From Morocco to Cape Point and back again…
Solo in the dirt.
“I was not made for love. I’m made for pain, adventure, risk, challenge… And that’s my destiny”
Before we even start this, please watch the interview that we hosted with this man. He is on solo trip from Morocco down to The Cape Point and back again.
We caught up with him at CFMOTO headquarters in South Africa where the team was prepping his bike for the journey back home.
As you look at this lot, he’s on his way back up to Morocco…
Solo. Alone. Pat Malone. Off any kind of beaten track for the majority of the 21000 kilometres over 2 months so far.
This is certainly not your average road trip. The total will be around 47000 KM’s when he is done.
Omar is a Rally racer, a CFMOTO dealer, a tour guide and an adventurer. All of his vids and so-on are in Arabic, so this interview is just about the only english account of his journey so far.
Last year, he undertook a journey all around Morocco on his CFMOTO MT450.
This journey is all happening on his CFMOTO 800MTX.
He selected the bigger bike, he says, purely because it can carry more luggage and can cope with the additional weight of all the gear required for a journey like this. To date he has not even been bothered by a puncture. He’s used a single set of MOTOZ tyres to get down here, they have just been swapped out for a fresh set.
He has carried all of his tools, parts and clobber needed for the journey – including a fuel pump and a spare clutch. He didn’t use any of it on the journey – the clutch has been replaced here, along with all the wheel and steering neck bearings and fresh brake pads.
“I changed oil and filters on my journey. Sometimes fuel can be dodgy – and that’s why I carried a spare fuel pump, just in case. Every day, I went through my bike to make sure that it was perfect. My bike is my tool, my companion and my weapon.”
Chatting to him is pretty inspiring – he undertook the journey as a challenge. Because it’s dangerous – watch the interview – he’s not kidding. Everything from bandits to wildlife scares… And the fact that he is undertaking the whole thing alone makes this something of a world record.
He talks about how people treat you if you treat them with respect – the age old adage that it’s “lekker just to be lekker!”
This young man has cut his own roads, come face to face with lion and Elephants, been set upon by monkeys and accosted by freedom fighters and Jihadists…
A part of his journey has been during Ramadan, where fasting (no food or drink from dawn to sunset,) becomes a part of the challenge:
“Today marks the fourth day of Ramadan…
I completed a 62 km loop deep in the dunes of Namibia. It wasn’t just a distance — it was a real battle against fatigue, fasting, and energy depletion.
Every meter was a test of willpower…
Every dune demanded more strength and patience.”
“The first great chapter of this expedition is now complete.
From Morocco to the southern tip of Africa, crossing deserts, borders, cultures and thousands of kilometers — with nearly 40% of the journey ridden off-road.
Reaching the southernmost point of the African continent was a powerful moment… but it represents only about 35–36% of the entire transcontinental rally.
Now I have arrived safely in Johannesburg.
This week the bike goes to CFMOTO South Africa for a full service — a complete reset before the next phase of the adventure.
From here, the journey continues north again:
Mozambique → Malawi → Tanzania → Kenya → and beyond, before the long road eventually leads back home to Morocco.
This was only the beginning.
Africa still has many roads left to reveal.”
After all of this, his visa for Mozambique was denied because authorities deemed his journey “Too dangerous”.
In his usual fashion a plan has been made, routes have been altered and he is on his way back up Africa.
Once again, watch the interview – it’s been one hell of a journey so far. He is a youtuber and blogger, so photographs are kinda slim, we’ve pinched and scratched from wherever we can.
We’ll catch up with him when he gets home…
