Africa Is Calling: Three Motorcycle Expeditions, One Continent

Africa is calling. Few continents stir up as much wanderlust, and few can be experienced in such different ways, best of all from the saddle of a motorcycle. Here we introduce three expeditions that all share the same goal, to take you right into the middle of it, and yet could hardly be more different.

One carries you in a good two weeks from Marrakech through the vastness of West Africa to a pink lake. Another leads you into the green, wild heart of East Africa, among highlands, wildlife and volcanoes. And the third is the truly big one: right across the continent, from north to south, over 15,000 kilometres.

Whether beginner or old desert hand, whether 14 days or almost two months, this is where you find your route. Strap on the helmet, let us look at them together.

Let us start in the north. This motorcycle tour sets off in Marrakech and takes you step by step deeper into Africa, all the way to the famous Lac Rose near Dakar. Along the way the landscape keeps changing: from the High Atlas over the endless tracks of the Western Sahara to the rugged Atlantic coast.

You ride through countries that rarely make the classic travel list, meet nomads by the roadside, camp under a sky full of stars and feel, day by day, how the north slowly gives way to the south. It is a journey of great distances and even greater impressions.

For anyone keen on real West Africa without setting aside two whole months, the motorcycle tour from Marrakech to the Lac Rose is the perfect way into the continent.

A completely different Africa awaits you in the east. Instead of desert and sand, here you head into the green highlands, through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. This motorcycle tour is a safari on two wheels, with everything that makes up the heart of East Africa.

You roll over red tracks between tea plantations and volcanoes, stop when elephants cross the road, and get close to regions where mountain gorillas still live. Between national parks, markets and wide plains you get a concentrated dose of nature, culture and wildlife in fourteen days.

If you want to experience Africa less as desert and more as a living, green adventure, the Heart of Africa tour is exactly right.

And then the crowning stage. Transafrica GO WEST is not a normal trip, it is a real expedition: right across the continent, from north to south, over some 15,000 kilometres and almost two months. From the Mediterranean to the far end of Africa.

You cross deserts, rainforests, savannahs and highlands, pass countless borders and get to know an Africa that only reveals itself to those who truly bring time. This is travel in its most intense form, with all the highs, the challenges and the moments you never forget.

This tour is for the truly determined, for anyone who wants to live the big dream of the continent on two wheels. If that calls to you, take a closer look at the Transafrica GO WEST expedition.

Three expeditions, one continent. Whether the leap from Marrakech to the Lac Rose, the green heart of East Africa or the great crossing from north to south, each of these journeys shows you a different face of Africa. And all of them share one thing: they change the way you travel.

Which one suits you depends mostly on how much time and adventure you are after. A first big step, a wild nature loop or the whole distance at once? You do not have to decide today, but you might already sense while reading which one gives you the biggest tingle.

You will find all our Africa motorcycle tours at Overcross motorcycle tours through Africa. Strap on the helmet, we look forward to having you along.