The 2024 Long Ride To Freedom Route
Following the fiber optic route, The Long Ride To Freedom will start on 18 July 2022 and we will ride from Johannesburg to Cape Town to educate and inspire a nation about digital disruption; jobs that will be lost to automation, and how we can create new jobs to help fight corruption and greed.
For those of you who cannot do the entire journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town, we have broken the ride up into stages making it easy to fly into one airport and out from another airport as we follow the route down the coast connecting the dots from one International airport to another.
All Stages
Johannesburg to Cape Town
Our country is known as the “world in on country”. When we take off in the North, landscapes are going to be brown and covered with grasslands, exactly what you would expect from Africa.
As we head further South, the land turns into rolling green hills in Kwa-Zulu Natal and as we head into the Western Cape, everything will be lush green.
Come join us for the entire journey of the Long Ride To Freedom.
From - To Route Distance Comments Johannesburg to Volksrust Suikerbosrand-Standerton-R23 130km Johannesburg - First talk about digital disruption in and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Volksrust to Piet Retief Volksrust-R23 84km Piet Retief to Vryheid Piet Retief-R543 115km Piet Retief - Second talk about digital disruption in and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Vryheid to Melmoth Vryheid-R34 105km Melmoth to KwaDukuza Melmoth-R34/R66 128km Richard's Bay - Third talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. KwaDukuza to Illovo Beach KwaDukuza-R66/R102 124km Illovo Beach to Port Edward Illovo Beach-R102 107km Durban - Fourth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Port Edward to Flagstaff Port Edward-R61 129km Flagstaff to Port St Johns Flagstaff-R61 115km Rest Day Port St Johns-R61 86km Rest day TOTAL: 1111km From - To Route Distance Comments Port St Johns to mThatha mThatha-R61 98km mThatha to Cofimvaba Cofimvaba-R61 148km Longest ride of the Tour! Cofimvaba to Cathcart Cathcart-R351 92km Graham's Town - Fifth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Cathcart to Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort-R345 95km Fort Beaufort to Kenton on Sea Kenton on Sea-R343 141km 2nd Longest ride of the Tour Kenton on Sea to St George's Strand St George's Strand-R72/N2 113km Port Elizabeth - Sixth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. St George's Strand to Jeffrey's Bay J-Bay-R335/R334/N2 96km Jeffrey's Bay to Storms River Village Storms River Village-N2 99km Storms River Village to Knysna Knysna-N2 92km Knysna - Seventh talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Rest Day TOTAL: 974km George - Eighth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. From - To Route Distance Comments Knysna to Mossel Bay Mossel Bay-N2/R102 106km Mossel Bay - Ninth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Mossel Bay to Calitzdorp Calitzdorp-R328/R62 126km Calitzdorp to Barrydale Barrydale-R62 124km Barrydale to Nuy Vallei(Worcester) Nuy Vallei(Worcester)-R62/R60 127km Nuy Vallei(Worcester) to Franschhoek Franschhoek-R43/R45 90km Franschhoek to Muizenberg Muizenberg-R45/R310 77km Muizenberg to V and A Waterfront/Grand Parade V and A Waterfront/Grand Parade finish. 85km Cape Town - Tenth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. TOTAL: 748km Total TOTAL: 2,832km Grand Total Stage 1
Johannesburg to Durban
JOIN STAGE 1 OF THE RIDEIn winter, the landscape from Johannesburg to Durban turns into the beautiful browns we all love about Africa. In summer, the North and the South of the country flip right over, and the North is lush green while the Western Cape in the South is brown.
From - To Route Distance Comments Johannesburg to Volksrust Suikerbosrand-Standerton-R23 130km Johannesburg - First talk about digital disruption in and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Volksrust to Piet Retief Volksrust-R23 84km Piet Retief to Vryheid Piet Retief-R543 115km Piet Retief - Second talk about digital disruption in and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Vryheid to Melmoth Vryheid-R34 105km Melmoth to KwaDukuza Melmoth-R34/R66 128km Richard's Bay - Third talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. KwaDukuza to Illovo Beach KwaDukuza-R66/R102 124km Illovo Beach to Port Edward Illovo Beach-R102 107km Durban - Fourth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Port Edward to Flagstaff Port Edward-R61 129km Flagstaff to Port St Johns Flagstaff-R61 115km Rest Day Port St Johns-R61 86km Rest day TOTAL: 1111km Stage 2
Durban to Port Elizabeth
JOIN STAGE 2 OF THE RIDEYear-round, KwaZulu-Natal experiences a mostly tropical climate. From Durban to Port Elizabeth, we hug the beautiful coastline of South Africa and enjoy the amazing rolling hills of this amazing landscape.
From - To Route Distance Comments Port St Johns to mThatha mThatha-R61 98km mThatha to Cofimvaba Cofimvaba-R61 148km Longest ride of the Tour! Cofimvaba to Cathcart Cathcart-R351 92km Graham's Town - Fifth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Cathcart to Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort-R345 95km Fort Beaufort to Kenton on Sea Kenton on Sea-R343 141km 2nd Longest ride of the Tour Kenton on Sea to St George's Strand St George's Strand-R72/N2 113km Port Elizabeth - Sixth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. St George's Strand to Jeffrey's Bay J-Bay-R335/R334/N2 96km Jeffrey's Bay to Storms River Village Storms River Village-N2 99km Storms River Village to Knysna Knysna-N2 92km Knysna - Seventh talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Rest Day TOTAL: 974km George - Eighth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Stage 3
Durban to Port Elizabeth
JOIN STAGE 3 OF THE RIDEYear-round, KwaZulu-Natal experiences a mostly tropical climate. From Durban to Port Elizabeth, we hug the beautiful coastline of South Africa and enjoy the amazing rolling hills of this amazing landscape.
From - To Route Distance Comments Knysna to Mossel Bay Mossel Bay-N2/R102 106km Mossel Bay - Ninth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. Mossel Bay to Calitzdorp Calitzdorp-R328/R62 126km Calitzdorp to Barrydale Barrydale-R62 124km Barrydale to Nuy Vallei(Worcester) Nuy Vallei(Worcester)-R62/R60 127km Nuy Vallei(Worcester) to Franschhoek Franschhoek-R43/R45 90km Franschhoek to Muizenberg Muizenberg-R45/R310 77km Muizenberg to V and A Waterfront/Grand Parade V and A Waterfront/Grand Parade finish. 85km Cape Town - Tenth talk about digital disruption and what people need to do to prepare for digital disruption. TOTAL: 748km Total TOTAL: 2,832km Grand Total