We meet in Noordhoek, hand you the keys to your bike, and ease into a sunset run up Chapman's Peak — the most cinematic coastal road on Earth, hugged tight against the Atlantic. The next morning loops the whole peninsula: Boulders Beach penguins at Simon's Town, out to the Cape of Good Hope at the south-western tip, then Camps Bay and the Atlantic Seaboard before climbing back over Chapman's to Noordhoek.

The road turns inland and upward. Bainskloof and Franschhoek passes carry you through the Cape Fold mountains to Montagu, then the legendary R62 — Barrydale, Calitzdorp, Red Stone Hills — delivers you over the Swartberg Pass into Prince Albert. Two nights here mean you unpack once: a day of Karoo outrides, with drinks and snacks at the top of the Swartberg Pass.

Drop off the Swartberg through Oudtshoorn, De Rust and Uniondale, then the R62 and Kareedouw Pass bring you down to Storms River on the edge of the Tsitsikamma. A second day here is yours to explore — outrides through indigenous forest and along the cliff-edge coast, with no panniers to repack.

The N2 runs west through Knysna — pause at the Bike Museum — before the 7 Weeks Pass, George and Oudtshoorn deliver you to your game lodge on the edge of the Karoo. Trade two wheels for four legs: an elephant experience, a sunrise game drive and a sunset drive, with an optional afternoon outride for the restless.

Leave early over the Robinson Pass, through Mossel Bay and Swellendam to Arniston on the Cape's wild south coast. The final day saves the best landmark for last: Cape Agulhas, the true southern tip of Africa, then Hermanus, the cliff-hugging Clarence Drive and Gordon's Bay before you hand the bikes back in Constantia.