Comments on: Cycling Safari on the Elephant Highway http://lovingthebike.com/guest-post/cycling-safari-on-the-elephant-highway Thu, 23 May 2013 01:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Darryl is Loving the Bike http://lovingthebike.com/guest-post/cycling-safari-on-the-elephant-highway/comment-page-1#comment-10345 Darryl is Loving the Bike Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://lovingthebike.com/?p=8793#comment-10345 Thanks Paul.  For the first time ever, I had a funny feeling about putting up this guest post and now I realize why.  I have decided to leave it up for the reasons I listed at the top of this post and have taken out the totally false sections that you mentioned.

I’m looking forward to putting up some great stuff from you and your clients.

Darryl

]]> By: Paul J McManus http://lovingthebike.com/guest-post/cycling-safari-on-the-elephant-highway/comment-page-1#comment-10344 Paul J McManus Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:39:00 +0000 http://lovingthebike.com/?p=8793#comment-10344 I work for Tour d’Afrique and have led the Cario to Cape Town Expedition 4 times.  I’m a big fan of your blog and your Cycling 360 podcast.  

While I certainly appreciate the author mentioning our company and our flagship tour I do not believe he has ever been on this section of our tour.There are a few factual errors – Vic Falls is in Zambia, not Botswana for example, and a few logistical ones.  We carry all our clients luggage on our support trucks and provide 4 meals a day for them.  So there is no need, nor would it be at all convenient to bring a trailer or make your coffee etc…  on our tours.   Having a campfire in the dry grasses of Botswana would also not be advisable and seeing Zebras and Gazelles lying in the shade as you cycle thought Botswana is not likely to happen.  As the name of the tour section implies though, there are plenty of Elephants along the road as we pass by Chobe National Park. It amazing this to see an Elephant from the seat of a bike but also very dangerous and we go to great lengths to ensure the safety of our clients on this section of the tour while still allowing them the freedom to ride the route at their own pace.  An important goal for our company is to help our clients to better understand the people and cultures of the countries we travel through.  We celebrate anyone who takes the opportunity to travel and explore our wonderful world, especially if they using human powered transport like a bicycle.  I don’t think think this particular post is doing any service to your readers as it contains many errors and misrepresents the journey in general.  I would love to see real stories of african adventures on Loving the Bike.  Its a beautiful and diverse continent that has a life changing affect on people who travel there.  Again, I appreciate the mention but just wanted to clarify some facts.  

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