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Media Information 07 January 2013
Motorcycle travel hits primetime TV with BMW GS rider Charley Boorman’s ‘South African Adventures’.
New four-part series featuring the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure, begins on Wednesday 09 January on Channel Five at 8pm.
Filmmaker and author Charley Boorman has once again teamed up with his producer/director friend Russ Malkin to complete an amazing journey, ‘South African Adventures’, using a BMW R 1200 GS Adventure to travel between the many locations and experiences he filmed for the show..
Charley, who is no stranger to motorcycling adventures, travelled over 6,200 miles on the GS to complete a full circuit of South Africa, taking in the southern coast of Africa as well as the borders of Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia. However, this was more than just a motorcycle tour; along the epic ride Boorman faced some of his most fearsome and difficult challenges to date.
From detonating dynamite deep underground in a gold mine, swimming with deadly great white sharks and coming face-to-face with wild elephants and rhinoceros, Charley’s latest African adventure was no easy ride.
Viewers will get to watch Charley learning how the natives live off the land in the vast and utterly inhospitable Kalahari desert, one of the harshest environments on the planet. From blistering heat to freezing cold, Charley also took on the majestic Sani Pass, where he had to battle through almost impassable, frozen roads to reach the icy peak.
Charley Boorman said: "I've had the most amazing time travelling through South Africa over the six weeks I spent there. I fell in love with the continent the very first time I came here during my second riding adventure, ‘The Long Way Down’. On some of my big rides, we're travelling so far that you just don't have the time to stop and enjoy the country. So I decided to concentrate on South Africa, and explore a little more of what's on offer here.
“The big GS is the perfect motorcycle to discover this wonderful, vast country on, and I feel so lucky to have been able to really explore it once again on two wheels. There's also no better way to end a trip than with the massive convoy of bikes we rode into Cape Town with!"
The four part series 'Charley Boorman’s ‘South African Adventures’ begins on Channel Five on Wednesday 09 January.
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Charley Boorman onboard a BMW R 1200 GS Adventure
Boorman on Table Mountain
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