Riders will need four months if you want to complete the whole of this peddle-powered trans-African odyssey. First held in 2003, the Tour d'Afrique starts at the Pyramids of Giza and threads its way down through the continent to Table Mountain.
Riders clock up a total of around 11,869 kilometres at an average of more than 112 kilometres a day as they follow the back roads through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and finally South Africa.
Dehydration is the main danger, but blisters are all but guaranteed, as is a major case of saddle sore. And, of course, the local kids may pelt you with rocks.
On the plus side, the route takes in a handful of Africa's most iconic sights, including the Karnak Temple, the Ngorogoro Crater, the Great Rift Valley, Victoria Falls, Fish River Canyon, the Okavango Delta, and the Dune Sea of the Namib Desert.
Read More: When the going gets tough by Lonely Planet
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