Crossing Africa - April to June - Looking for Partners
 

Hi everyone,

I'm starting to plan to do a tour through Africa in early Spring for about 3 months.

The route is still quite flexible, but I'm thinking of doing Cairo to Cape Town or that route in reverse. It's about 12K+ KM, depending on how far we'd go and how much time we'd have - will cross around 8 countries in total! The pace would be roughly 1,000KM per week - with planned 2 rest days per week. In terms of accommodations, I'm thinking about 80% camping and 20% everything else.

I'm in my mid-20s, currently live in Boston, did a number of cycling tours in the past but recently started riding, so decided to do the next one on a motorcycle. Very excited about it and would love for 1-2 fellow riders to join me in planning AND doing it. http://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

If you have any thoughts about this, please respond - will be happy to hear from you.

I'm driving from Uk to Cape though not setting off until July. Let me know if you delay your departure

I too am leaving around the July/August time frame for a similar trip. Although I may take it a little slower than you. I want to see a lot of things along the way, so I am probably taking about 5 months. If it goes faster than that than good, I just do not want to be rushed.

Details here:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...h-across-54624