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New Adventure Motorcycle TV Series to Air on Travel Channel

'African Motorcycle Diaries' follows solo rider's circumnavigation of Africa.

Published on 10.09.2015

A new TV series follows Adventure Motorcyclist Spencer Conway as he circumnavigates Africa riding through 34 countries, covering a staggering 34,000 miles (55,000 km) solo and unsupported, on a Yamaha XT660Z Ténéré.

The first leg of his ambitious journey starts in the UK. Spencer crosses France and catches a ferry to North Africa. From Tunisia, he rides down the east coast through Africa’s deserts, jungles and savannahs, all the way to Cape Town, South Africa.


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His second leg takes him north up the west coast of Africa, through some of the most notoriously unstable and challenging countries in the world. He returns home to the UK after a total of 283 days on the road.

African Motorcycle Diaries

Throughout his journey, Spencer travels on a limited budget. He sleeps rough in his tent or in cockroach infested accommodations, eats street food or whatever is available, and fends for himself negotiating border crossings and local bureaucracy.

He endures virtually impassable mud roads in the Congo, blinding sand storms in the deserts of Mauritania and navigates huge potholes in Guinea. He crashes numerous times, has all his possessions stolen in Angola and survives a near fatal shooting in Kenya. Spencer also experiences the majestic beauty, contrasting landscapes, diverse cultures and the welcoming people of this vast continent.

African Motorcycle Diaries

This gritty, raw and real travel series filmed predominately on Spencer’s diary camera, captures his personal and candid footage revealing the fears, tears, elations and determination of an extreme traveler.

The “African Motorcycle Diaries” series premiers on the Travel Channel in the UK on November 8th, 2015 at 7pm. In Europe, Middle East and Africa the series will air on November 9th, 2015 at 9pm. The series will also be available on DVD soon from Duke Video. No official word yet on whether the series will air in the US but negotiations are in the works.

Author: Annette Peterson
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abdurhman mohammed
abdurhman mohammed
October 10, 2015 4:16 pm

Adventure its lovley I like it . But so hard…good job…

shirley1947
shirley1947
October 16, 2015 4:00 pm

Spencer carried out this epic journey with no support team, entirely solo and its great to know that we will soon be able to see the videos on the Travel Channel. Well done, Spencer.

Matt George
Matt George
October 17, 2015 9:04 pm

If he was totally on his own and had no support, who was filming it when he was riding, this isn’t a complaint or anything bad, I genuinely want to know, was it just asking locals? Looks great can’t wait to watch

Alberto Lara
Alberto Lara
November 1, 2015 8:01 am
Reply to  Matt George

My guess: he had at least 2 camera men following him on…. bikes? (I hope so!) but most likely on a 4-wheeled vehicle. Just a guess.

Derek
Derek
October 18, 2015 1:39 am

This sounds like a goodie, can’t wait to see it!

Steve conway
Steve conway
October 18, 2015 6:19 pm

Would love to see this in the US.

BMW4Life
BMW4Life
October 21, 2015 9:20 am

Shootings? Roaches? Impassable mud? Ugh. You really know how to put a fellow rider off his half caf latte with a shot of vanilla. I staggered out, mounted my R1200GSAW, and carefully navigated the 8 miles home though the dense traffic of the urban jungle. Luckily i had my Touratech crash bars mounted to fend off the worst excesses of mid morning Saturday traffic. What an intense morning…

Brett
Brett
October 26, 2015 6:24 pm

Showing in the U.S?

Patrick
Patrick
November 14, 2015 8:59 am

Perfect series for Netflix. Will be waiting for its release. Thanks

Isaac
Isaac
December 21, 2015 4:41 pm

I am a Kenyan and really appreciate adventure riders, it would be interesting to know and see why and where he was near fatally shot in Kenya. That scares me since visitors on bikes are rarely targeted even by crooks in the streets. I cannot wait to have this series released to the local pay TVs in Africa and Kenya in particular

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