We'll meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. Depending on your arrival time you'll have a chance to explore the falls on foot or book on of the various airborne tour offerings. In the evening we'll enjoy a pre-trip dinner at a local restaurant - dinner's on us 🙂

It's a short ride to Hwange Game Reserve so we'll have time in the morning to pack the bikes and/or do some more exploring. Once on the road we head south-east on a tar road towards Bulawayo. We'll ride through the African bushveld you will come to know well on this ride and may see elephants, or if we are lucky the Ground Hornbill.

We'll aim to arrive in time for an optional late afternoon game drive (safari) at Hwange Game Reserve.

We continue south-east towards Bulawayo on tar roads through wild woodlands, again with occasional potholes to keep an eye out for. At Bulawayo we turn south to Matopos National Park which is about 30km from the city. This area is famous for its beautiful rock formations, a rhino sanctuary and the grave of Cecil John Rhodes. We'll leave the bikes at the gate and catch a shuttle to our lodge. Activity options in the evening and following morning include: Rhino tracking, a visit to Rhodes' grave, or walking on local trails up the surrounding hills for great views of the park.

Today we head back up to Bulawayo before turning east towards Masvingo and the famous Great Zimbabwe ruins. We end with a fun ride along a narrow, twisting road around Lake Kyle.
Our lodge has direct access to the Great Zimbabwe site and you can do a self-guided walking tour of these fascinating ruins. 

We have a shorter ride today to our destination at Savé Valley Conservancy. We begin with a twisting, narrow road around the shores of Lake Mutirikiwi, before joining the road east towards Birchenough Bridge. Just before the bridge we turn south into Savé Valley Conservancy and ride 20km on a dirt road and two river crossings before reaching the lodge. We'll have time to explore the wildlife in the conservancy in the afternoon.

Today we'll head back out of the conservancy and cross the famous Birchenough bridge on our way to the highlands of Chimanimani. The last 40km are a fun ride of tight, twisting corners as we ascend into the high country. There will be time to explore the area on the bike with one of the park rangers including Tessa's Pool, Pork Pie hill and Bridal Veil falls.

Today we'll descend again out of the highlands as we twist our way north towards Mutare. If you're feeling adventurous we can take the gravel/dirt scenic route via Cashel. It's a long, bumby ride but the views are worth the effort. We'll continue north along the A14 towards Nyanga before turning east and descending into the Honde Valley. We'll make our way through the valley and Eastern Highlands tea plantations before arriving at our lodge, nestled among rolling tea-plantations, rivers, mountains and lovely riparian forest. 

Today we'll take a break from the bikes and enjoy this part of Zimbabwe. There are a few more active ways to explore the area. Activities include guided birding and nature walks, exploring the local waterfalls, a tour of the local tea factory and a forest canopy tour on ziplines.

Today we'll climb back out of the valley before continuing a short way through the town of Juliasdale before reaching our overnight stop at Troutbeck Resort, set below pine forests and overlooking a trout-filled lake. You'll be able to explore the area including World's View lookout. Our stop here sets us up well for the riding adventure tomorrow into Mozambique.

We'll aim for an early start today as we have a fair way to go and some adventurous roads ahead. We'll ride north towards the border town of Nyamapanda on the A14. We'll ride through a mountainous area on a good tar road before the road abruptly turns to gravel. For the next 40km or so we'll thread our way along alternating patches of good gravel and some rocky bits as we ride north parallel to the Mozambique border. The going will be slow at times but after about an hour the surface improves and the rest of the ride is straightforward. We'll cross into Mozambique before making our way on tar roads to Tete on the banks of the Zambezi river.

We'll aim for another early start from Tete as we have a border crossing to get through today. We'll begin by crossing the Zambezi River twice on our way out of town before heading due east for about 110km to the Malawi border. Once through we have about 140km to go before we climb up the Zomba plateau to our base for two nights at Zomba Forest Lodge.

Zomba Forest Lodge is one of our favourite places in Malawi. The food alone, provided by our hosts Petal and Tom, is worth staying two nights for. This is one of the few well-forested places on the plateau and there are 7km of trails to explore. You can also ride up to the top of the plateau for tea at the hotel there. If you feel like venturing further, Mulanje mountain is just over 100km away. 

Today we'll head back down the mountain and ride north towards Lake Malawi, taking the lakeside route via Mangochi. We'll get to the Lake around midday, giving us time in the afternoon to explore this part of the lake and local village.