Richtersveld National Park
ORANGE RIVER WILD RIDE
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Tour details
Discription: Orange River Wild Ride. Are you ready for a tough desert adventure tour through the north west of South Africa . Tour offerings from 6 to 9 days.
Discription: Regular 6 day (4 days riding) offering starts and finishes at Okiep, about 550km from Cape Town. Two awesome days riding in the Richtersveld National Park and on the west coast. Next up two days along the Orange River via the epic Namaqua Eco-trail. Endless vistas and vast open spaces abound. Total distance about 760km
Additionally Wildwood offers longer versions of the tour starting and ending in Cape Town and take in the Cederberg /Tankwa Karoo tour routes ( see Cederberg/ Tankwa tour details). Total distance about 2500km.
Accommodation: Lodgings are a mix of quality guesthouses and lodges.
Summary: Unapologetically a’ riders‘ tour that conjures up images of the Dakar Rally. Fortunately we’re not racing and there’s a swimming pool, comfy bed and cold beer at the end of the day. Option of a support 4×4 vehicle and trailer available.
Namaqua Eco Trail – feel like a Dakar Rally pro
Richtersveld National Park
Richtersveld National Park – In spring August the dessert turns to flower kingdom
Richtersveld National Park
Namaqua Eco Trail
Namaqua Eco Trail
Rugged dessert of Namaqualand – Northern Cape
Richtersveld National Park
Quiver Tree – Namaqualand Eco Trail
Richtersveld National Park
Orange River – Namibia over the river
Namaqualand Eco Trail
Northern Cape Namaqualand spring flowers (August highlight)
ORANGE RIVER WILD RIDE
Orange River Wild Ride (4 ride day option)
Day 1: Meet at the Okiep Country Hotel for dinner and our ride briefing. (550km from Cape Town on the N7 highway (Cape Namibia route)
Day 2: Desert tracks from the moment we leave our hotel at Okiep. Two track sandy and rocky trails to the coast at Port Nolloth.
Day 3: Deep sand, dunes and remote canyons through the Richtersveld Conservancy area on route to our lodge on the Orange River.
Day 4: The magnificent Namaqua Eco-Trail that shadows the Orange River. Riverbeds, canyons, rocky tracks and sandy two tracks on route to our desert guest house on southern Africa’s largest date plantation.
Day 5: We continue on the Namaqau Eco-trail and finally flowing gravel roads back to the hotel at Okiep.
Day 6: After a leisurely breakfast the tour has ended.
Day 1-9 extended tour option: The extended tour option starts and ends in Cape Town. Please enquire if you’d like to include the journey from Cape Town and back. Highlights include the Cederberg Conservancy, Tankwa Karoo and extended West Coast tracks. Days 3-7 are the days 1-4 of the 4 ride option
Consider a special discounted Peninsula Tour the day prior to your tour and get to see the greater Cape Town, our stunning coast line, Cape Point, Chapmans Peak drive, Signal Hill, Table Mountain and the famous African penguins of the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony, Simon’s Town.
Options with or without rental KTM690 Enduro R motorcycle . Also option of a 4×4 support vehicle and trailer for groups of 4 or more riders.
