Tour d`Afrique
I recently heard about the Tour d`Afrique from a traveler who dreamed to someday participate in the organized tour across Africa. I remember thinking, WOW, impressive to think that there are people willing to organize a 12,000 kilometer ride over four months. Then I saw on The Adventure Blog (solid adventure coverage) that the company runs other tours/races and a cool new travel concept they call Dream Tours.
Tour d`Afrique offers their classic race/tour acrossAfrica, but also a route across South America, another from China to Turkey, and one that follows the Silk Route.
The South American route is advertised as a multi-part stage race, and riders can sign up for just one stage or the entire 12,000 kilometer tour. At over 11,000 dollars for the entry fee, I can´t imagine too many people wanting to actually speed their way through such a beautiful section of the world, but if there are riders that compete seriously in this race, it will be one of the more challenging races in the world. Check out the blog updates for the race.
One of the cooler ideas of the company is their new Dream Tours concept, where you come up with your dream bicycle route and present it to other riders in the cycling community. Once there are enough people interested in sharing your dream route, the company will put all the logistics together and actually make the trip happen. Whoever dreamed up the trip from the start will get to join for free.
Tour d`Afrique is also doing their part to be a conscious responsible company through their foundation focusing on:
* donating bikes to individuals and organizations in Africa
* supporting bicycle advocacy and promoting projects that protect the environment
* encouraging participants in the tour to raise funds for their favored charity whether in their home country or in Africa or both
In addition to showing the world the power and potential of human power and bicycles.
Click here to check out some of their current projects.
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