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| North & West Africa Expedition |
Dates: 6 November to 11 December 2008
Price*: £3,995 (rider) £2,995 (passenger)
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| Duration: 5 weeks |
| Total mileage: 4,000 |
| Most miles in one day: 311 |
| Days off the bike: 4 rest days & 7 optional riding / activity days. |
| 98% paved road unless you chose to take our off-road options! |
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* Prices do not include your international
airline fares or insurances.
*Non-UK nationals should contact us directly for a price that
may reflect different air freight arrangements and other variations
in services.
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Riders Requirements
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Riders must have a full motorcycle licence and should have a minimum of 2 years experience of riding larger bikes. Riders will be riding their own motorcycles, which need to be appropriate and adequate to ride on this type of journey.
Riders must be confident and competent road riders and whilst off-road riding experience is beneficial, it is not essential. What is more important is your own attitude to motorcycle overlanding. You need to be flexible and adaptable if the going gets tough, have the ability to take a positive view to overcome the challenges that riding in developing countries will throw at you and keep a good sense of humor and team spirit.
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In conjunction with the charity, Motorcycle Outreach, GlobeBusters brings you a new and spectacular five week motorcycle expedition into North & West Africa. We trace a route of 5,000 miles from Malaga in Spain, across to Morocco and then through the Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.
Our ride aims to raise significant funds for Motorcycle Outreach, a charity started by the late Simon Milward, who died in Mali on the final part of a five year around the world motorcycle ride, in support of projects that use motorcycles to assist the delivery of primary healthcare services in remote areas of developing countries.
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Itinerary
Week 1
Fly out to Malaga and meet your bikes. Off to take the ferry across to Ceuta. Berber mountain town of Chefchaouen. Roman ruins at Volubilis. Amazing riding through the Atlas Mountains, with plenty of hair pin bends and switchbacks. The famous waterfalls of Cascades d'Ouzoude. Dramatic mountain riding to Tafraoute and the ancient port at Essaouira. |
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Week 2
Join the Atlantic Route south. Enter the Sahara Desert, the long road through the sand, with exotic desert towns, coastal shipwrecks and dramatic inland landscapes on the 700 mile route. Perfect beaches at Tarfaya and Sidi Akhfennir. Cross into the Western Sahara. See the lonely Golfe de Cintra and onto the Mauritanian border to cross the minefield!
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Week 3
Ride the peninsular road through the desert to Nouadhibou. Prepare for over 400kms of riding where fuel is scarce. The Trarza Dunes and south to Senegal. Ride the spectacular Diama Piste. Explore beautiful St Louis and experience the peace of Zebrabar. The Senegal River route through the Sahel to the Mali border. Kayes - reputedly the hottest inhabited place in Africa! Optional day off road to the fortress of Medine and the Chutes du Felou. Near Ambededi, remember Simon Milward. Tambacounda and safari time! See the big game in the Parc National de Niokolor-Koba.
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Week 4
Ride the challenging, potholed and busy road to Kaolack. Enter The Gambia and cross the Gambia River to soak up the atmosphere of Banjul. Visit to "Riders for Health" charity (TBC). Rougher roads and grass hut villages line the way. Watch out for troupes of apes. Back into Senegal, before arriving at the Guinea-Bissau border. Faded Portuguese architecture of the capital, Bissau. Excursion to the paradise islands of the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos.
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Week 5
Back to The Gambia. Cross the river by the famous car ferry at Barra Port and re-enter Senegal. Fine riding through forests of baobabs towards Dakar, West Africa's most vibrant and chaotic town. A final excursion to atmospheric Ile de Goree to see the historic "slave house". Final celebration dinner, before the bikes are freighted back to the UK and you fly home.
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