Jason Miller
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- Africa/ Colorado/ Texas
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- South Africa, Namibia
I know this is a forum on Hunting, but thought many of you might be interested in my upcoming adventure.
I'm starting to get excited for an upcoming adventure September 1st. I work in Kenya and travel back and forth around 6 times a year, I have been looking for an Adventure bike around Nairobi for a few years but the only ones available are imported by ex pats and literally cost five times as much as here in the states.
So while working in Kenya in May I grabbed a flight down to South Africa to visit some friends and purchased a used Kawasaki KLR 650 and plan to drive it from Capetown up the continent to Kenya. And eventually onto Cairo. I have always wanted to plan a motorcycle trip East to West from Mombasa to the Atlantic through the Congo but its a little too risky even for me. We will see.
The motorcycle has been at a well known adventure bike mechanic in Capetown being fitted out.
Ive added the following
USB Power points for USB devices and air pump
Boxes and auxiliary fuel tanks
Spare tires (front and back) patch kit and tubes as well as new aggressive tires currently
tools for everything
Spare cables
Added center stand so I can work on the bike
Lifters for the handlbars for more upright position and standing
touring screen (taller)
Luggage racks
CB radio ( I know this sounds silly but will explain later)
The route will be unique as I have friends across the continent to stay with, my plan is to take my time over a year to get to Kenya. I work with multiple NGOs around the continent and will stop along the way to explore the area, wildlife, people etc.
First leg will start September 1st and begin in Capetown, I will work along the west coast to Namibia and explore the skeleton coast (I have been here many times in the past but not on a bike) I will stop over with friends in Windhoek and then leave the pavement. I will head east to Gobabis and north to Tsumkwe Namibia. I will stay a week or so here exploring the bushman tribes and this is full wildlife country. In fact the last time I took the road from Gobabis to Tsumkwe we dodges elephants part of the way, and I was in a truck at that time
From Tsumkwe I will go to Maun Botswana and this is a sandy path so I will have to plan to leave very early and make sure all is in order before heading out. From Maun to Vic Falls and then through the country of Zambia where I will stay with a friend in Eastern Zambia along the border of Mozambique and chase wildlife for a while.
At this point I will cross over to Mozambique, and into Malawi where if things go as planned I will meet a 31 doctor medical team flying in from the states to Nkhotakota along the beautiful shores of Lake Malawi.
At this point I will work with the medical team ( I am their guide) and we end on safari in Malawi, once my team departs for home I will leave the bike locked up at African bible College and fly home from Lilongwe.
In 2024 I will continue from Lilongwe via Tanzania into Nairobi where I will keep the motorcycle to run around east Africa when I am working there. Someday I will plan the continued journey north from Kenya through Sudan/ Ethiopia and Egypt but that will be down the line.
The pic is the motorcycle when I purchase it, it will soon be trashed
and the second pic is a rough draft of the route ( I have already made changes)
As always, I am open to suggestions an advice!
Cheers!
Jason
I have changed some of the route from this map, but you get the idea.
I'm starting to get excited for an upcoming adventure September 1st. I work in Kenya and travel back and forth around 6 times a year, I have been looking for an Adventure bike around Nairobi for a few years but the only ones available are imported by ex pats and literally cost five times as much as here in the states.
So while working in Kenya in May I grabbed a flight down to South Africa to visit some friends and purchased a used Kawasaki KLR 650 and plan to drive it from Capetown up the continent to Kenya. And eventually onto Cairo. I have always wanted to plan a motorcycle trip East to West from Mombasa to the Atlantic through the Congo but its a little too risky even for me. We will see.
The motorcycle has been at a well known adventure bike mechanic in Capetown being fitted out.
Ive added the following
USB Power points for USB devices and air pump
Boxes and auxiliary fuel tanks
Spare tires (front and back) patch kit and tubes as well as new aggressive tires currently
tools for everything
Spare cables
Added center stand so I can work on the bike
Lifters for the handlbars for more upright position and standing
touring screen (taller)
Luggage racks
CB radio ( I know this sounds silly but will explain later)
The route will be unique as I have friends across the continent to stay with, my plan is to take my time over a year to get to Kenya. I work with multiple NGOs around the continent and will stop along the way to explore the area, wildlife, people etc.
First leg will start September 1st and begin in Capetown, I will work along the west coast to Namibia and explore the skeleton coast (I have been here many times in the past but not on a bike) I will stop over with friends in Windhoek and then leave the pavement. I will head east to Gobabis and north to Tsumkwe Namibia. I will stay a week or so here exploring the bushman tribes and this is full wildlife country. In fact the last time I took the road from Gobabis to Tsumkwe we dodges elephants part of the way, and I was in a truck at that time
From Tsumkwe I will go to Maun Botswana and this is a sandy path so I will have to plan to leave very early and make sure all is in order before heading out. From Maun to Vic Falls and then through the country of Zambia where I will stay with a friend in Eastern Zambia along the border of Mozambique and chase wildlife for a while.
At this point I will cross over to Mozambique, and into Malawi where if things go as planned I will meet a 31 doctor medical team flying in from the states to Nkhotakota along the beautiful shores of Lake Malawi.
At this point I will work with the medical team ( I am their guide) and we end on safari in Malawi, once my team departs for home I will leave the bike locked up at African bible College and fly home from Lilongwe.
In 2024 I will continue from Lilongwe via Tanzania into Nairobi where I will keep the motorcycle to run around east Africa when I am working there. Someday I will plan the continued journey north from Kenya through Sudan/ Ethiopia and Egypt but that will be down the line.
The pic is the motorcycle when I purchase it, it will soon be trashed
As always, I am open to suggestions an advice!
Cheers!
Jason
I have changed some of the route from this map, but you get the idea.
