Around Lesotho: 9-12 April 2009

This trip starts the day before the Easter weekend so early booking is essential to secure accommodation. Bookings to be confirmed by 31 January 2009. No accommodation will be held for us after this date. So if you decide to join after this date the onus is on you to arrange accommodation for yourself.

Provisional accommodation for this trip is as follows:
Day 1, 9 April: Nottingham Road Hotel @ R390.00pp sharing including breakfast.
Tel: 033 266 6151 – Kate Hart

Day 2, 10 April: The Glass House, Port St. Johns. Three sea facing double rooms, two self catering units
The lower unit can sleep four and the top unit has a double and a single bed open plan.
R400.00pp sharing and R450.00 single including braai and breakfast.
Karen - 047 564 1242/072 332 3569

Day 3, 11 April: Old Mill Inn, Barkly East. All rates include breakfast. Dinner: 3 course meal @ R75.00pp.
Loft Suites – 4 double rooms, private lounge – R540.00 per room.
Victorian – 3 double rooms – R490.00 per room.
Victorian – 2 single bedrooms – can sleep 2 adults. R375.00 single, R490.00 double.
Garden flatlet – 2 single beds as above. R375.00 single, R490.00 double.
Tel: 045 971 0277 - Mark

Day 4, 12 April: Fouriesburg Country Inn, R375.00pp - dinner,bed and breakfast. Tel: 058 223 0207 - Mike

Please note that the people going on the GS ride this same weekend are staying at Nottingham Road hotel on the 10th April - the day after we stay there. Please ensure when making your booking that there is no confusion regarding the date.

Here is a link to the route we will taking:
http://www.bmwclubs.co.za/events/docs/Around%20Lesotho%20final.pdf

now this looks veeeeery interesting

MadnohB wrote:now this looks veeeeery interesting

Wait till you see the route.

Can't wait to see the route. Must be one of those that wear off the sides of the tyres....

Perske wrote:Can't wait to see the route. Must be one of those that wear off the sides of the tyres....

Yip. more details on the route will always be welcomed... surely I can arange along-weekend somewhere ... where's the diary ...

OK - so how do I upload a word doc??....or mapsource map?

I think you have to wait for admin to return from holiday.......so bly net kalm, jy weet wat laas gebeur het toe sy weg was

lol

Thanks to Dave for doing the recce ride, the preparation of the maps, etc!

The routes for Around Lesotho trip are available on the Club's website: www.bmwclubs.co.za

Yes - the planned route is excellent - we did parts of it a number of years ago on our own - one long continuous mountain pass - will definitely work the side walls of the tires more than the centre of the tyres.

From Barkley East - whoever said the Free State is flat have not yet travelled in this part. Did mountain passes i did not even know existed.

OK - so who else has made bookings???

Mine and Dorothy's bookings have been confirmed and deposits have been paid.

Please let me know when you have booked so that I can update my list.

If you know of anyone who wants to help with the backup vehicle please ask them to contact me.

Perske wrote:Can't wait to see the route. Must be one of those that wear off the sides of the tyres....

Link to the route has been added to the info at the beginning of this thread.

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yes , yes , yes , i am comming .....
this is simlpy a must for me!
please take me to the top of sani!!!!! ....
i have booked a Drivers course on the 31st.january to learn more about the handling of my gs!
anything for the improvement of my driver skils!
but i have to be part of that trip over the easter weekend!
count me in, need to collect more stories to tell my overseas biker friends at bmw-schweiz!!

Shangali .... Peace & Joy ....

and a big tear 4 the ones not comming ......

Shangali - this trip is a road trip. You will need to contact Sharkie regarding the GS trip - see the 'Sani over Easter' thread.

Rejuvenated DaveS wrote:Shangali - this trip is a road trip. You will need to contact Sharkie regarding the GS trip - see the 'Sani over Easter' thread.

thank you DaveS
i will do so ........

have some good fun on the trip!!
Shangali

I'm in.. only me
Booked all but Fouriesburg?? Have you confirmed rates yet?

Chris Meyer wrote:I'm in.. only me
Booked all but Fouriesburg?? Have you confirmed rates yet?

Not yet.

Ok - confirmed numbers so far:
9 bikes
11 people

Fouriesburg accommodation details updated at beginning of thread.

Here some pictures of some of the areas:

On the way from Lusisiki to Port St. John



The Umzimvubu River in the background


Port St Johns beach


View from The Glass House


The area between Umtata and Elliot



Elliot take aways


Kraai River pass


Near Barkly East


Going up Barkly pass - was 11deg C in the afternoon



At an altitude of 2008m


On the other side it was a bright summers day. Travelling down Barkly Pass towards Barkly East. If you look at the time on this photo and the time of the photo of Dorothy at the top of the pass in the mist you will notice that there was 13 minutes between pictures!!!


Old Mill Inn Barkly East

That is roughly part of the route we did in 2005. Also see you where you stopped on the Barkley East past is practically where we stopped. When doing the route count the burnt out car wrecks. Elsabe counted 110 over a 120km stretch between Kokstad and Ugie.

LeRoy Olivier wrote:That is roughly part of the route we did in 2005. Also see you where you stopped on the Barkley East past is practically where we stopped. When doing the route count the burnt out car wrecks. Elsabe counted 110 over a 120km stretch between Kokstad and Ugie.

The pillion is probably the luckiest of all when there is beautiful scenery - the rider always has to keep his eyes on the road most of the time.

Nothing better than riding through areas like this and looking at the scenery - especially in the mountain areas - just love it!! Whether it is hot, cold, raining or not. Hopefully this time we will see the view from Barkly Pass. Tend to want to stop a lot in areas like this.

This looks like a great trip! Wish I could've joined you guys Can't wait to see the pictures!

Very nice, thanks for sharing........eendag as ek groot is!!!!!!!!!

Henk - this is only happening in April - genoeg tyd om 'groot' te word!!

Looks awesome. Unfortunately not able to make this trip as I would just have returned from Mozambique and budget will not stretch to two holidays one after the other. Stunning scenery and roads.