Why this ride
A shore-hugging corridor with open water, cliffs, bays or maritime landscapes. It links naturally to Wild Coast cultural landscape.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Eastern Cape Wild Coast Road
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 263 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
Sep-Apr
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. East London
East London is the only river port in South Africa, and the Buffalo River that runs through it has been the heart of the city since the nineteenth century. It began as a landing point for British troops during the frontier wars, grew into a harbour town, and today has nearly half a million people, a busy port, and a motor industry, with a large Mercedes-Benz plant. The city sits on the Indian Ocean coast of the Eastern Cape, with long, empty beaches such as Nahoon and Orient on its doorstep, and surf that draws bodyboarders and surfers all year.
Read the complete East London write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
East London sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Coffee Bay.
2. Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay gets its name from a shipwreck, or so the story goes. In the nineteenth century, a vessel carrying coffee beans is said to have gone down off this coast, and the beans washed ashore and sprouted on the beach, giving the place its name. Whatever the truth, the village is a small, laid-back settlement on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, in the heart of the Xhosa homeland, with a crescent of sand, green hills and round thatched huts dotted over the slopes.
Read the complete Coffee Bay write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Coffee Bay comes up 263 km in.