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Thanks great!! Thank you I’ll mail Shaun!

Waaauw! This group is amazing! Soo happy with all your responses!! If the majority in ZA is like you guys then I’m truly reassured! Thank you a lot Buffs for the information!! We are planning to start to bike on the 30/10 so feel free to join with your wife! Seems really nice to do it the way you did! We were thinking to do some camping but an Airbnb sounds also quite wonderful 😀 we’ll check it out, specially if the price is that convenient. How did you manage to get the bikes to Plettenbergh? I’m searching on the internet and can’t find any real options. thanks a lot again! Here is us bike packing in Sicily!

We are still not sure where to start. Seems logical so ride towards Cape Town as that is our departure point back to Brussels. But then again we would have to be able to get the bikes to Plettenberg and that’s something I haven’t found yet how to do it. The only way I found on the internet is by the Bazbus but seems a bit weird as it looks more like a tourist hop on bus. Any suggestions on buses that go to Plettenberg and take bikes 😅? Anyway, we’ll keep you posted and many thanks for the suggestion to ride with us! Would be lovely, also for a beer 🙂

That’s also what I thought but it’s difficult to make a real image about it when you can only rely on the internet, so very happy to hear from you people! We are planning to ride only by day, seems also a better way to explore and meet locals. Thank you a lot for the links! Will definitely check out the wizardry Spot 😄!!

Wauw I’m stunned with the great responses I get here 🤩 looking forward to the route again!! Thanks for the invitation, I’ll keep it in mind and since the route stops in Stellenbosch I think we’ll pass there around 9/11 keep you posted! Great respect for the lady 🤗!

Ok sounds fair! I’m born and raised in Ecuador so I’m familiar with paying attention. As it’s my first time Africa I wanted to be sure that I was making a good decision! Thanks a lot!

Hello Lynksey!! Thank you for the reassuring words! And I signed in for the FB group, was looking for something similar but couldn’t find any group so very great full! We are still figuring out to start in Stellenbosch or Plattenbergh but thanks a lot! 🍀

Hello ZA! We are Bianca and Fabian, a Belgian couple who plans to do bike-packing in ZA in november 2023. We have two weeks and will bring our own bikes and gear etc. I have some experience, Fabian has experiences bike-packing in Rwanda, Scotland, Turkey etc. We were really looking forward until some weeks earlier we keep hearing sounds that it's really unsafe in ZA. First we were planning to do a more remote route but now we are thinking of going for a safer option and do the Cross Cape Route https://bicyclesouth.co.za/2017/10/the-cross-cape/. Seems really beautiful! We would like to hear from you what your recent experiences are about this route. I can only find reviews from 2021 or earlier so would like a fresher point of view. Also some bike friendly cheaper hotels/hostel/guesthouses in Cape Town would be great! Thanks a lot in advance! A fellow bicycle lover