The Congo-Nile Trail

“Imagine a stretch of primitive dirt roads and single trails winding through verdant jungle and farmland, exuberant children cheering and chasing as if you were riding for Team Rwanda. There are banana trees, coffee plantations, small fishing communities, and colorfully dressed women carrying impossibly large bundles of firewood, bananas, and avocados to market…”

In the winter of 2016 we rode this route and reworked the latter half, which had been paved. This expedition resulted in a couple articles including a route on BIKEPACKING.com