SA Motorcycle Adventures

14/11/2021

A client from Spain having the adventure of his life

09/08/2021

I get to follow Esso on his day to day job at Etosha Heights. He is part of a team of motorcyclists that patrol the park every day, checking for signs of poachers, checking up on the animals, the state of the fences and condition of the waterholes. He has been doing this for 9 years and comes face to face with wild elephants, lion, rhino and lots more on a daily basis. I’m glad to be with someone that experienced around wildlife!! 😅

First video comes out this afternoon on my YouTube channel!! 🎥

17/10/2020

It’s time!

27/02/2020

19/08/2019

THE LONELY STONE MEN OF KAOKOLAND

Each figure has an aluminium disc attached to it, with a number and a message as to where it is going. Although a sculpture numbered 27 has been seen (and I won’t divulge its whereabouts), only some of these Lone Men have been found so far. One person claims to have found another five, but won’t say anything else. The sculptures have been spotted along the road on the routes between Puros in the south, Van Zyl’s Pass in the east, Otjinungua in the north and the Skeleton Coast Park in the west.

These Lone Men are gaining cult or celebrity status (well, by Kaokoland standards, that is). For some it’s become an exciting treasure hunt (a bit like geocaching without the GPS, which would obviously spoil all the fun!), while others want to include them in their trip around western Kaokoland or plan their itinerary around them.

They are refered to as pieces of art in an open-air art gallery where the visitor has to alight from his vehicle and enter the gallery to experience them properly. There is no doubt that the creator of the Lone Men is an artist, and a sensitive one at that. He (or she) has created form and character with scant material, keeping the sculptures natural and authentic. The artist also appears to be environmentally aware and has not littered the landscape with sculptural clutter. The Lone Men are rather unobtrusively dotted through a vast area, simply-made and subtly placed.
As far as the locals are concerned, it is said that the Himba are completely unperturbed by the appearance or presence of the stone figures.
Legends and tales are now being generated, as happens with all great secrets, and are starting to float on the breeze. Rumour has it that the stone sculptures were once men whose love for the land was so great that they were transformed to stone and destined to be part of the unforgettable landscape forever. Maybe…
When you find some of these figures, please don’t log them on your GPS. After all, the delight, intrigue and allure of a good mystery is that it is never solved. Not so?

Text: Ron Swilling

17/08/2019

Take a hefty slice of McGregor and cool-as-cucumber Montagu, then splice that with a cruise along Route 62 to Barrydale and beyond. And don’t forget the brandy and Coke at Ronnie’s S*x Shop.

28/06/2019

Travellers to Botswana, please be aware that from 1 August 2019 Burs (Botswana Unified Revenue Service) will no longer accept any foreign currencies as a means of payment. Be sure to factor in a visit to foreign exchange before your journey gets underway!

01/11/2018

A client renting a BMW800GSA had serious tyre problems in the middle of . With our great support network he was on the road again within hours.

01/11/2018

The Desert Train....

Hugged by the dunefields of the Dorob and dwarfed by the vastness of the Namib, a train rumbles across the sand and gravel plains that melt into a purple horizon.

09/08/2018

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04/08/2018

https://youtu.be/Fo75lHpLBOM

Deep sand can be particularly challenging for riders on heavy adventure bikes. Bret breaks down the steps you'll need to master this extremely low-traction s...

20/07/2018

The Skeleton Coast from Space. Considered by many to be one of the most pristine stretches of coastline In the world...breathtaking!

Image courtesy of Friends of NASA.

12/06/2018

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13 travel tips from Anthony Bourdain....

On having an open mind

1. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel — as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them — wherever you go.”

2. “Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonald’s? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria’s mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.”

3. “If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”

On planning

4. “Nothing unexpected and wonderful is going to happen if you have an itinerary in Paris filled with the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.”

5. “I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.”

6. “I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I’m always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary.”

7. “When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out.”

On the world

8. “It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and what’s happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there — with your eyes open — and lived to see it.”

9. “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I still have to go, the more there is to learn. Maybe that’s enlightenment enough; to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.

On connecting

10. It’s those little human moments that stick with you forever, the random acts of kindness.”

11. “To be treated well in places where you don’t expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, well that can’t be a bad thing.”

On the journey

12. “As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”

13. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

31/05/2018

it’s been a while since my last visit

28/04/2018

Worth knowing

What is sag? There are a lot of different kinds of sag but we are concerned in this article about finding “race sag,” even if we are not racing. This measurement is how much the rear of your bike should drop into the suspension stroke, from the fully-extended position, with you and your gear and...

25/04/2018

Our guided motorcycle tours on our latest model BMW adventure motorcycles take you on the roads less travelled and introduce you to the most scenic places – from areas with lush vegetation to unexpected barren, yet exquisite, landscapes. Combine this with the renowned hospitality and diverse cultu...

13/04/2018

The incredible as shared in Instagram by

08/03/2018

On the tropic of Capricorn, between the great dune fields of Sossusvlei and the rangy mountains of the Khomas Hochland lies an expanse of desert that holds within it a sacred place. A place of wind and stone high up in the red cliffs that holds a gallery of a different time and space.

This is a Khoisan gallery; an ancient bulletin board filled with images of hunts, strange scenes of people falling; unbelievable drawings of pelicans, zebra, wild dog and wildebeest.

This is the Rostock Cave; surrounded in shards of quartz and magic ...

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