Filmmaker and adventurer Roberto Helou has finally made it to South Africa. The storyteller is cycling across Africa under Project Africa, which they started in January 2023 after leaving Egypt.
The adventurer crossed the first border into Sudan in February 2023. Then a year later, after learning the endless number of stories and making memories, they have crossed the 12th and the final country South Africa of the trip.
Reportedly, Project Africa is slowly coming to an end, as they have not yet shared or posted half of the adventure that they have experienced.
The travellers are much excited to explore it more and get the work done once they finish cycling.
They will reach to Cape Town on Saturday, April 20, 2024, next week. As they together are setting up a meet for those who can join them and their group of cycle to the Cape of Good Hope on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Roberto Helou shared a post regarding the beginning of their journey and has timely shared the glimpses of their travel. With the pictures the filmmaker captioned, “I started cycling the last leg of my Project Africa journey from Windhoek to Cape Town.”
Helou shared that before leaving the city, his time in Windhoek was short but eventful. Besides this from giving a talk at the International School, they all gathered up for the editing and met their friends.
On the project, Roberto Helou spent half a day with Martin, a local person from Namibia who has a very peculiar story. Helou mentioned that as Martin grew up in the country during apartheid and faced many ups and downs in his life, he was a great partner to explore Namibia with.
With the amazing knowledge he has acquired throughout the years, Martin has showed me around the coolest hidden spots of the city and together they enjoyed the typical and very famous Namibian Street Food “Kapana”.
Roberto then continued his journey with Karlis Bardelis, Florence Ryan and Liam Bushrod with whom he cycled for 5-days.
They then headed towards the south after leaving the legislative capital Cape Town. We stumbled upon the legendary Tropic of Capricorn and it is the southernmost circle of latitude where the Sun is perceived to be directly overheaded at the December solstice.
Notably, the journey from Cairo to Cape Town is another milestone. The explorers stumbled upon short, intense storms that forced them to improvise with their shelter.
The transition from greener landscapes to bush and semi-arid deserts is amazing. What made the ride more of fun was the conversation with Karlis.
Talks on adventures, mindset, purpose, storytelling, and many other random topics sparked Roberto Helou’s curiosity and fascination.
Further, in the latest post, Roberto Helou shared that their first two days in South Africa were quite challenging.
During their journey, they have also faced heavy rain and very cold weather. They have also witnessed some of the strongest winds in the past 16 months.
On the trip they have met very few people on the northern cape roads who are simply adorable, helpful and hospitable.
It was fun-filled to cycle in a group of four alongside Liam Bushrod, Tim Schuijt and Florence Ryan. The end of the journey is near and is excited to reach the Cape Town, that is only a few hundred kilometres away and not looking so homeless anymore.