“In Mozambique they are horrible people, because of the war I think.” We are standing by our loaded bikes at the gate of a forgettable roadside guesthouse, near the junction of roads M5 and M1 in central Malawi, talking to its owner. “Malawi, Zimbabwe they are fair countries, just poverty.…

Our sojourn at Utengule Coffee Lodge, on the slopes of the Mbeya Range in Southern Tanzania, is a pefect comma on this long trek to Cape Agulhas and beyond. For four days we take up residence in a 5-bedroom bungalow surrounded by lush gardens, with direct access to the lodge’s…

The following segment of this journey could have ended in the city of Mbeya or on the shore of Lake Nyasa down in the Great Rift Valley but after receiving a kind invite from Utengule Coffee Lodge it was an easy decision to plan our next stopover at the world-class…

Any long journey ends up being divided in sections. After reaching the southern limit of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean, our next aim is to rejoin the Great Rift Valley. On a map it is a long straightish line heading into the setting sun, a dull crossing you might wonder.…