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in Saudi Arabia. This was on
account of their borders
being opened to tourists in
2018 but which were then
closed again due to Covid.
While in Saudi, she says she
met a number of female
b i ke r s a n d w h i c h i s
apparently becoming very
popular in those parts!
In 2024, Steffi had her bike
Walkerbouts Inn had the Slavic countries. From there the Middle East – Israel, shipped to Kenya and from
pleasure of hosting a up to the Baltic states then Jordan, Saudi Arabia, where her African adventure
delightful biker of German back to Portugal via Poland, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the got underway, primarily,
origin who has been living in Germany, France and Spain. United Arab Emirates & “learning fast to drive on the
Portugal for the past 20 2023 by ferry to Albania then Oman, a thoroughly hot trip! other side of the road and
years. After the Covid on to Greece, Macedonia, In fact, much more serious adapt to (the) crazy driving
p a n d e m i c , “ S t e f f i – Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, heat began 3 weeks later style”! The journey conti-
Motorbikegirl” decided to Armenia and back to Athens. with the Hamas incursion nued through Kenya on to
“travel the world on my While in Turkey, the stator into Israel and ensuing “Gaza Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania,
motorbike”, a BMW F700 had to be rebuilt. By this War”. Malawi, Mozambique,
GS. eSwatini, Lesotho and South
time, the mileage completed Steffi says she found the Africa.
2022 was the first outing had reached 135 000km. Middle East to be very
from Portugal to the Red Sea From Athens, the next leg interesting, the people were While in Tanzania, a rear
and back via the Balkans and was by ship to Israel to “do” very kind and this especially shock absorber “exploded”
that resulted in her being to meander from Rhodes
stranded in Dodoma. ”Local down the coastal plain to
help” tried to repair the unit Cape Town.
but to no avail. New shocks Steffi's plan for 2026
had to be flown in from
includes “Namibia, Angola,
Europe.
a bit of Botswana then
The visit to Mozambique Zambia. “Not sure what after
revealed that there is a huge but could be up east via
biker community there as Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti
well and who looked after her back to Middle East or up the
while she was there. And west coast to Europe or
then on to eSwatini, followed shipping to South America”.
by a route through KZN that She added “No real plan yet
led to traversing the but still time until then” and
Naudesnek Pass. also an opportunity to clock
up even more mileage on
Fortunately, this happened
to be on a clear, dry and her bike that has almost
sunny day and eventually 300 000km on the clock
arriving at Walkerbouts Inn. already!
This venue had been For more on Steffi's
recommended by a fellow a d v e n t u r e , s e e
single female motorcycle “steffimotorbikegirl” on
rider who had stopped over T i k To k o r “ s t e f f i _
at Walkerbouts during 2024. m o t o r b i k e g i r l ” o n
The next leg of the journey is Instagram.