Testimonials

This is an experience not to be missed. If you have the opportunity to participate my advice is to grab it with both hands. You will leam about different cultures and people and help make a difference to someone less fortunate than yourself.

The whole trip was great fun from beginning to end. The bike riding is organized by professionals and we felt safe and supported the whole way.

Dave Tapley

A truly rewarding, renewing, replenishing and resetting life experience. It was such an energetic, exciting and emotional journey from the very start of the fundraising down to the last minute visiting the beautiful children in the Red Cross hospital after the epic bike ride through South Africa.

The ABC Bike Challenge experience for me, was a positive life altering one and one that I will take with me through life.

Catherine Cregan

The strength and resilience of the injured children and their families was something I will never forget. From the pure exhilaration of cycling through amazing landscapes, to the overwhelming empathy and admiration of the Red Cross Hospital, this was a humbling and very inspiring experience not to be missed.

Matt Griggs

Having previously lived and grown up in South Africa this was a great opportunity to contribute to a worthy cause. While the ride, views and team were incredible, the chance to represent the many people that had provided their support and being able to pass that on was a priceless experience.

Barry Beasley

The ride proved to be the most physically demanding challenge I have ever undertaken but without doubt the most fun and rewarding 8 or 9 days of my life. The camaraderie and team spirit throughout the whole cycling party made time on and off the bike so enjoyable and I made many new friends.

Anthony Mellalieu

Great team, amazing cause, incredible experience!

Fergus Gilmour

It proved to be a true life experience and much more rewarding than I had ever imagined! I tested myself physically in ways never experienced before, witnessed some spectacular sights of scenery, game and whales, laughed frequently and made some great new friends of all ages!

Phil Loader

The ride at times was extremely challenging, however we were continually rewarded with the incredible views of mountainous landscapes and African plains and a real sense of achievement. More importantly, the visit to the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town really put things into context and made us realise what a fantastic and worthwhile cause the somewhat exhausting adventure had been for. I would thoroughly recommend such a challenge to anyone!

Nick Cripps

The most important and poignant time of the trip was visiting the townships in Cape Town and the new burns unit of the Children’s Red Cross War Memorial Hospital where so many of the burns incidents occur and are treated. It was rewarding and emotional seeing that some of the children were amazingly upbeat even in those circumstances and knowing that we had done a little something to help them and their families.

Laura Gaze

The ride itself was far more impressive, and gruelling, than I had ever imagined, but I have never been happier to go through so much pain! The group were fantastic, and some great memories were shared on that trip, and certain aspects particularly stand out, whether it be seeing the game, the unbelievable scenery or merely the first ice cold pint after a long day's cycling.

Scott Loader

The Cederberg is beautiful, more so than I could ever do justice to and I will never forget the stunning scenery. Our guides made sure we saw the best of this country and after climbing onto a ledge at 4,000 feet I will never again say I am afraid of heights!

My team of hikers were nicer than I could have wished for, especially since I came into this knowing nobody, and I am thankful that we got on so well!

What makes it even more worthwhile is The Phoenix Burns Project – the charity we were raising money for. To see our money going to such an amazing cause that works so hard to help children was a great privilege and I only hope I can do more for them with ABC in the future.

Abby Deem

The stay in Cape Town and visit to the hospital were incredibly evoking and I would recommend this humbling experience to anyone seeking a different South African adventure.

Mark Scollay

The cycle ride is more than just an enjoyable experience to look back on. It will live in my mind as a life changing week, pushing my body each day whilst enjoying some of the world’s most stunning scenery and forging new friends along the way. The South African countryside provides a remarkable backdrop. The Witfontein nature reserve, the calm waters of Plettenberg Bay and the windy point of Cape Agulhas will be abiding memories. Simply phenomenal, and something that I cannot recommend highly enough.

Chris Dunlop

On the hike, we experienced the genuine wilderness, barely seeing another soul. The terrain varied greatly between desert, forest and all sorts in between. We walked across high mountains, beautiful waterfalls, floral meadows and perhaps most striking, the bizarre natural rock structures formed when the Cederbergs began life under the sea.

Graham Spencer