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Great Karoo · South Africa

Great Karoo

The big empty. Dead straight roads to the horizon, flat topped koppies, windpumps and a silence you can hear. The Great Karoo is not for everyone, which is exactly why it is for some.

5
Days Riding
450
Kilometres
3,600
Metres Climbed
Gravel
Surface
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Riding The Big Empty

Nowhere else in the country gives you this much sky. The Great Karoo strips riding down to its elements, you, the road, and a horizon that never seems to arrive. The distances are honest, the gravel is fast, and the nights end under more stars than you have ever seen. Bring a hunger for space.

01

Into The Interior

Transfer up onto the plateau, build the bikes, and take a sunset spin out of a Victorian era Karoo town as the light turns everything gold.

02

The Long Straight

The signature Karoo day. A road that runs to the horizon and keeps going. Windpumps, sheep farms and a padstal lunch you will still be talking about.

03

Koppie Country

Rolling gravel between the flat topped hills, with a climb to a ridge line that shows you fifty kilometres in every direction.

04

Farm Roads & Fossils

Quiet district roads through country older than dinosaurs, ending at a guest farm where dinner comes off the fire and the sky does the entertainment.

05

The Last Horizon

One final morning of open road, then a long lunch and the transfer back toward the coast. The silence follows you home for days.

What You Will See

Road to the horizon
Karoo windpump at sunset
Flat topped koppies
Milky Way over the plains

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