overnight on the
pass. The next morning greeted us with blue skies, followed by an entire week
enjoying mild balmy Spring weather until our last day when we departed from the
Timbavati region of the Greater Kruger Park back up to the Highveld (highlands),
the mild weather gave way to a warm morning followed by upward of 35c later in
the day, which we missed out on as we were long gone and back up at altitude by
midday!
Tour
Focus – ‘Cape Conquest” (8 days)
A
fairly recent inclusion on the motorcycle touring calendar. It has proven to be immediately popular, no doubt due to the reputation the ‘Cape’ has for natural
beauty, mountains and stunning coastline. The ‘Cape’ certainly offers that and
much more The tour spends a full day exploring the Cape Peninsula (Cape Town,
Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak, Houtbay etc.), visits the Southern most point in
Africa (Cape Agulhas, Agulhas means ‘needles’ in Portuguese, the first European
visitors, as the needle of the compass shows due north without deviation at this
point). The ride includes the ‘Garden Route’ with the incomparable ‘Storms
River Mouth’. ‘Route 62” takes you through the ‘Little Karoo’ encapsulated
between the Swartberg and Langeberg Mountains offering fantastic riding passes,
wine farms and arid beauty with a myriad of incredible plants appearing
magically in Spring annually. A night on the edge of the ‘Great Karoo’ in a
‘one horse’ village which I defy anyone to find on a physical map! A swim in a
windmill fed swimming pool and stoep talk (verandah or porch talk) after dinner
under a starry canopy makes for a memorable stopover. We strongly suggest a few
days additional budgeted after the tour to enjoy Cape Town.
Great
White Shark - Cage Viewing Experience
A
welcome addition to this tour near Gansbaai, this little fishing village is the
‘Great White’ capital of the word with the highest concentration of ‘White
Sharks’ on the planet. After a heart breakfast a fully equipped ski boat
whisks you out to ‘Shark Alley’ within eye shot of the coastline. On my first
‘dive’ I fully expected to be waiting a bit and settled down to a spot of
sunbathing… within 5 minutes the first massive shadow was spotted glidding
underneath the boat, several more appeared, the first sighting was amazing…
then… in the water with ‘Jaws’
Google
Words
A great way to catch a
glimpse of our tour offerings is to ‘Google’ the following words (type in ‘South
Africa’ followed by the relevant word and enjoy the images and
info):
Cape Town, Chapman’s
Peak, Gansbaai Sharks, Little Karoo, Route 62, Great Karoo, Storms River Mouth,
Cape Agulhas, Wine Farms, Table Mountain, Camps Bay,
Hermanus
(these search words
pertain specifically to the ‘Cape Conquest tour)
2014/2015 Brochure (Electronic)
Available on request per reply email (.pdf – smaller than
1Mb)
Regards,
Joe
+2783
652 4040
Due
South Motorcycle Tours – South Africa
life's
a journey... enjoy the ride...
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