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2010-06-10
All trips can be booked to your preferred date!!!2010-03-23
Springtime in South Africa! Come and join us from 11.10.-29.10.2010 on the 19 day bike trip along the Garden route to Cape Town. More...2010-01-01
5% discount on all bookings done 6 months prior to departure!2009-12-30
Guaranteed departure! Join us on a bike trip in beautiful Namibia in July 2010.
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| Cycling to the highlights of Namibia read more... |
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| Along the Garden Route to Cape Town read more... |
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| Animal Encounters - Welcome to the wild side! read more... |
About us
After a year long cycling journey through Africa, the diversity of the country that lies on the tip of the African continent, has become unforgettable for the two of us, Jens and Andreas After the rise of democracy in South Africa and our immigration to this country in 1993, we founded the company, AFRICAN BIKERS. Since then, we show our guests our new “home”, based in Cape Town first-hand.
We research all routes ourselves and we update them regularly considering the opinions of our tour guides and our guests. We are guiding the majority of the tours ourselves and make sure the quality of the routes and accommodation stays the same. Whenever there is time we travel around in Southern Africa to look at new routes and destinations for our program.
The Team
Andreas Lappe
Co-founder of African Bikers
09.02.1959 born in Frankfurt/Germany
1979 Matric
studied film directing in Hamburg
worked as assistant director in theatre and in TV
advertising as producer
1990-91 journey by bicycle through Africa to Cape Town
1992 permanent residency in South Africa
1993 founding of African Bikers
1997 founding of Penguin Tours, specializing in charter train tours and sophisticated small groups travel
Interests: cycling, running, music, languages and travel
Jens Deister
Co-founder of African Bikers
18.10.1967 born in Detmold/Germany
1988 Matric
1990-1991 cycle tour through Africa to Cape Town
1993 founding of African Bikers
1997 founding of Penguin Tours, specialized incoming operator for charter train tours and sophisticated group travel
Interests: travel, cycling, hiking, running, politics, history
Mandy Otto
Manager of Cape Town office
born 16 December 1977 in Wolfen/Germany
1996 high school graduation
2.5 years job training for office clerk
1.5 years distance learning for management assistant
February 2006 emigration to South Africa
work experience: management assistant in a service company in Berlin
with African Bikers Tours since 15.05.2006
consulting and coordination of the African Bikers Tours
Interests: diving, hiking, cycling, reading, nature, travel
Shelagh Jonathan
born 25.4.1947 and lives in Cape Town
married with 2 children
works for African Bikers since 1996 as back-up driver & caterer
specially along the Garden Route…
Interests: cooking, church work, travel
