Book your 1-day or 3 to 5-day Dec 24 & Jan 25 holiday rides now
1-day rides
Chapmans Peak, Cape of Good Hope, Winelands & breathtaking mountain passes. Tar and optional gravel roads
Dates: December - February
3-day ride
Cape Town, Winelands, False Bay Coast, Southern Tip of Africa, Route 62 & Little Karoo. Tar and optional gravel roads
Dates: 22-24 December
3-day ride
Cape Town, Winelands, Cederberg Mountains, Kouebokkeveld & Southern edge of the Great Karoo. 50% gravel roads
Dates: 3-5 January
Cape Town, Route 62 & Garden Route
5-day ride
Cape Town, Southern Tip of Africa, Garden Route, Swartberg Mountains, Route 62, Winelands
Tar and optional gravel roads
Dates: 27-31 December | 7-11 January
Too long, too short or not quite the right dates? Contact us to explore a custom ride
Explore Our 2025 Tours
Discover Africa's vast landscapes, stunning rock formations, starry southern night skies, towering dunes, great lakes, unique wildlife, food and history on our guided motorcycle tours. Choose one of our favourite routes or create your custom ride
Winelands, Mountains & Magnificent Namibia
South Africa & Namibia | 10 & 14-days
Ride through South Africa's beautiful Western Cape and Karoo into Namibia's vast landscapes, and southern night skies on this 14-day guided motorcycle tour
Dates: 17-31 March | 2-16 April | 9-22 May
Seascapes, Switchbacks
& Safaris
South Africa | 14 days
Ride through South Africa's beautiful Cape coast and fold mountains, Great Karoo, Route 62, Garden Route, Drakensberg and the Kruger National Park on this 14-day guided motorcycle tour
Dates: 17-31 January | 11-23 November
Feast of Southern Africa
South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe | 21 days
Ride through South Africa's beautiful Cape coast and fold mountains, Great Karoo, Route 62, Garden Route, Drakensberg and the Kruger National Park on this 14-day guided motorcycle tour
Dates: 9-28 May | 5-24 September
Southern & East Africa
Great Lakes & Rift Valley Ride
Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda | 24 days
Explore Victoria Falls, Lake Malawi, southern Tanzania, Ngorongoro crater & Serengeti, Kenya & Lake Naivasha, Lake Victoria, Uganda's volcanoes and lakes, the Ruwenzori mountains, the gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Kigali, Rwanda on this 24-day guided motorcycle tour
15 July - 7 August 2025
Zimbabwe's Hidden Gems
Zimbabwe | 14 days
Join us as we explore Zimbabwe's hidden secrets: wildlife, breathtaking landscapes, history and culture on this 14-day motorcycle adventure from Victoria Falls to the Eastern Highlands and back
2-15 June 2025
3-5 day Rides in the Western Cape
Garden Route & Route 62
This circular ride takes us along the Cape Coast to Knysna and the Garden Route before returning via Oudtshoorn, the Little Karoo and Route 62 on on this beautiful coast and mountain experience.
Cederberg & Great Karoo
3-day adventure exploring the Cape Coast, Fold Mountains, Cederberg Mountains and the southern reaches of the Great Karoo near Nieuwoudtville.
Swartberg & Route 62
4-day ride exploring the Klein Karoo, Route 62 including rides through the spectacular Seweweekspoort, Meiringspoort and Tradouw passes.
Overberg & Little Karoo
3-day ride along the southern Cape Coast, Cape Fold Mountains and Winelands and then inland exploring the Witteberg Mountains, Route 62 and the Little Karoo
1-day Rides from
Cape Town
Chapman's Peak & Cape of Good Hope
Cape Peninsula, Penguins at Boulders Beach, Chapmans Peak
5 hours, 150km
False Bay & Winelands
Clarence Drive, Franschhoek Pass, Stellenbosch
6 hours, 230km
3 Passes & Winelands Ride
Bainskloof Pass, Du Toitskloof Pass, Franschhoek Pass
7 hours, 360km
Whales, Coastline and Winelands
False Bay Coast, Hermanus, Franschhoek & Stellenbosch
8 hours, 360km
Somewhere in Sudan when Ride Down South`s owner, chief mechanic, email replier, and new route explorer, Andrew, went on an epic adventure ride from Canada to Cape Town in 2007.
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Most of our delicious meals are at great restaurants and eateries along the way, but there is always one good braai (barbecue) cooked up by Mike and Rogan.
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Sani Pass - one of our most spectacular and challenging rides - is a popular part of our Seascapes, Switchbacks and Safaris tour, currently on the go!
Email andrew@ridedownsouth.com for more information on the next one.
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Been there. Done that.
Have you got the T-Shirt?
Come ride with us in 2025 -- and get your Ride Down South T-Shirt 😂
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“Life is an adventure. Live it” – Anonymous
Come ride with us on roads you`ve not yet travelled (but we have, so you can trust us, your guides.)
Email andrew@ridedownsouth.com to join a tour.
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Start a trip as strangers, end it as friends ...
Come ride with us in 2025.
See what is happening this year below:
https://ridedownsouth.com/dates-prices/
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Traffic jams with a difference on tours with us 😅
See what is on offer in 2025.
https://ridedownsouth.com/dates-prices/
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See Africa`s rich wildlife at Ngorongoro, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kibale and South Luangwa Park on our Great Lakes and Rift Valley Tour which we are doing this year in July/August.
Find out more about this tour here:
https://ridedownsouth.com/great-lakes-and-rift-valley-ride/
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