Ocean to Ocean Tour

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Dreaming about a motorbike tour from one ocean to the other?

Where else in the world can you do that except in South Africa. Ride on tarred roads from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean through a magnificent landscape.

See mountain passes and vineyards, semi-deserts and wildlife reserves, ‘fynbos’ woodlands and rocky cliffs.

Search for rhino’s and Cape buffalo’s, elephants, lions and giraffes, impala’s and other antelopes. Meet the friendly South African people.

Your motorcycle holiday will take you to two capes: Good Hope and Agulhas. Your will ride curving mountain roads through the Cederbergen and along the Garden- and Wine routes. Follow the endless empty roads of Route 62 and the Karoo.

Sleep in comfortable hotels. Eat one day game on a veranda in a game reserve and the next day calamari and crayfish along the beach. Sit in an outdoor cafe in historic towns like Cape Town, Oudtshoorn and Stellenbosch.

In short, the perfect motorcycle tour for every motorbiker, with or without pillion.

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DAY 1.  Welcome to Cape Town

Our representative is waiting for you on the airport. He will transfer you to your hotel. We provide you with a ticket for the hop on/hop off city bus, the perfect way to discover the most beautiful city of Africa. Admire the view from the top of Table Mountain high above the town. Enjoy a cold beer on one of the seafront cafes at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront. Or admire the colourful spectacles inside the beautiful Two Oceans Aquarium. You can choose where to spend your time, since your ticket is a day ticket. In the evening we have a ‘meet & greet’ in a nice restaurant where you can meet your fellow travellers.

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DAY 2.  Cape Town - Good Hope

Your first day on your motorbike. We ride beautiful, quiet roads so you can get used to your motorcycle and, if necessary, to driving on the left. After leaving town we arrive at the magnificent viewpoint of Chapman’s Peak. Will you be able see the Twelve Apostles, or are they hiding behind their ‘beards’ (clouds)? At Cape of Good Hope you stand on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and almost! Africa’s southernmost tip. A spectacular coastal road leads to Boulders Beach. Here you can walk among penguins before returning to Cape Town. Dinner will be on the Victoria and Albert Waterfront.

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DAY 3.  Good Hope - Africa's most southern point

Your luggage goes into the back-up vehicle. You ride the spectacular curving Whale route through Gordon’s Bay, Rooi-Els and Betties Bay to Hermanus. If you are lucky you can spot whales during lunch! They can be spotted from the shore between July and November. You continue your ride over long empty roads between grain fields and on to the real southernmost point of Africa: Cape Agulhas. Here you are actually on the border between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans! You sleep in either of the old fishing villages Arniston or Agulhas.

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DAY 4. Route 62 to Oudtshoorn

You enter through Overberg a completely different landscape: the semi-desert of the Karoo. Here you turn on to famous Route 62, Africa’s answer to Route 66. This was once the road traders and pioneers took. Beautifully red, yellow or gray coloured mountain ranges rise before your eyes out of the spectacular Karoo landscape. ‘Padstallen’, a kind of roadhouses, are welcome oases in the dry landscape. We stop at the most famous one, Ronnie’s Sex Shop. They sell other things then you might think right now. Finally we reach Oudtshoorn, a vibrant university town with a lot of restaurants – and ostriches of course.

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DAY 5. Mountain passes and caves

Today we leave the motorbikes at the lodge and use 4 wheels for our day tour. We visit an ostrich farm where you can see what goes into rearing the world’s largest bird. Further north of Oudtshoorn are the imposing Swartberg Mountains. At the bottom you will find Kobus se Gat. With a name like that (‘Kobus’s Hole’) we have to take lunch here. You will also visit the Cango Caves, Africa’s largest caves, filled with stalagmites and stalactites. And did we already mention Oudtshoorn has a lot of restaurants, pubs and outdoor cafes?

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DAY 6.  The Garden Route to Knysna

We ride back to the coast over another spectacular mountain pass, Robinsons pass this time. Past the busy town of George we turn on the Garden Route, here a lovely, there a rough and spectacular coastal route. The mixture of forests, hills, small towns and open areas gives the coast a green, garden like character. On a picturesque lagoon the oyster capital of South Africa is situated: Knysna. We will stay here two nights.

 

DAY 7:  Boat cruise and eating fish

Want to do nothing for a full day? Knysna is the perfect place to take it easy. If you want to be a bit more active you can take a boatcruise on the beautiful Knysna Lagoon. You can for instance to the Heads, the spectacular rocks that protect the entrance to the lagoon from the sometimes fierce Ocean. Here you find a host of fish restaurants. As you will at many places along the lagoon. Or rent a kayak and make your own cruise on the water.

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DAY 8:  Addo Elephant Park: more than elephants

A long riding day along the Garden Route. At Tsitsikamma you ride between long stretches of the endemic forest, Fynbos. Deep river gorges are crossed by high bridges. From one of these, the Bloukrans bridge, you can make the highest bungee jump of South Africa – or watch it live on a tv-screen in the restaurant. At Port Elizabeth we turn inland and ride to Addo Elephant Park. In this game reserve we make an (included) game drive in a safari vehicle. You will not just see elephants but also Cape buffaloes, many antelopes and, with a bit of luck, also lions. Addo is much more then only elephants!

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DAY 9:  The quietness of the Karoo

If for any reason we did not do it yesterday, we start the day with the game drive in Addo. Then we ride along broad, empty roads through one of the driest parts of the Karoo. Just now and then we encounter another vehicle or a small town. Our overnight stop is not for nothing named appropriately ‘De Rust’ (‘the quietness’).

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DAY 10:  Game drive at Inverdoorn

The immense emptiness of the Karoo will impress you! You keep seeing new mountain ranges on the horizon. At last you reach Inverdoorn private game reserve. This afternoon and tomorrow morning you will make game drives, looking for wild animals. Besides lions, buffaloes and many other animals you also find in Addo, the reserve also has rhino’s, cheetah’s, giraffe’s and zebra’s. A private game reserve is not a zoo: a game drive takes hours in an immense area. You have to search for the animals without guarantees of seeing them! In the evening, sitting on the veranda, you can hear the sounds of the bush. A unique experience!

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DAY 11:  Ceder Mountains, orchards and crayfish

You rise early for your second game drive. Then you take a beautiful road to Ceres, the fruit-centre of South Africa. The Gydo Pass road takes you to the orchards of the Koue Bokkeveld. Little by little you leave the mountains behind you. At the end of the day you have returned to the Atlantic Ocean. Our lodge is situated at Eland’s Bay and famous for its outside seafood dinner – if you manage to eat all of it we will have to carry you back to your room, because there is no way you can walk after eating so much.

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DAY 12:  The Wine route to Stellenbosch

You ride the road which parallels the coastline. Now and then you come through fishing villages with resounding names like Dwarskersbos, Rhedelinghuis en Porterville. You turn onto the N7 till you reach Paarl. Then we continue along the famous Wine route to Stellenbosch. The historical town centre is full of old houses from the early Dutch and French pioneers. And yes, you can go for a wine tasting!

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DAY 13:  Free day, mountain roads or sharks

You can take a nice day off to let all the impressions of the tour sink in. All activities today are on your own account. You can do a wine farm tour, discover the historical town centre of Stellenbosch, go for a huge lunch – or use the day to ride your last day in South Africa on a motorbike. The winelands are surrounded by impressive mountains with lots of curvy mountain roads. Enjoy for instance the Helshoogte and Franschhoek mountain passes. Or would you rather go cage-diving with Great White Sharks? That is also possible today (full day excursion).​​​​​​

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​DAY 14.  Goodbye, or extension in Cape Town?

Too soon the time has come to say goodbye! Depending on your departure time we will transfer you solo or together with others to the airport. Would you like to book an add-on in Cape Town? We can arrange it all. Cape of Good Hope, a wine tour, Robben Island or shark cage diving – Cape Town awaits you. Click here to see the possibilities. Whichever option you choose, one thing is for sure: this is a motorcycle tour you’ll remember for the rest of your life!

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 6

If the minimum number of participants isn’t reached, the tour may be cancelled or run with a different format.

 

WHAT IS INCLUDED:​

• All overnights (comfortable middle-class hotels) during entire tour

• Breakfast every day

• Picnics/lunches

• Evening dinners

• Motorcycle rental with unlimited mileage

• Excursions

• Third party liability insurance for motorcycles

• Comprehensive vehicle insurance for motorcycles with deductible according to the booked motorcycle model

• English and Afrikaans speaking tour guide on motorcycle

• Support van for luggage transportation (1 piece per person) and space for passengers (limited) on entire tour

 

IS NOT INCLUDED:

• All services not mentioned as included and all items of a personal nature

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OPTIONAL SERVICES:​

• All motorbikes come with a liability insurance, but everything you break yourself, you pay yourself. We use your credit card as a guarantee. 

• For the full duration of the tour, including extensions, a travel insurance policy is mandatory. This policy needs to include full coverage of motorbike riding with (if applicable) your pillion, any activities you plan to do and a Flying Doctor service. A good cancellation insurance is also mandatory to avoid problems in case of a cancellation. You will need to inform us about your insurance details before the tour departs.

 

TERMS OF PAYMENT:​

• Immediately after you receive our mail with the official confirmation of your booking, you need to pay a deposit of 20% of the tour price into the bank account of Zulu Overland in South Africa.

• Make sure the remainder is in our bank account no later then 29 days before the departure date of your tour (= day 1 of the day to day description).

• So if you book within 5 weeks before departure you need to transfer the whole amount when you book.

• Note: if your payment is not in our bank account in time and in full, this constitutes a cancellation of your tour and the applicable cancellation fees will be applied.

 

CANCELLATION POLICY:

If you cancel the tour the following costs and fees apply:

• If you cancel the tour the following costs and fees apply:

• Up to 30 days before departure: your 20% down-payment

• Between 29 and 15 days before departure: 50% of the tour costs

• Between 14 and 8 days before departure: 75% of the tour costs

• 7 days or less before departure: the total tour costs