Have you been dreaming of a bike trip in Africa for some time? Would you like to experience the pearl of Africa in an original way?
DURATION
13 days 400 mi / 650km
DIFFICULTY
Epic-Challenging
GROUP
min 14 riders to max 30
Why come on this trip you ask?
With our 15 years of experience on site, we have developed the “ultimate” trip through the pearl of Africa for you. This is a very complete bike trip with almost all tourist highlights included and with attention and respect for the people whose daily lives we can admire. 13 travel days, of which 11 on the bike, full of action and adventure. You will visit three national parks (Lake Mburo, Queen Elisabeth & Murchison Falls) and you will also cycle through and past the Ruwenzori, Kibale forest, Lake Albert, the Victoria & Albert Nile, etc.
Our unique approach to this adventure
All stages can be ridden at your own pace using GPS (the devices are provided). Or we can upload the trail GPX file on your own GPS
We love our trail riding to be frustration free! So there is no trying to keep up or waiting for the group
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Unforgettable experiences and
great time guaranteed
Afterwards you can say “I have seen Uganda”!
Cycling among herds of wild animals, seeing how the locals live and work, enjoying beautiful nature and breathtaking views, enjoying a glass of wine in the evening: it’s all there. We will meet and say goodbye at Entebbe airport, but you can feel free to extend your trip (with a gorilla safari, for example). We can also arrange your flights if desired.
Daily distances vary between 30Mi/48km and 70mi/115 km.
Please let us know if you want us to take care of your flights (including bike transport).
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, with a stopover at the equator. We settle in a lodge on the edge of the park and make a first trip in the area, with a bit of luck we will see a lot of game.
We cycle straight through the national park, a real highlight: there is a lot of game and it is one of the only parks in Uganda where there are zebras.
We cycle through the park together with a few rangers, looking for the largest and most diverse herds of giraffes, antelopes, zebras, buffalos… There are no major climbs, but it is still going well up and down.
Beautiful stage towards Mbarara, we cycle on very quiet paths and slopes between the villages and the locals going to and from their fields. Life as it is in the African countryside (which is not very flat ;-)) Overnight stay in a quiet hotel on the edge of the city.
Short transfer and then a beautiful ride over very varied slopes with beautiful views over Lake George and along the edges of a number of crater lakes towards Queen Elisabeth National Park,
We spend the night in a lodge on the edge of the park, where we have a beautiful view of the Kazinga channel. The grunting of hippos can be clearly heard!
Ride guided by rangers through Queen Elisabeth National Park, a fantastically beautiful ride with beautiful views from the edge of old volcanoes. We cycle north, towards “mountains of the moon”: the Ruwenzori!
In the afternoon we cycle up the flanks of these fantastic mountains.
Overnight stay in hotel in Kasese, at the foot of the mountains.
Beautiful stage along and over small roads and paths around the crater lakes at the foot of the Ruwenzori, enjoying the surroundings and the people working in their fields and banana plantations. We cycle to the edge of Kibale forest. Overnight stay in a beautifully situated lodge.
We travel north, over small bridges, past old volcanoes and through enormous tea plantations. Varied stage with quite a few elevation differences. Overnight stay in a beautiful lodge near Fort Portal.
We cycle a large loop from the lodge to Fort Portal and back, often over small paths between the fields, with single tracks between the forests and over the narrow edge of a spectacular crater lake. And with a bit of luck through a few local markets, it’s all there. Overnight stay in the same lodge.
In the morning transfer north and travel along winding, flat paths along the edge of the enormous Lake Albert. Very special fishing villages along the way, where the fish are still dried in a traditional way.
Overnight stay in Buliisa in hotel.
Today we cycle into Murchison Falls national park, the third major national park we visit during this trip. After we have settled in the cozy lodge, we jump into the 4×4’s to visit the Murchison Falls, a huge waterfall on the Victoria Nile: impressive!
We always see masses of game that run away from us on all sides, but often also walk with us. Once past the last gate of the park, you can drive freely to the lodge, beautifully situated on the banks of the Albert Nile. Watching the sun set over the Nile from the terrace is not only a beautiful end to the day, but also to the journey because here we end in beauty.
In Entebbe we wait in the ViaVia lodge for the night flight back home, or… if you are interested in adding a gorilla safari, we can put you in touch with a guide agency that specializes in this (and also at very good rates).
Larraga – Urbasa: first out of the steppes, then a beautiful single track that ends at a source where wine (!) flows on the Compostela route. You can wave to the webcam in front of the home front while you fill your drinking bottle there. Then it climbs steeply along a canyon to the top of the picturesque mountain plateau of the sierra de Urbasa.
Urbasa – Segura. Short but beautiful stage over two mountain ridges. The first ascent with relatively many steps, but it’s incredibly beautiful and special (over a Roman road and through a cave)! Long single track descent as icing on the cake.
Stage 15: 41 mi/ 64.3 km – 4100 ft/1261 m+
Segura-Orio. Alternating asphalt and lots of single track through the very special mountains of the Basque Country – steep, damp and green… and a 900 m downhill than uphill!
Arrive at the beautiful coastal strip of Zarautz, a hotspot for wave surfers and Orio.
Good hotel and fiesta !!!
GO HOME TIRED BUT WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE 🙂
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED
You stay in a mixture of hotels, hostels, and log cabins – sometimes luxurious, sometimes simple – but always in a bed, never camping.
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