Heres the perfect tent: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...otorreise08-21

A tent has to be able to stand without pegs even on hard ground. About the BMW bike you definitly have to think again:

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/index.php?id=639
Dauertest-Abschluss BMW R 1200 GS - Motorrad-Dauertests - MOTORRADonline.de
Dauertest BMW R 1200 GS Getriebeschaden - Motorrad-Dauertests - MOTORRADonline.de

I've found buying a tent in the U.K for trips in Africa or South America is a way to be "boiled in the bag"..

Tents marketed here are generally well sealed weather-proof tents. They're not designed for the mega temperatures and tropical or desert climates.


Make sure you get something very well ventilated. A poorly ventilated tent in the tropics or hot deserts is MISERABLE !!

Ideally you want something with a free-standing mesh inner so you can sleep under the stars with a cooling breeze without being eaten alive by bugs.


I took a Vango tent to Africa and it was an Oven.. I sold it cheap and bought a South African branded tent in Malawi which was 75% mesh dome tent which was much better.

I've had a Salewa Denali II (old model) which was fantastic, only problem was that it was on the small side (195cm on the long side, and I'm 191cm), I sold it, and got me a MSR Hubba Hubba NX which is a great tent with two (in my eyes) major problems: a) as there is hardly any venting it creates it's own micro climate (it actually rains inside it) unless it's stormy, b) as the doors only open to one side it's impossible to create a proper draft when camping when it's hot (I've had 37c in Bulgaria at 11pm) ...

So currently I'm looking for something which does have all the properties of the Hubba Hubba, but actually is well thought through. I know that MSR is a massive brand, and sell thousands of tents, but they do not work well in moist weather, or when there is no wind. For me that is...

Have anyone noticed the Vaude Invenio SUL 2P and Invenio UL 2P?