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Help to find suitable off road tour for female travelling alone
Hello everyone, I am looking for help to find the right off road adventure. I don't mind where in the world it is (the more unusual the better!).
I ride a crf 230 green laning at home in Devon England and am looking for a predominently off road tour, not a big dual sport tour.
Can anyone recommend one they have been on?
I did look at one africa one in October but it turns out Prince Wills and Harry did it and at £5K, I thought a bit expensive.
This is going to be a trip of a lifetime for me so I realise it will cost. I am travelling solo and don't really know anyone to do a trip with, hence going on a tour as opposed to a self organised trip.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Hi, first off how long are you planning on going for and are you taking your own bike? If you're looking at 6 months+, you'd be cheaper to bring your own bike or buy there (ie USA or Australia).
Have you considered South America? I only spent about 5/6 months there but totally loved it. Off road or just plain old bad roads, it's all there.
BTW, if its a trip of a life time you are after, I'd seriously reconsider going down the organised tour route but each to their own. After a few days travelling on your own, you'll be wondering what all the fuss was about. You also meet a lot more people on your own, plus there are quite a few solo female travellers here.
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Hi Mike, wasn't planning to take my own bike, my mechanical knowlege is rubbish and from a safety angle, I just don't know that I have posess enough knowledge and or skills (yet!) to go it alone.
I'm not planning a long trip, was thinking more on the lines of a couple of weeks of hard core off road guided tour and then staying on in the country afterwards for a month or so.
Maybe I am going at this from all the wrong angle!!
You've definitely given me some food for thought, that's for sure.
Thanks for your advice. Looking forward to hearing anymore.
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hi i have read (but cant remember where) that its possible to ride from around calias to the med using mainly off road tracks would make a fantastic journey have fun steve
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I'm just back from a couple of days in France. If you do use a Garmin Zumo in France then have it guide you to a location in the hinterland on the shortest route possible (not the fastest).
It will route you over forest tracks, dirt roads and a lot of other fun stuff. Might not be a once in a lifetime adventure but it sure makes for a lot of dirt track fun. I'm already thinking about going from Germany to the Atlantic and then maybe to the Mediterranean next year
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It may not float your boat, but,,,
Pol,
There are a group of us from another forum heading off down through Portugal, south and then back north through Spain, we're looking at mainly dirt trails, wild camping and as few tarmac sections as possible
It's a 10 day run sceduled for May 2010, ferry into northern Spain and ferry back to blighty.
It's a prelude to our Dakar challange in 2011 (just to make sure we all get on together!)
You are welcome to tag along.
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hi i have read (but cant remember where) that its possible to ride from around calias to the med using mainly off road tracks would make a fantastic journey have fun steve
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Are you thinking of something called the Sentiers des Douaniers? If so tt's possible to walk and cycle round from Calais to the Med, but motorbike it and you'll find you're being pursued by some very irate farmers and you're trying to lift your bike up and down stairs, fences, walls etc. And you'd need amazing bike handling skills on some of the cliff-top paths round me.
Haven't heard of a bike-able version though, but maybe my Zumo will help me out?
Polly, you might try contacting XT Girl on here a while back she was trying to organise a couple of weeks in the Sahara, but then it went quiet, I think there weren't enough people? But who knows she might be up for it.
And what happened to your London - Capetown ideas? I guess they didn't get done after all?
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It might be worth having a word with Bill Oates of Moto Morocco. He can arrange the hire of a mid-range offroad bike to join one of his tours with you flying into Marrakech on Easy Jet.
Another resource in Morocco is Peter Buitelaar of BikersHome who might be able to suggest or offer something.
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