Trip Highlights

• Gambia – fly in and meet the team at our base just outside Banjul. Get to know your bike and Africa during your first day dedicated to orientation and training.
• Senegal and Dakar – ride the dunes at Lac Rose on your second training session with the Kudu guide before chilling out under palm trees at Zebrabar near St Louis.
• Mauritania - get out into the desert wilderness on the ultimate “must do” challenge for any motorcycle adventurer – crossing the Sahara Desert. A simply amazing experience.
• Morocco – breathtaking scenery and stunning roads and trails through the Atlas Mountains. One of the finest biking destination in the world.
• Spain – relax and enjoy your final day of trail riding through the Sierra Navada mountains in Southern Spain and celebrate an amazing journey completed!

The Bikes

You can ride either a Kudu bike or bring your own - the choice is yours. We at Kudu have a fleet of Yamaha XT660 Teneres, prepared and maintained by our own mechanics. Named after a remote and hostile region of the Sahara Desert, the Tenere has an enviable Dakar winning heritage. You will be riding long distances on both tar and trail, with some challenging sand thrown in too. The Yamaha is light enough, powerful enough, and robust enough to cope with it all, especially if you are an off-road novice. As far as we are concerned, the new Tenere is the only option for a diverse, challenging adventure of this nature. Limited numbers of lowered bikes are also available for those who request them.

Pre-Expedition Training and Orientation

We at Kudu take great pride in running thoroughly professional adventures which are open to anyone with a desire to challenge themselves and what they are capable of.  You do not need to be a highly experienced motorcyclist, off-road expert or have a huge amount of adventurous travel experience.  With Kudu's unique pre-expedition and en-route training, all included in the price, you can begin the toughest challenge of your life well prepared for what lies ahead.

Trans-Sahara Challenge training and orientation (1 day):

• Meet the Kudu team and each other
• Equipment familiarisation
• Route familiarisation
• GPS training
• Ride out and navigation practical
• Puncture repair
• Motorcycle maintenance

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Your Kudu Support Crew

We are extremely lucky in the staff that we have working in support of our tours and we can honestly say that they are our biggest asset. We have been running adventurous tours in North Africa and all around the world for a few years now and you can rest assured that when it comes to skilled and dedicated staff we at Kudu are second to none. You will be accompanied by a highly experienced tour leader and qualified mechanic throughout.

Vehicles

In addition to the Kudu guide on his bike, you will be supported by a 4x4 and trailer able to follow you even along the toughest trails that you will be tackling. Able to carry bikes, tools, spare parts and emergency medical kit these vehicles are the same type as those used on our groundbreaking Round the World expeditions.