(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- An 11-member team from the Oman Riders Club for motorcycles started an off-road trip through several Gulf and African countries on Tuesday. The trip kicked off from the South Africa Embassy premises in Muscat.
The team will cover the Gulf and conclude its trip in South Africa. The route is as follows: Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa.
This is the first-ever trip and first expedition across Africa. Earlier in 2013, the team rode to Europe and in 2015 to China. The objective of this 40-day trip is to introduce Oman to other countries, promote tourism and boost people-to-people contact.
H E Manabile Shogole, South Africa's Ambassador to Oman said, 'This trip will be a historic milestone in the close and longstanding relations between Oman and South Africa. These ties will be further strengthened by the people-to-people contact that the riders will establish as our goodwill ambassadors.'
Speaking about the trip, Khalid Aasem Zahran al Azri, president of Oman Riders Club said, 'This is our third international trip and it will give us a chance to introduce our country as a fantastic tourist destination to the people of South Africa. We will move around the countries for 40 days. The team will be accompanied by a van with maintenance equipment, spare parts, first-aid kits, camping gear and cooking utensils as well as sturdily-built motorcycles.'
Eng Hamood al Noufli, VP of Oman Riders Club and team leader of the expedition added, 'A great deal of meticulous planning and careful preparations have been made, including detailed study and in-depth research into terrain, topography, weather patterns, availability of food, religious and cultural differences and similarities.'
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